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Modern Magician Prods
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  Corporations and Organizations
Nick Carifo is a popular choice for entertaining at events for corporations and organizations.  His stand-up style stage performances are the perfect compliment to company banquets, meetings, conventions, expos, hospitality suites, and holiday events. 

Because his show highlights interactive participation from the audience, Nick is the perfect ice-breaker and conversation- starter for your guests. And if your goal is to draw a crowd for a memorable  sales promotion or trade show booth demonstration, Nick Carifo is your magical answer.  Here are just a few of the companies and organizations who have enjoyed The Modern Magic of Nick Carifo: 

  • The White House
  • Nabisco/Oreo
  • PepsiCo
  • International Home Foods
  • Prudential
  • Bayer
  • Bob Mackie Fragrances
  • Coldwell Banker
  • The PGA
  • Smith-Kline Beecham
  • US Airways
  • Westinghouse
  • Armstrong World Industries
  • Coca-Cola
  • McDonald's
Nick Carifo also has a long history of performances for fundraisers and charitable events for organizations such as The MDA, United Way, The AIDS Taskforce, The Mental Heath Association, Women's Centers for Victims of Domestic Violence, US Marine's Toys for Tots, The Salvation Army, Homeless Organizations, and Child & Youth Services.  He can also be spotted at benefits for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the New Works Festival for the Performing Arts.
 

Touring and Stage Productions
Nick Carifo's schedule includes performing for resorts, themeparks, colleges, schools, clubs, public events and festivals, as well as theatrical and corporate appearances throughout America.  Among his accomplishments, Nick Carifo has appeared in over 250 performances of the magical action stage show Thrillusion and over 450 performances of Kennywood’s Street Magic at Kennywood Amusement Park, in association with veteran theme park entertainment producer, Paul Osborne Shows of Dallas, Texas. 

Nick Carifo has written, directed, and starred in Magic from the Darkside, a series of haunted illusion shows for Pennsylvania’s top concert promotor, DiCesare-Engler Productions, during it’s month-long Halloween Fright Festival - one of America’s largest Halloween attractions.  DiCesare-Engler also commissioned Nick as the official host for the PepsiFest Summer Concert Series, performing on stage before thousands of screaming concert-goers and introducing some of America’s top bands and acts.
 

Television, Film, and Theatre
Nick Carifo is an entertainer, actor, and host personality.  For years he has been active in the theatrical community and has been seen in productions of Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo, The Secret Garden, Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, A Salute to Disney, and a new rendition of Hansel and Gretel.  

His magical talents and technical staging expertise have combined to keep him busy as a special-effects consultant for productions such as Death Trap, The Wiz, Cabaret, Carnival, City of Angels, The Brave Little Tailor, Kipling’s Just-So Stories, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Into the Woods.  Nick’s magic also helped to bring the man-eating plant to life in a production of Little Shop of Horrors.  

Nick has experience working behind the scenes in Hollywood at the famous Directors Guild of America and later with the Reality Television & Specials Development Division of the Fox Family Channel in Los Angeles. 

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