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

Interested in having CJ perform for your school, organization
or theater? just submit an online booking information request
  • 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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