Michael Chamberlin, Magician

Here are the different types of magic shows I offer:

Birthday Party Magic:
A festive & intimate 45-minute show featuring comedy magic, improvisation & audience participation that climaxes with the birthday child baking a rainbow magic cake. For an additional fee, balloon twisting follows with the birthday child receiving a bouquet of balloon flowers (for a girl) or a giant octopus (for a boy). For older children (8 and up) the format is similar but the repertoire of tricks and comedy routines are more sophisticated.

Close-Up or Strolling Magic:
(Mingle Magic)
Clever, mysterious, uncanny, & most importantly — entertaining, Michael’s close-up magic is ideal for any gathering involving adults, children, or family. Amazing close-up illusions include: chosen playing cards magically rise from the deck, a borrowed half dollar visibly penetrates a glass bottle, the famous multiplying rabbits dissolve & reappear in a spectators closed hand climaxing with the birth of a giant "momma" bunny and the startling finale where Michael’s arm twists 360 degrees!

Stage, Cabaret or Platform:
Startling & hilarious show that proves magic can be created by all of us. Using music, comedy & magic, Michael features dazzling contemporary takes on some of magic’s most legendary effects including the ‘Nest of Boxes, Mystery of the Chinese Rings’, & either the ‘Vanishing Head Illusion’— where a volunteers head is miraculously pierced with arrows then disappears entirely or the sudden 'Levitation of an Audience Member'

As a full-time professional magician, Michael Chamberlin has traveled up and down the East Coast for 30 years, offering magical presentations specifically tailored to children and adults.

Michael has performed over 6,000 shows, including corporate trade shows for Xerox, McDonalds, and MCI; library shows for counties in MD, VA, DE, and the city of Philadelphia; galas and private parties in Washington, DC for Union Station and French and Italian embassies; First Night's Annapolis, Warrenton, Leesburg, and hundreds of shows for children at schools, birthdays, carnivals, and the Fairfax County Park Authority.

Michael began performing professionally at age 12 and has continued to delight audiences ever since. Along with being the magic consultant and writer for the National Geographic book, 'You Won't Believe Your Eyes', now a favorite for young prestidigitators, Michael is also a resident artist and performer for the National Theatre Community Vaudeville Program.

A member of the Society of American Magicians, Michael is also an actor and director, and has studied at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory in Wash, DC. He is also a member of The Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Know as the 'Dean of Deception' across Washington, Michael's stage directing credits include 'Bat Boy: The Musical' at Studio Theatre 2ndStage (3 Helen Hayes Award nominations) and 'Washing Machine' at The Chocolate Factory in NYC. In 2005, Michael received a 'Best Director' Helen Hayes nomination for his production of 'Porcelain' at Tsunami Theatre Company.