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Magic: Illusion Design, Writing, Consulting & Lecturing
Head Writer & Associate Director, The Virtual Magician, 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 Documentary)

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
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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