Jewel Walker

I don't know words sufficient to express Jewel's influence on my life and work. "Thank you" is such an understatement.

Jewel, you will always live on in our hearts and in our art!

Jewel changed my life for the better more than anyone else. Thank you, sir.

We miss you, Jewel, our brilliant movement and acting teacher, and our director. I was so inspired by your originality, your commitment to art, your dedication to the craft. Thank you for teaching us the beauty of precision, the importance of playing one thing at a time, how to build a character through movement, and for preparing our bodies for a career in the theatre.

Thank you, Jewel...for waking me up to my body. For the muscle memory that tells me where I am. For making me walk an unimaginable number of times along the perimeter of the girls' gym. AND the tenacity in you teaching. Charlie Sweigart

Those of us in my 1975 class of Carnegie-Mellon University gathered on Zoom when we heard of Jewel's passing, several of us reconnecting after many years of separation. Our love and admiration for Jewel brought us back together and we have been meeting monthly ever since. Sharing the extraordinary enrichment of his unique teaching and realizing how remarkably he has influenced our lives and work, we also discussed how profoundly his work and artistry have impacted the larger sphere of arts...

Jewel and I were next-door neighbors for twenty-five years. I can’t remember a single conversation with him that didn’t bring me something worth remembering, whether it concerned the collecting of rare or unusual books, baseball viewed from the catcher’s box, the testing of concrete cores, playwrights, actors and theatre both Western and Oriental, theatrical history, movies, movie actors, music, or mutual friends. From the elaborate and technically superb sound reproduction system in his...

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

I feel blessed to have been Jewel and Marj's next-door neighbor for the last 20 years or more. I have very much enjoyed knowing both of them and we spent many happy evenings together over dinner and wine. Jewel was always very modest about his many accomplishments, so I never knew that he had received so many awards for his teaching and directing. Whenever I asked about his various theatre activities, he always replied with a twinkle in his eye and understated his role. I will never forget...