CJ Higgins

Theatre Artist

Directing

The Boy Bands Have Won (Asst. Director) Devised Theatre Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

Alice in Wonderland (Co-Director) Devised Theatre Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

A Queer Christmas Carol CJ & Quinton J. Alexander Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

The Hazards of Love (Asst. Director) The Decemberists Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

The #Knightlife Renaissance Faire ^ @ Variety Show Hu'm’n’bards Theater Troupe

Ghost Quartet (Co-Director)             Dave Malloy                Going Dark Theatre

God Forgive These Bastards (Co-Director)  Devised Theatre                Hum'n'bards Theater Troupe

And Prom's Tomorrow!                                Devised Theatre                Jersey Fringe Festival

Find Me                                                        Devised Theatre                Jersey Fringe Festival

Grand Concourse (Assistant Director) +     Heidi Schreik                      Theatre Horizon

Lady of Larkspur Lotion                              Tennessee Williams            Rowan University

The Exit Interview                                      William Missouri Downs      Rowan University

Death of a Salesman *                              Arthur Miller                          Rowan University

Spring Awakening *                                    Frank Wedekind                  Rowan University

            *Class workshop

Production

In Their Silence       Intimacy Director        Reva Stover / Allens Lane Arts Center

A Queer Christmas Carol       Playwright                 CJ Higgins / Hum’n’bards

The Hazards of Love      Intimacy Director/Musician Travis R. Curhart-Fischbach / Hum’n’bards

A Midsummer Night’s Dream       Gender Consultant                 Josh Hitchens / Shakespeare at Stoneleigh

You, On A Date!                       Writer                   Jaedto Israel / University of the Arts

Fear Itself                        Lead Collaborator                  Quinton Alexander / Hum’n’bards

Promises, Promises                       Props Master                          Al Fuchs / The Ritz Theatre Company

The Melancholy Play                     Props Master                          Matthew Weil / Rowan University

The Love Song...Oppenheimer      Run Crew                               Catherine Kustra / Rowan University

Guys and Dolls                              Run Crew                                Rebecca Rich / Rowan University

Bug                                                ASM / Props Master                Dexter Anderson / Rowan University

Purgatorio                                      ASM / Lightboard Operator    Jaried Kimberly / InVita Theater

Barefoot in the Park                      ASM                                        Krysta Grande / Rowan University


 

EDUCATION

INTERACT THEATRE  -  LITERARY INTERN

  • June 2019-August 2019

  • Training in literary management and dramaturgy

THEATRE HORIZON  -  APPRENTICE

  • September 2015-June 2016

  • Training in arts administration including education, production, and development

  • Promoted to Audience Services & Office Manager from 2016-2019

ROWAN UNIVERSITY - BA THEATRE ARTS: MUSICAL THEATRE

  • Select courses: Advanced Acting & Directing (Lane Savadove), Voice & Acting (Rebekah Maggor and Marian Stieber), Stage Makeup (Christopher “Jumbo” Schimpf), Stagecraft (Tom Fusco), Costuming (Stephanie Nichols)

  • Extracurriculars: Member (2012-2015) and President (2013-2015) of Alpha Psi Omega, Rho Nu Chapter; member of AWKWARD Improv, Rowan Original Works, and Campus Players


Special Skills

Valid N.J. driver’s license; Valid U.S. passport; Fast memorization of text, music, and movement; Play violin, guitar, ukulele, banjo, and some piano and accordion; Can read music;  Singing range E2-D#5; Relative pitch; Training in improvisational acting, Laban, Linklater, Chekhov, viewpoints, stage makeup, carpentry, jazz and tap dance, and contact improvisation; Proficiency in French and International Phonetic Alphabet; Can hula hoop for long duration of time, belly-roll, snap, touch feet to head, backbend into a bridge, cartwheel, handstand, and touch tongue to nose

+ Barrymore Recommended production; Grand Concourse also received Barrymore Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress (Samantha Rosentrater) & Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play (David Bardeen, award recipient) in 2017

@ Nominated for the Philadelphia Digital Nightlife Awards, Best Recurring Digital Show

Home page background photograph by Wide Eyed Studios
Page background by Janet Gleason, featuring Jess McCormick, Willow McGlone, Travis R. Fischbach, and CJ Higgins in Ghost Quartet, October 2019