Workshops include some or all of the following:

• Improvisation
• Non-verbal exercise
• Facial expression
• Concentration and Rhythm
• Theatre games
• Group Creation
• Directing short plays
• Creating new plays

• PAST WORKSHOPS
  
  CJ has brought his experience, inspiration and zest for life to all 50 states – except Hawaii.
  • Performing Arts Workshop - Artistic Director - Creative Drama class
    5 schools from Kindergarten to High School levels
    San Francisco, CA
  • Alaska Schools - Deaf/Hearing Theater Workshops
    Anchorage/Fairbanks/Kenai
  • Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities at Davis University
    Sacramento, CA
  • Chico State University - Theater Workshops - Artist-In-Residency
    Chico, CA
  • Cincinnati Public Schools - Theater Workshops/Performances
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Ohio Chapter of Registry of Interpreters -- Sign/Theater Workshop
    Columbus, Ohio
  • Wyoming Public Schools - Performance/Workshops
    Gillette, Wyoming
  • Gallaudet University - Black Deaf Awareness Month - Theater Lecture
    Washington, D.C.
  • Fairfax High School - Associate Director - Acting Development
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Marlton School - Associate Director - Acting Development
    Los Angeles, CA
  • California School for the Deaf - Director - Children's Theater
    Riverside, CA
  • California School for the Deaf - Director/AIR - H.S. Play (3rd year)
    Fremont, CA
  • New Mexico School for the Deaf - Director/AIR - H.S. Play
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Deaf West Theater - Director - "Aladdin" - Children's Theater
    Los Angeles, CA
  • "Show of Hands" - Director/Writer - Bancroft H.S., Fairfax H.S., Mulholland J.R. High
    Los Angeles, CA
  • 10 weeks: Poetry Project classes and four performances - Los Angeles, CA Published: "This Crazy World"
    L.A., CA
  • GLAD - (Tobacco Control Program) - Script adaptation/Director for Teen Theater Tour (12 performances)
    L.A., CA
  • National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Performance
    Rochester, NY
  • ArtSign, '96 - Louisiana School for the Deaf
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • 1st International Bermuda Association for the Deaf Conference - Performance/Workshops
  • VSA Florida, 2000 - 2004 Four mainstream schools - workshops/student performances -
    West Palm Beach
  • South Africa Safari Trip - 2000 Documentary Film
  • Japan Tour - 2001- 2003 Documentary Film
  • Virgin Islands Tour 2003
    St. Thomas/St. Croix
  • 2004 International VSA arts Festival
    Washington, DC
• GRANTS
  • 1994-97 L.A. Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles - Artistic Director - ASL Poetry - "Show of Hands"
    Deaf Culture Playwrights - "Everyday Cafe" & "Say What?" (TV Pilot Project)
  • 1998 Toyota Foundation - Hands Across Communications, Inc.
  • 1999 Weingart Foundation - Hands Across Communications, Inc.
  • 1999 Sign World TV - Founder/CEO