Trivia

With the Claude Kipnis Mime Theater in a Command Performance for the then President, Gerald Ford.

He decided to tour through Italy on a bicycle for a summer and ended up staying for two years. His one man, mime show Space Wrinkles at the Teatro Ringhiera received rave reviews from the Roman theatre critics. He subsequently performed it throughout all of Italy and it was also taped and broadcast on the RAI the Italian national television.

Understudied Romeo in Off-Broadway production at the Lion Theater in New York. The actor who was playing Romeo had a film shoot. Jay went on with only one hastily organized rehearsal.

Jay attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York where he studied acting with Max Fischer.

He was a member of the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre. Jay remained with the CKMT for five national tours performing in theaters throughout the country.