Maritess Zurbano Master Magician, Hypnotist, and Speaker

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Strolling Magic/Tarot Card Readings
Maritess has over 23 years experience in baffling audiences around the world with her sophisticated sleight-of-hand, uncanny divinations and enchanting them with her youthful outlook and hilarious personality. Strolling magic and magic onstage brightens up any room and sparks conversation for weeks after the show is over.

Magic/Mentalism Show
This hour-long show features Mentalism, the supreme magic of the mind. Zurbano uses non-stop audience-participation with feats that impresses even the most analytical minds. She demonstrates mass-mindreading and uses the danger of knives to prove her powers of clairvoyance.
Watch as any audience member calls out playing cards and they instantly appear in her hands. See her read the minds of several volunteers, without their permission! This 100% clean and baffling show has amazed sophisticated audiences around the world.

Magic/Mentalism/Hypnotism Show
Hilarious hypnotism that respects her audiences and improves their lives.
Maritess Zurbano is the only Filipina-American professional stage hypnotist in the world. She has been profiled by Newsday, Lifetime Television, the BBC News and The Village Voice. She has astounded audiences for 24 years, performing over 200 college/casino/private events. She brings hilarity and entertainment to people of all ages internationally. Her message of self-empowerment is shared through demonstrating the power of the mind. Audiences are shown how improve their own performance in their personal and professional lives. This includes reducing stress, improving concentration, and fulfilling their goals no matter how big or small.

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***CHILDREN AND FAMILY SHOWS*******
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I'm the former official magician for The Manhattan and Seattle Children's Museums, The Seattle and New York Public Libraries, and I performed magic at the Bumbershoot Festival last year. Families love my show, and you will too, as it's sophisticated and world-class enough for my other clients that include colleges, casinos and private events.

Maritess Zurbano is the only Filipina-American magician and hypnotist in history. She is a former Las Vegas croupier, former member of a professional baccarat team, and had her own illusion show in Japan. Zurbano competed in the coveted world championships of magic (also known as the Olympics of Magic) at the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques in Lisbon against 150 other nominated magicians.

She has been profiled by Newsday, Lifetime Television, the BBC News and The Village Voice. You can find her opinion essays on magic published at Ms. Magazine, and The Seattle Times. Through the years, she has performed at hundreds of college/casino/private events, and brings hilarity and entertainment to people of all ages internationally. Her specialty is in amazing even the most critical thinkers.

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Mindreading/Hypnotism Show
This 100% clean and baffling show has amazed sophisticated audiences around the world. This show features Mentalism, the supreme magic of the mind. Zurbano uses non-stop audience-participation with feats that impresses even the most analytical minds. Hilarious hypnotism respects her audiences and improves their lives by showing them how to stay in the moment. From the halftime show at the University of Oregon Men’s basketball team, to the conference room of The Paul Allen Artificial Intelligence Institute, to colleges around the country, audiences have never laughed so hard in their lives when the see their colleagues do amazing things under hypnosis.

Professional Fortune-Telling
Maritess has over 27 years experience in sophisticated divination for entertainment purposes only. You can find her at exclusive events that include Microsoft recruiters, CEOS from Wall Street, the Hearst Corporation, and Fortune 500 private meetings. Zurbano astounds and surprises even the most skeptical clients.

Magic/Mindreading Show (no hypnotism in included)
This show features Mentalism, the supreme magic of the mind. Zurbano uses non-stop audience-participation with feats that impresses even the most analytical minds. She demonstrates mass-mindreading and uses the danger of knives to prove her powers of clairvoyance.
Watch as any audience member calls out playing cards and they instantly appear in her hands. See her read the minds of several volunteers, without their permission!

“...urban sophistication with an edge... Newsday New York

“Today Zurbano's magic act is about taking back power, exerting that power over her audience, and owning the sexual overtones...” Bust Magazine

I'll need professional sound amplification, input plugs for BOTH my cordless headset microphone AND handheld microphone, and input plug for my music which is on IPad.

For strolling or smaller gigs, of course this technical requirement is waived.