Mark Phillips - "The Complete History of Magic (abridged)"

When he was six years old, Mark Phillips learned how to magically make a cigarette vanish. Thankfully, Kentucky in the 1960’s was packed with six year old smokers.  Years later, performances at The Phoenix Playboy club paid for Mark's college education and made a career in show business look far more appealing than a “real” job. Moving to New York City, Mark became one of the Trade Show Industry’s leading magicians, traveling over a million air miles to represent Fortune 500 clients at business conferences and conventions.

He even learned to speak German for a corporate client, and his favorite word in that language is “Leitungsubertragungeschwindingkeit.” After moving to Washington DC,  Mark also began headlining on luxury cruise lines, performed at the National Theatre and Kennedy Center and co-founded The Magic Duel Comedy Show which gives public performances in DC most Friday and Saturday nights.

Mark Phillips' new solo show, "The Complete History of Magic (abridged)" squeezes 6,000 years of the Art's highs and lows into a 60 minute show that is amazing, funny and full of surprises.