Contact To sign up for my email list, just send an email message to me by clicking here. You can also contact me at: phone: (925) 989-3924 email: info@cjblankenship.net For film, print, or television work, please contact my agent: Sherrie Garcia Models, Inc. Talent Agency 28 Quail Ct, #201 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 phone: (415) 513-4471 fax: (415) 513-5291 email: sherrie@modelsincagency.com Credits My career includes an unusual variety of disciplines ranging from acrobatics to Polynesian music and dance.  My theatrical work includes major roles in musicals such as CATS, West Side Story, and Oklahoma! (for which I won a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics' Award for Best Actor in a Musical).  I've toured internationally and performed as a dancer or as a musician with several companies including San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Na Hula O Moku'aina, Moving Arts Dance, Huckabay McAllister Dance, and Peninsula Ballet Theatre.  As a vocalist, I have performed in both intimate and grand settings such as The Plush Room, Peninsula Symphony, and San Francisco Opera. Scan through the list of credits below to see more details of my many performance experiences. THEATRE CATS Plato / Macavity Westchester Broadway Theatre, NY Altar Boyz Matthew San Jose Stage Company Out of This World Jupiter 42nd Street Moon Coco Georges 42nd Street Moon Carousel Billy Foothill Music Theatre West Side Story Tony Foothill Music Theatre Oklahoma!    (BATCC Award) Curly Foothill Music Theatre A Little Night Music Carl Magnus TheatreWorks, CA Guys and Dolls Sky Foothill Music Theatre Dreamgirls Curtis Willows Theatre Company Dessa Rose Kaine / Phillip TheatreWorks, CA A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Miles Gloriosus West Valley Light Opera Association Once Upon A Mattress Sir Harry Peninsula Center Stage Grand Night For Singing Martin New Conservatory Theatre In The Beginning Zeke Willows Theatre Company Old Timers’ Game Sut Davis OnStage Theatre The Colored Museum Walter Lee / The Kid San Jose Stage Company Man Of La Mancha Pedro / Muleteer Peninsula Center Stage Ragtime u/s Coalhouse / Ensemble TheatreWorks, CA The 3hree Musketeers    (Original Cast Recording) u/s Aramis / u/s Rochefort / Ensemble American Musical Theatre of San Jose A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum u/s Miles Gloriosus / Protean American Musical Theatre of San Jose Children of Eden u/s Abel/Ham / Ensemble American Musical Theatre of San Jose Legends Boom Boom Town Hall Theatre   MUSIC Appomattox (World Premiere) Chorus San Francisco Opera Summer Pops Concert 2005 Featured Vocalist Peninsula Symphony Orchestra ReMix 8 Featured Vocalist Opera Frontier Habitat for Humanity Benefit Featured Vocalist Acc’sentials Andy Black’s 50th Featured Vocalist Plush Room, San Francisco The Two Baritones Featured Vocalist Bella Mia Concert Series Love and Passion Featured Vocalist Dystonia Foundation Razzle Dazzle 2001 Principal Singer Carousel Dinner Theatre, OH The Most Happy Fella in Concert Pasquale / Featured Singer American Musical Theatre of San Jose Kismet in Concert Hasaan-Ben / Singer American Musical Theatre of San Jose   DANCE Samson and Delilah Featured Dancer San Francisco Opera The Rake’s Progress Featured Dancer San Francisco Opera Iphegenie en Tauride Dancer San Francisco Opera Carnival of the Animals Tarzan / Featured Dancer Peninsula Ballet Theatre Nutcracker Coffee (Arabian) Peninsula Ballet Theatre ‘Opu: Finding Your Center Featured Dancer and Singer Na Hula ‘O Moku’aina Manawa: Dance of Emotions Featured Dancer and Singer Na Hula ‘O Moku’aina Performing Arts Presenters’ Showcase, New York Featured Dancer Moving Arts Dance Tandem Featured Dancer Moving Arts Dance Pearls of the SF Bay Featured Dancer Moving Arts Dance Intimate Places Featured Dancer Huckabay McAllister Dance Summerfest 2006 Hansel / Featured Dancer Huckabay McAllister Dance Life After Birth Featured Dancer Huckabay McAllister Dance A Little Princess Dancer TheatreWorks, CA Dreamgirls Curtis u/s / Dancer West Coast Tour 2004 Miss Saigon u/s John / Acrobat / Dancer American Musical Theatre of San Jose South Pacific Marcel / Featured Dancer American Musical Theatre of San Jose Follies Dancer American Musical Theatre of San Jose Raisin Reggie / Dancer TheatreWorks, CA Kiss Of The Spider Woman Fuentes / Dancer TheatreWorks, CA Go Down Garvey Dancer TheatreWorks, CA How To Succeed In Business Gatch / Dancer Foothill Music Theatre Nutcracker Hungarian Soldier / Coffee (Arabian) Danville Ballet Company East, West, and Somewhere In Between Principal Danville Ballet Company Romeo & Juliet Capulet Western Ballet Nutcracker Coffee (Arabian) Western Ballet International Heiva I Honolulu Featured Dancer Polynesian Cultural Association Tahiti Fete San Jose 2003-2006 Drummer / Dancer Polynesian Cultural Association San Francisco Taiko Japan Tour 1995 Drummer / Dancer San Francisco Taiko Dojo   AWARDS Best actor in a musical Winner 1999 and Nominee 2000 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award Outstanding principal actor Winner 1999, 2000 and 2003 Dean Goodman Choice Awards Best ensemble vocalist Winner 2001 American Musical Theatre of San Jose Ginny Award Best understudy Winner 2000 American Musical Theatre of San Jose Ginny Award Best minor character Winner 1999 American Musical Theatre of San Jose Ginny Award Scholarships 1997 Virginia Levin Memorial Fund and 2000 Foothill College Musical Theatre Award   TRAINING Education Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems, Stanford University, 1993 Professional Musical Theatre Program, Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21), 2001 Theatre Artists’ Institute (TAI), American Musical Theatre of San Jose, 1997 Acting Actors’ Training Project with Lissa Tyler Renaud CAP21 with Linda Lavin, Larry Arancio, Alexandra Borrie TAI with Larry Hecht, John Loshman, Marc Jacobs Studio American Conservatory Theatre with Marvin Greene Canada College with Constance Wise Foothill College with Marcia Frederic Voice Music Studio of Ina Krause CAP21 with Robert Longo, John Herrera, Alix Korey TAI with David Craig, Wesla Whitfield, and William Liberatore Stanford University with Gregory Wait Chamber Chorale and Gospel Choir, Stanford University Gospel Choir, United States Air Force Academy Dance Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Modern, Polynesian with Michael Lowe, Kathy Hirai, Anandha Ray, Maria LaMance, Rebecca Crowell, Marie Stinnett, Kristine Elliot, Laura Sefchovich, Barbara Shewfelt, Debbie Norris, Diane Mitchell, Catherine Blankenship   SPECIAL SKILLS Acrobatics. Hawaiian and Tahitian dance. Personal Trainer. Aerobics Instructor. Basic ‘ukulele, Tahitian drumming, taiko drumming, piano and juggling.