Directory of Faculty
Department Co-Chair
Acting, Directing, Screen Performance
Office: P-106-5
Office phone: (714) 564-5666
Email: cannon_chris@sac.edu
Bio
Professor Cannon is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he received his MFA in Drama and Performance. He is also an alumni of Southeastern University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and Salutatorian, earning his BA in Theology. In addition, he has studied acting and performance at the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. Before joining the theatre department at Santa Ana College, Professor Cannon served as a religious studies instructor and as Assistant Professor of Acting at his alma maters, Southeastern University and the University of Virginia. He has been an educator since 1999 and a director of regional and collegiate productions since 1996. Professor Cannon is also an active professional actor and member of SAG-AFTRA and the Actors' Equity Association.
As a professional stage and film actor and director, Professor Cannon has worked in New York City, Virginia, Florida and Los Angeles. He has also held a variety of performance, creative and managerial positions at Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Pepperdine University, Theatreworks/USA, Heritage Repertory and the Sonnetag Theatre at the Icehouse, to name a few. He is a former production manager for Holland America Cruise Line and served as the Executive Director of the Berks Arts Council in Pennsylvania managing one of the largest jazz festivals on the East Coast. He has starred in a multitude of independent films that were shown at various film festivals throughout the country.
He has starred in a multitude of independent films that were shown at various film festivals throughout the country – this portion still there, add back . . . including the award-winning feature horror film, Playroom. He is the recipient of the Utah Film Festival's Best Supporting Actor Award for his portrayal of Tom Matthews in the feature dark comedy Deany Bean is Dead. Favorite roles on stage include The Conductor in Warner Brothers Studios' live production of The Polar Express, Marston in And Then There Were None, Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost, Lt. Barney Greenwald in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Mozart in Amadeus, Paravicini in The Mousetrap, Nikos in Charles Mee's Big Love, James Lingk in Glengarry Glen Ross, Kipps in The Woman in Black, Mirabell in Heritage Repertory's production of The Way of the World directed by Sabin Epstein, as well as the Knight of the Mirrors in Sonnentag Theatre at the Icehouse's production of Man of La Mancha directed by Terrance Shank for which he won a Cubie Award for Best Supporting Actor of the Season.
When not working on stage or in front of the camera, Professor Cannon is on the road or in the air traveling to as many corners of the globe as he can reach.
Emphasis
Introduction to Theatre, Theatre History, Online Learning, Acting Fundamentals, Film Directing & Scene Study, Acting for the Camera, Theatre Production, Motion Picture Performance Production
Kevin Slay
Technical Theatre
Office: P-106-1
Office phone: (714) 564-5669
Email: slay_kevin@sac.edu
Bio
Kevin Slay is excited to be joining the Theatre Faculty at Santa Ana College. His most recent position was as professor/Lecturer of Theatre Arts, at Cal State Fullerton and Azusa Pacific University, and Film Studies at Citrus College. Kevin is a published author of the Theatre textbook, The American Performance: Cultural Diversity in Theatre Music and the Cinematic Arts. Kevin has worked in numerous capacities within the technical Theatre world as a scenic and lighting designer. Most recently, as the lighting designer for the Redland Theatre Companies summer production of The Seagull. He is a professional director throughout Southern California. Recent directing credits include Arsenic and Old Lace at Redlands Theatre Festival, Twelfth Night, Cyrano De Bergerac, Romeo and Juliet and Godspell at Azusa Pacific University, Art, Auntie Mame and Born Yesterday at Inland Valley Rep. All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tartuffe at American Coast Theatre Co., The Goat, or Who is Sylvia and Macbeth at Ophelia’s Jump Productions, and The Children’s Hour at Newport Arts Center Theatre.
Emphasis
Career Technical Education, Technical Theatre Production, Fundamentals of Stage Design (Lighting, Sound, Stagecraft), Film Stagecraft Design, Stage Management
Adjunct Faculty
Sara Turner
Turner_Sara@sac.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Stage Management
Kara McLeod
McLeod_Kara@sac.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Costume Design
David Zahacewski
Zahacewski_David@sac.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Lighting Design
