Bruce Kalver - Magician

Bruce's performances are always talked about long after the event. His use of comedy and visual illusions thoroughly entertain the participants. Lots of audience participation pleases any guest who loves magic. He adjusts his presentations to the ages of the guests. Always entertaining, Bruce makes your guests feel comfortable.

A regular performer at Hollywood's famed Magic Castle, the home of the Academy of Magical Arts, Bruce Kalver has been working professionally for over half a century.

Billed in the early years as “Rhode Island’s Youngest Professional Magician,” his magic education started at the age of four when his grandfather, Samuel Woolf, who was himself a magician and an assistant to Houdini, began to teach him the art. At age six, he was ready to start his career.

His work in magic has taken him all over the world. He has toured with his wife and partner, Arlene, on cruise ships sailing the Atlantic and the Caribbean, in Dinner Theatres all over the country, and at trade shows where they added their magic touch to many products and services.

Bruce has been showcased and interviewed on television, in newspaper articles both locally and nationally, and has actually performed magic on the radio. He has acted as a magic consultant for the Tony Award winning Trinity Square Repertory Company as well as for numerous other professional, college, and amateur theatre groups for whom he performed or taught magic for their productions and created special magic effects.

Bruce is a very versatile performer; he is able to adapt to any possible stage setting or audience. That is why companies like Apple, Microsoft, CBS Records, Showtime Cable Network, General Electric, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Dave and Buster’s, Johnny Rockets and Marriott Hotels have utilized his talents and ideas.

Bruce has taught his craft at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, Johnson and Wales University (where he taught a special course on the use of magic to promote products), as well as many magicians’ groups around the world where Bruce has shared his special secrets with fellow conjurers. He has even lectured and performed at The Magic Castle in Hollywood and London’s prestigious Magic Circle.

Bruce was the National President of The Society of American Magicians in (phone number hidden)9. Recently, Bruce was awarded a top award in magical arts, The Christopher Award.
In July 2026, Bruce was awarded a very high honor in magic when he was inducted into the Society of American Magicians Magic Hall of Fame joining other notable magicians incuding Houdini, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Doug Henning.

Bruce tries to make his appearance involve low maintenance. If this is a stage show, he will need a place to plug his microphone into the sound system.