CJ Higgins

Theatre Artist

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Hair Color: Brown        Height: 5’1”         Vocal Range: D3-D#6        Pronouns: they/them Non-Union


PERFORMANCE

Julius Caesar + Casca/Ensemble Tai Verley / Delaware Shakespeare

Macbeth + Witch 3/Sergeant AZ Espinoza / Delaware Shakespeare

[title of show] Susan Rosanne DellAversano / Bootless Stageworks

Sing Out Louise!: Chicago Mary Sunshine Patti LuStoned / Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Puck/Philostrate Josh Hitchens / Shakespeare at Stoneleigh

We Can’t Wait ^ B & E Damien Figueras / Tiny Dynamite

154 Revisited ^ Monologues Revolution Shakespeare

Lawrence’s Law of Pawn Shops ^ Lawrence Christina Peña / DigiREP Festival

The #Knightlife Renaissance Faire ^ @ Co-Host Quinton J. Alexander & CJ / Hum’n’bards

Cookie Crumbles ^            Urg Shamus McCarty / Going Viral Festival

4PM with CJ Higgins ^ Self CJ Higgins / Self-produced

The Lizard of Oz +            Jake Gyllenhaal    Eric Jaffe / Jaffe St. Queer Productions

Ghost Quartet            Pearl    Josh Hitchens & CJ / Going Dark Theatre

Salome            The Musician            Josh Hitchens / Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

The Importance of Being Earnest          Algernon             Ryan Walter / Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

The Baldest Eagle                                  Various Roles             Nate Biagiotti / Philly Improv Theater

Three Sisters                                           Irina                            Josh Hitchens / Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

James and the Giant Peach                    Spiker                         Chad Parsons / Limelight PAC

The Grapes of Wrath                               First Narrator              Josh Hitchens / Allens Lane Theater

Tribulation Periwinkle: Civil War Nurse    Tribulation                  Josh Hitchens / Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

Little Women &                                        Jo March                    Josh Hitchens / Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

12 Angry Jurors                                        Juror #2                     Jeanette Carden / Sketch Club Players Inc.

Dorothy Meets Alice                               Alice                           Laura Lynn Trace / WDLT

The Rocky Horror Show                          Magenta                     Justin Walsh / Sketch Club Players Inc.

Beauty and the Beast                          Belle                           Bryan Lesnick / Bucks County Performing Arts

Evita                                                         Featured Ensemble    Marc G. Dalio / MoorArts

DEVISING

The Hazards of Love Asst. Director/Musician Travis R. Fischbach / Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

The Casket Show   Collaborator     Jenn Adams / Jersey Fringe Festival

We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead   Collaborator     Cori Maskart / Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

God Forgive These Bastards Co-Director/Musician    Jessie McCormick & CJ / Hum'n'bards Theater Troupe

And Prom's Tomorrow!                 Lead Collaborator        CJ Higgins / Jersey Fringe Festival

Things I Never Told My Mom       Collaborator                 Rebecca May Flowers / RMayFlowers Productions

Find Me (2.0)                                Lead Collaborator        CJ Higgins / Jersey Fringe Festival

Glister                                           Shylock                         Wyatt Flynn / Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

Find Me                                         Lead Collaborator        CJ Higgins / Venice Island PAC

Pangaea: A Folk Opera                Collaborator                 Jasmine Kojouri / Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe

STAGED READINGS / CONCERTS

Sapphic Scouts ^ Sammy Amanda Shaffern / Coffee and a Play

Zanna, Don’t (the Reboot)                  Featured Soloist               Molly Braverman / Theatre Horizon

New Voices, New Viewpoints             Jenny (You Got Older)        Rebecca May Flowers / Theatre Horizon

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson         Featured Soloist  Molly Braverman / Theatre Horizon

120 Days of Sodom                             The Banker                        Josh Hitchens / BrainSpunk Theater

The Impossibility of Most Things         Annette                             Jumbo Schimpf / South Camden Theatre Co.

Jesus Christ Superstar                        Featured Soloist                Bryan Lesnick / Heritage Theatre Company


 

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)

  • Performance highlights: Report on Revolutionary Circumstances (Revolutionary; English language world premiere); Threepenny Opera (Lucy); Who Will Carry the Word? (Denise; nominated for an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship); Into the Woods (Rapunzel)

  • 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


 

*Denotes an upcoming production.

+ Barrymore Recommended production

^ Digital production during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

& Named one of DC Metro Arts’s Best Performances in Philadelphia for Spring/Summer 2016

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