Mike, the youngest of three children was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was bitten by the “magic bug” at an early age when his grandmother gave him a set of small red sponge balls which he began to master. As Mike’s magic obsession grew, he talked his parents into letting him take the bus to Magic Inc., Chicago’s oldest magic shop, where he would hang out all day on Saturday afternoons. Mike would pester the professionals who would frequent the magic shop to teach him a few tricks of the trade. This became a weekly event for years.
As early as junior high school, Mike began earning money while doing magic. As the years went on and still performing for private engagements, Mike embraced other interests like dance, martial arts, and bodybuilding.
After high school Mike made time for all his passions and soon began teaching dance at the Arthur Murray school of dance. He also was instructing tae kwon do classes at Champion Youth Outreach, a non-for-profit organization dedicated to bring the martial arts to the inner city. To this day you can still see this versatile background shine through in Mike’s performance.
In the process of continually working on his act, Mike has won several magic competitions. With high honors and acclaim, he has been a featured entertainer at many national magic conventions; S.A.M., I.B.M., Abbott’s Magic Get Together, Houdini, and MagiFest. In addition Mike recently opened for Steve Harvey & was a finalist on Fox’s 30 Seconds of Fame.
Mike, the youngest of three children was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was bitten by the “magic bug” at an early age when his grandmother gave him a set of small red sponge balls which he began to master. As Mike’s magic obsession grew, he talked his parents into letting him take the bus to Magic Inc., Chicago’s oldest magic shop, where he would hang out all day on Saturday afternoons. Mike would pester the professionals who would frequent the magic shop to teach him a few tricks of the trade. This became a weekly event for years.