ATA: Masters of Illusion

CARL DIEHL: PAINLESS MAGIC

+ STAGE MAGICIAN NGUYEN!! +

In person, Carl Diehl’s kaleidoscopic account of creativity, camaraderie, and curiosity begins with the life and times of the late, great

magician,vaudevillian, & comedy emcee, Werner “Dorny” Dornfield (1892 -1982), then splinters prismatically into a mosaic of riddles

and revelations about artist-led initiatives elsewhen & elsewhere! This experimental ethnography of magic shimmers with ephemera from the

Golden Age of stage magic and beyond, and intrigues with insights from magicians, historians, philosophers, and Dorny’s oldest surviving

relatives. Interviews with musicians, performance artists, and experimental filmmakers conjure connections across contexts of art, magic,

and everyday life.

PLUS, on our stage!..Thee Amazing Michael Nguyen—SF’s master of prestidigitation, here to astonish all using sleight of hand and humor!!

$12 DOORS @ 7:30 SHOW @ 8:00