The job is connection.
Comedy magic is the tool.
90% comedy. The other half is magic.
Which night is yours?
A sales kickoff and a husband's 50th are not the same job.
Corporate
The company night
Holiday parties, awards nights, sales kickoffs. Two hundred adults who work together and do not know each other.
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Theaters & PACs
The dark night
One performer, ninety minutes, no cast and no set build. A night you were already closed becomes a fundraiser.
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Trade Shows
The booth
Stopping the aisle is the easy part. Holding it long enough for your team to have the conversation is the job.
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Weddings
The long gap
The photo hour, the seating chart, the drift toward the bar. Handled before anybody notices it was a problem.
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Private & Upscale
The room you host
Milestone birthdays, anniversaries, client dinners. Forty people, close enough to touch, nobody sitting in rows.
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Not Sure...?
Describe the room
Tell me what the night is. If I am not the right fit I will say so and point you at someone who is.
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■ The reel
This is what it looks like.
Corporate rooms, theaters, a trade show floor. The reel is the fastest way to know whether this is your kind of night.
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■ Who you would be hiring
A Pittsburgh magician who is really in the connection business.
I am a comedian and magician based in Pittsburgh, and I have spent twenty-five years watching rooms decide whether or not they are having a good time. I can tell in the first five minutes which way it is going.
Nobody actually needs a magician. What they need is a room full of people to connect with each other. Comedy and magic happen to be the fastest way I know to make that happen. That is the same job at a holiday party, in a theater, at a trade show booth and at a wedding. It is a different night every time, with the same outcome: connection.
The work is clean. It plays for a room with the CEO, the new hire, and somebody's mother. Nobody has to brace. It is built for adults, which is a polite way of saying I am not the guy for your nephew's birthday party.
Greater Pittsburgh may be my home, but my show will connect you to your people anywhere in the world.
Hired by
Coca-Cola, CBS, UPMC, Workday, Datto, Inc., Penn State, bioMérieux, Marcellus Shale Coalition and Princess Cruises.
On stage
Thirty-eight sold out performances at Liberty Magic, Pittsburgh. One of the highest grossing shows in their history, and back for a third time September ’26.
■ In their words
"Michael Misko is one of those rare talents who is as hilarious as he is talented."
Jessica Neu, OnStage Pittsburgh"I love the part where you harpooned the guy in the chest!"
Brian Regan, comedian"Your stage presence is unmatchable."
T.J. Miller, actor and comedian"A show of quick wit, intelligent trickery, seamlessly held together."
Dan Appleby, Princess Cruises■ Not sure which door
Tell me about the night.
Four questions. It comes straight to me and I answer my own email, usually the same day.
Or just call
412.583.3585Dates in November and December go first and they go early. The rest of the year, a few months is comfortable.
Upcoming tour schedule
- 9/9-10Cherry Hill, NJMAES Convention
- 9/11-12Pittsburgh, PALiberty Magic: I Laugh in the Face of Magic!
- 9/14-17Sapphire Princess
- 9/18-19Pittsburgh, PALiberty Magic: I Laugh in the Face of Magic!
- 9/23-24Milwaukee, WIMAX Showcase
- 9/25-26Pittsburgh, PALiberty Magic: I Laugh in the Face of Magic!
For bookings, please call412.583.3585
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