Magic: Illusion Design, Writing, Consulting & Lecturing
- Head Writer & Associate Director, &, starring Marco Tempest
- Creator/Producer/Writer, Cracking the Cons (Discovery Channel).
- Comedy Writer & Chief Magic Designer, Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (FX Network, 24 episodes)
- Co-Producer, Monday Night Magic - McGinn/Cazale Theatre, New York, NY
- Co-Author, The Art of Magic, companion book to PBS documentary (GPG Publishing, 1998)
- Co-Author with Edward Tufte of Explaining Magic (chapter) in the book, Visual Explanations (Graphics Press, 1997)
- Creative Consultant to Penn & Teller's book, How to Play With Your Food
- Magic Consultant to the United Artists feature film, The Fantasticks, directed by Michael Ritchie
- Magic Consultant to the feature film, Highball, directed by Noah Baumbach
- Magic Consultant to Rolling Stone magazine, Smashing Pumpkins photo feature by Mark Seliger
- Author of eleven books and monographs on magic for magicians; contributor to numerous anthologies and periodicals.
- Columnist (book reviewer) for GENII, The International Conjuror's Magazine
- Lecturer before thousands of magicians throughout North America, Europe and Japan.
- Nominated as Lecturer of the Year, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences (Magic Castle) Hollywood, CA
Television Appearances
- The Today Show, NBC-TV (Repeat appearances, 2001 & 2002)
- Wall Street Journal Report, WNBC-TV, NY
- The Art of Magic, PBS Documentary
- Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular, FX Channel
- Grand Illusions: the Story of Magic, 25-part documentary, Discovery Channel (Canada)
- 48 Hours, CBS News
- Sonya Live, CNN
- Nova, PBS
- Mark Walberg Show, FOX-TV, NY
- Live at Five, WCBS-TV, NY
- Midday Live, FOX-TV, NY
- Weekend Today, WNBC, NY
- Good Morning America NY, WABC, NY
- Night After Night, Comedy Central
- Clinton Comedy Telethon, Comedy Central
- Houdini, Learning Channel (Library of Congress)
Industrial: Trade Shows & Hospitality Suites, Banquets, Meetings, etc.
- Newtek, Austin, TX [Siggraph, San Diego]
- CMP Media, Inc., New York, NY [COMDEX, Las Vegas]
- Shufflemaster, Las Vegas, NV [International Gaming Expo, Las Vegas]
- Uniden Corp., Fort Worth, TX [Intnl. Wireless Comm. Conf., Las Vegas]
- Cybermedia, Inc., Los Angeles, CA [PC Expo, Javitz Center, NYC]
- XYZT Computer Dimensions, New York, NY [Laptop Expositions Show, Chicago]
- Jantzen Swimwear, New York, NY [Fashion Show, NYC]
- Fleet Bank, New York, NY [U.S. Special Olympics, CT]
- Schlumberger Ltd., [Knowledge Management Conference, Cambridge,UK; InterChange Management Forums, London, UK & Greenwich, CT]
- Citibank, New York, NY
- American Express, New York, NY
- Chemical Bank, New York, NY
- Burson Marsteller, New York, NY
- Engelhard Corporation
- Lehman Brothers
- Prudential Insurance Co.
- WNET-Channel 13, New York, NY
- Dentsu, Inc., New York, NY
- Gannett Publication, New York, NY
- Playboy Enterprises, Inc., New York, NY
- Warner Music International, Boston, MA
- Apple Computer, Cambridge, MA
- IBM Great Britain, London, England
- Fisons Pharmaceuticals, Rochester, NY
- Lego Corporation, Tarrytown, NY
- Midwest Stock Exchange, Chicago, IL
- AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ
- Times Square Business Improvement District, New York, NY
Speaking Appearances
- EG: The Entertainment Gathering, Monterey, CA
- Serious Play: Art Center Design Conference, Pasadena, CA
- Flash Forward Conference, San Francisco, CA
- Adobe Distinguished Lecture Series, San Jose, CA
- Inside Out design conference , San Francisco, CA
- Publicis, USA, New York, NY
- Schlumberger, Ltd., Cambridge, UK; Greenwich, CT, New York, NY
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC [Masters of Magic series]
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC [Science and Pseudoscience series)
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- Sigma Xi, Maryland
- Society of Applied Spectroscopy, Washington, DC
- National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Edward Tufte Information Design Seminars, New York, NY; Boston, MA
Cabaret & Nightclubs
- The Rainbow Room, New York, NY
- Caesars Palace (Caesars Magical Empire), Las Vegas, NV
- Caesars Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, NE
- Improvisation, Chicago, IL
- Garvin's Comedy Clubs, Washington, DC
- Funny Firm, Chicago, IL
- NCL Sunward II, Norwegian Cruise Lines
- Monday Night Magic at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, New York, NY
- Lone Star Cafe, New York, NY
- Mostly Magic, New York, NY
- Magic Castle, Hollywood, CA
- Inn of Magic, Chevy Chase & Wheaton, MD
- Illusions, Indianapolis, IN
- The Tower Magic Bar, Snowmass, CO
Colleges & Universities
- University of Maryland, Maryland
- Montgomery College, Maryland
- Wesleyan University, Connecticut
- Webb Institute, New York
Radio
- Tony Fitzpatrick Show, WLUP FM, Chicago, IL
- Mike Cuthbert Show, WAMU FM, Washington, DC
- Liveline with Loo Katz, Q107 FM, Washington, DC
- WWDC Report with Carl Foster, DC101 FM, Washington, DC
- Radio Station Q107 FM, Washington, DC
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