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David Garrity ♦ Mysterious Deceptions at Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater

Dates: (3/11/2022 - 3/12/2022 )

Theatre:

Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater

Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater

2840 Pine Rd., Pine Valley Plaza, Unit E
Huntingdon Valley,PA 19006

Phone: 2676261366

Tickets: $25.00-$35.00

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Illusionist David Garrity presents Mysterious Deceptions. This performance is a one-man illusion show that features unique, theatrical, and visual magic, audience participation, situational comedy, and a custom-edited musical soundtrack. Davids Mysterious Deceptions show has recently been seen at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, NJ; Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, NY; and on an international tour of exclusive, all-inclusive resorts along the Riviera Maya in Mexico. Highlights from the "Mysterious Deceptions" performance may include hilarious stunts of apparent mind-reading, an incredible illusion where a table mysteriously floats around the stage and out into the audience, dangerous stunts, and a Houdini-style Escape Challenge Illusionist David Garrity uses visual magic and illusions combined with music, pantomime, situation comedy, and audience participation to entertain for corporate events worldwide.

Cast and Creative team for David Garrity ♦ Mysterious Deceptions at Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater

Cast

Sami L.A. Akuna (aka Cocoa Chandelier)

Director and Performer
Internationally, Sami L.A. Akuna has performed in Asia, Europe, North America, and across the Pacific. With over 25 years of professional experience in dance/theatre and performance, Sami has performed with numerous companies, including being a principal dancer with Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre, Artistic Director of Giinko Marischino, and most recently as Founder and Co-Director of Piko Dance Arts. Sami holds BFA degrees in Dance and Theater and the MFA in Asian Theatre Directing from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and has taught Yoga, Modern Dance, Visual Media for Dance, and Queer Dance as a lecturer for the University of Hawai‘i system. Sami began a career in Butoh and Drag in 1991 as a product of the Club Kid scene in Hawai‘i, performing in various nightclubs, house parties, and non-traditional performance settings. Cocoa Chandelier, Sami’s alter ego, travels continuously as an advocate and spokesperson for HIV/AIDS.


Sequoia Carr-Brown

Performer and Director
Sequoia Carr-Brown is the founder of a creative arts advocacy company, StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS. She can be seen performing or choreographing for collaborative community projects from O‘ahu Fringe and the University of Hawai‘i Kennedy Theatre Main Stage Season to invitationals such as the University of Poitiers a Corps Festival in France, Aloha Medical Mission’s “Aloha on a Mission'' fundraising projects, and Dance Festival in Tank, Seoul, Korea. She performed in the finale of Ken Kurt Kaminaka's and Diq Diamond's, film, Tales of the Circle Keys, and Tau Dance Theater's INDIGENUITY production. Her most recent work, “A Matter of Place: Willkommen Amerikaner”, 2021 can be found on the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design’s “8x8” virtual exhibition https://www.shangrilahawaii.org/visit/exhibitions/8x8_shangrila/ and the Seoul International Dance Festival in Tank, “Transformation on the Edge”, 2021 https://ingdance.kr/33 . Sequoia is the Creative Dance Director for the J.E.T.H. Continuing Education and Performing Arts School, and the Co-Director of Piko Dance Arts. Currently, she is the Casting Coordinator with the Institute of Violence, Abuse, and Trauma for their Spring 2022 International Hawai’i Summit, Honolulu.


Kara Jhalak Miller

Performer and Director
Kara Jhalak Miller is a dance artist, choreographer, educator, and member of the dance faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. For over 30 years, she has performed and collaborated with dancers, creating experimental installations, performances, and films. As the artistic director of Jhalak Dance Company, her research and creative work have been presented internationally in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. Jhalak earned a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School in New York City, an MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of California, Davis. Jhalak is the recipient of the U.S. State Department Jacob K. Javits Arts Fellowship, CALIT2 Dance and New Media Performance Residency, and the Hawai‘i Po‘okela Award for Choreography. She is most recently a performing member and Co-Director of Piko Dance Arts collective. www.jhalakdance.org




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