Macbeth

JOHNNY THOMPSON returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where he previously worked on The Tempest (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement – Illusion/Magic Design, Jeff Award for Artistic Specialization – Magic Design). Mr. Thompson (The Great Tomsoni) has written, developed, and provided material for magicians, including: Siegfried and Roy, Penn & Teller, Doug Henning, Lance Burton, David Blaine, and The Amazing Jonathan. He was the magic consultant off Broadway for Play Dead, for which he won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award in the category of Illusion/Magic Design. In conjunction with Teller, he designed the magic effects for The Exorcist at the Geffen Theatre. His television and film credits as a magic advisor/ consulting include: Fool Us, Hart to Hart, Fantasy Island, One Day at a Time, Beyond Westworld, The Fantasticks, Bogus, Houdini– Believe, and The Magic Box.

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