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
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