VIRTUAL PROGRAM
In the early 1900s, short snippets of laughter and awe were delivered nightly — not through online videos, but rather live on the prestigious stage s of Vaudeville. In a time when variety was king, Magic (always a crowd favorite) was constantly forced to find new ways of shattering the rules of reality. Tonight, we attempt to resurrect a few of these forgotten moments from Magic’s rich history.
Come rediscover the wonder of a 100-year-old magic show.
CAST
Andrew Evans as The Magician
Naomi Aeva as The Lovely Assistant
Shara Tonn & Molly Hollsinger as The Stagehand
PRODUCTION TEAM
Concept Creation: Andrew Evans
Direction: Katie Young
Stage Management: Bobby Hollsinger
Artwork & Illustrations: Kelly Schmutte
Lighting Design: Daphne Mir
Animation: Dav Rauch
Illusion Construction: Andrew Evans
Sound Engineering: Drew Pine
SPECIAL THANKS
To Jim Steinmeyer for guidance and gifts from the past. A sincere thank you to all other friends and family who keep supporting these crazy endeavors and really do make this world… well, you know, Magic.
This show is dedicated to Brent Huber and Megan Kelley, two people who brought magic to this world without ever performing a trick.
Please note that this production uses flashing lights and haze.
TEAM BIOS
Andrew Evans The Magician
has been a professional magician since the age of 12 and has performed internationally on 6 continents (come on Antarctica!). He designs and builds his own unique illusions diving deep into Magic’s past as a way to reimagine its future. When he’s not cutting people in half, Andrew is a Product Designer at IDEO where he is constantly exploring
the intersection of Magic and Design. His talk on the subject—Designing Wonder—has been featured locally for Google, Medium, and Autodesk and globally for TED and AIGA. He previously worked as a high-end treehouse designer, dating-start-up co-founder, marshmallow baker, and once led the creation of an immersive theatrical production on Alcatraz Island.
Katie Young Director
is a New York-based director & stage manager. Most recently, she directed Back and Forth by Richard Hollman (Super Secret Arts) and was the Associate Director for Waterwell’s The Courtroom. She was nominated for Best Director in the NY Theater Festival with the premiere of Loyalty by Rob Ackerman. Her all-female production of Julius Caesar (Pocket Universe) received critical acclaim and a sold-out run. She is a member of the 2019 Lincoln Center Directors Lab.
Select Stage Management: B’way/Tour: The King and I, Hamilton, School of Rock, Something Rotten, Amazing Grace, Once. Off-B’way/Regional: Waterwell, LCT3, The Shed, Playwrights Horizons, WP Theater, Rattlestick.
@KYoung253 www.KatieYoungTheater.com
Naomi Aeva The Lovely Assistant
is an actor, circus artist and magician. She has been a company member with The Magic Patio in San Francisco since 2017. Other magic credits include Resident Illusions Associate for the San Francisco production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Magic Castle in Hollywood, The American Magic Association 50th Anniversary Awards Show, and Penn and Teller’s “Fool Us” (TV). Circus credits include various productions with Aloft Aerial Dance, Vau de Vire Society, Capacitor Dance Company Cirque Boheme, Wooden Nickel Circus. Naomi studied Musical Theatre at Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
Molly Kate Holsinger The Stagehand
Molly Kate Holsinger has been performing on Bay Area stages since she was 10 years old. She has spent the better part of a decade studying physical theatre and clowning, training at the Flying Actor Studio, Dell'Arte International, and the San Francisco Clown Conservatory. She is the co-founder of the comedy duo MOSH. When she isn't on stage, Molly Kate is a wedding and portrait photographer.
Bobby Holsinger Stage Manager
Bobby is a Bay Area native who only recently found a love of theater. His day job is as an application support specialist for a lumber company, and he spends his free time playing video games and writing Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. If he could eat pizza for every meal he would, lactose-intolerance be damned.
Shara Tonn The Stagehand
Shara Tonn is an improviser, actor, clown and teacher based in San Francisco. An alumna of the Stanford Improvisors and San Francisco Circus Center’s Clown Conservatory, Shara performs in Un-Scripted Theater Company productions as well as a variety of Bay Area comedy shows. In the summer of 2017, Shara toured the United States with her improv duo, Mona and Shara Do Improv, teaching and performing in 19 cities. Since then, they have been featured in a number of festivals including SF Sketchfest, the San Diego Improv Festival, and the Finland International Improv Festival. When not traveling, she works with the Medical Clown Project of San Francisco and teaches with Un-Scripted Theater Company, Stagebridge, Circus of Smiles, Aragon High School, and BATS Improv.
Daphne Mir Lighting Designer
Daphne Mir loves applying her curiosity to multi-disciplinary design projects, learning new things, and drawing unexpected connections. She’s previously worked at Walt Disney Imagineering, both doing creative development for R&D and entertainment, as well as living in Tokyo for 7 months during construction of the Tokyo Disneyland Expansion. She has been with The Magic Patio since its first outdoor test show on a rainy night under blue tarps. Her background is in lighting design, but she loves using technical knowledge to make stunning, strange, or surprising things regardless of medium.
She has recently moved from Los Angeles to Ashland, Oregon, where she is befriending her local deer and birds.
Ask her for a tea recommendation! @daphne_mir