BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FL, C.J. DISCOVERED THEATRE AT THE RIPE AGE OF EIGHT AFTER WATCHING HIS OLDER BROTHER PERFORM IN A COMMUNITY THEATRE PRODUCTION OF FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY. AFTER SPENDING THE MAJORITY OF HIS CHILDHOOD ON THE STAGE, C.J. WENT ON TO GRADUATE MAGNA CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN PHILADELPHIA WITH A BFA IN MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE. C.J. IS A PROUD MEMBER OF ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.

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ASIDE FROM PERFORMING, C.J. IS THE THEATRE TEACHER AT BOYS' LATIN OF PHILADELPHIA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND RUNS A BLOG, "HI HUNGRY, I'M DAD."

C.J. CURRENTLY RESIDES IN PHILADELPHIA WITH HIS WIFE AMANDA,

HIS SON FINNIAN, AND HIS CAT PERDITA.