Entertainers
This comedy magician specializes in highly interactive magic and comedy for birthday parties, family gatherings, and corporate events. Coverage spans the San Francisco Bay Area and Peninsula, with shows scaled to fit intimate living rooms, parlors, or full ballrooms. The booking is a single one-hour act, designed to land in any room with seated guests and a clear sight line.
A performing member of Hollywood's Magic Castle, the act blends sleight of hand, audience participation, and stand-up comedy timing into a one-hour show that holds the attention of kids and adults at the same time. The performance moves quickly: short routines, frequent volunteer invitations, callbacks to the room, and a steady rhythm of laughs between the bigger reveals.
What's Included
- One full hour of live interactive comedy magic
- Family-friendly material suitable for all ages
- Audience participation built into every routine
- Sleight of hand, illusions, and close-up segments
- Setup and breakdown handled on site, with a 30 to 60 minute setup window
- Self-contained performance, no special staging required
Approach
The show is built on a simple idea: magic is funnier when the audience is in on it. Routines invite volunteers up, react to the room in real time, and shift between awe and laughter through the full hour. Compared to a straight stage illusionist set, this is closer to a stand-up comedy show that happens to be full of magic. Past performances range from intimate family parties to large corporate stages, with the same comic sensibility holding both ends together.
Event Types Served
- Birthday parties for kids, teens, and adults
- Family gatherings, reunions, and milestone celebrations
- Corporate receptions, holiday parties, and team events
- Graduation parties and end-of-year celebrations
- Private parlor shows and house shows
- School assemblies and library programs
Credentials and Notable Credits
- Performing member of Hollywood's Magic Castle, a private club for working magicians
- Corporate clients include Cisco Systems and the Golden State Warriors
- Created custom magic for the Broadway productions of Spamalot and Shrek the Musical
- Headlined Las Vegas Illusions at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto
- Headlined Night of the Macabre at Harveys Lake Tahoe
- Featured on NBC's Days of Our Lives
Performance Specs
- Show length: one hour, fixed
- Audience age: all ages, family friendly content rating
- Indoor or outdoor: both work, with shaded or covered outdoor preferred
- Language: English
- Setup time: 30 to 60 minutes before showtime
- Performance area: a clear sight line to the seated audience, normal lighting is fine for daytime parties
Style and Specialty
The voice of the show is conversational and quick. Volunteers are coached gently, kids are kept comfortable, and adults get jokes that play to their level without ever crossing into material that does not fit the room. For a birthday audience the bias tilts toward bright, interactive routines. For a corporate room the bias tilts toward sharper comic timing and tighter callbacks.
Travel and Logistics
Based on the Peninsula and available across the San Francisco Bay Area within a 60 mile radius. Indoor and outdoor settings are both workable, and the show is self-contained, so no theatrical lighting or sound rig is required. Outdoor performances run smoothest with a shaded or covered area to keep close-up effects readable for the audience.
Booking Notes
Flat rate of 400 dollars per event for the standard one-hour show, with travel within the 60 mile service radius included in the rate. The rate is published on the listing, and the booking holds the date once the deposit is confirmed. Lead time of two to four weeks is typical, though shorter windows are sometimes possible. For 2026 dates, weekend afternoons book first.
Why This Listing
The combination of Magic Castle credentials, Broadway and television credits, and a track record across more than a hundred verified third-party GigSalad bookings points to a performer with a long working history across rooms of every shape. The reviews and the rate are visible on the listing so the homework is short.
Check 2026 Availability
Browse open dates on the listing, send a short note about the event (date, guest count, indoor or outdoor, age range of the audience), and the booking moves from inquiry to confirmed date in a single thread. The published flat rate is the rate, no quote round-trip needed for the standard package.
