Magic and Mystery School

Taught by Jeff McBride and Dr. Larry Hass, the Founder and Dean of the Magic & Mystery School

January 13-January 27, 2022

Tuition: $195.00

Taught online through the Zoom platform on three Thursdays: January 13, January 20, and January 27 at 5:00 p.m. PACIFIC (8:00 p.m. EASTERN). Each session is 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes Q & A. PLEASE NOTE: All the sessions will be recorded and available to registrants for one year.

Jeff McBride and Larry Hass are privileged to have studied with many great masters of magic, live and in person. Now, Jeff and Larry pass down the essential lessons they’ve learned to you! They will share great secrets they have gathered from their teachers and their own deep studies into the presentation and philosophy of magic.

No More Slow Seasons!

Put your creativity to work, marketing and scripting for Life Cycle Shows.

ThreeTuesday’s January 18, 25 and February 1st from 5-7 pm Pacific time (8-10pm Eastern)

$145 until Jan. 1. $195 after that.

Life Cycle Events - Magic for Celebrations, From Cradle to the Grave

Most professional entertainers have full calendars for Christmas and Halloween – but what if every month could look like that? Sure, we all know how to book birthday parties, and some of us enjoy Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. But have you thought about other major events in people’s lives?

This class will be recorded and made available to all registrants as streaming video, along with a collection of supplementary materials, for the period of one year after the class ends.

Taught by Dr. Larry Hass, the Dean

February 10-February 24, 2022

$195.00

Taught online through the Zoom platform on three Thursdays: February 10, February 17, and February 24 at 5:00 p.m. PACIFIC (8:00 p.m. EASTERN). Each session is 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes Q & A. PLEASE NOTE: All the sessions will be recorded and available to registrants for one year.

Dr. Larry Hass is a world-leading expert on Eugene Burger. In this long-awaited course, Larry will lead you in a DEEP STUDY of Eugene’s masterful magic and philosophy of magic. You will learn at least 7 of Eugene’s astonishing, real-world magic routines, with all the depth and detail he shared with Larry over the 23 years of their close friendship. Larry will also work to present the essential wisdom of Eugene’s approach to performing magic with impact and excellence, insights and principles that are scattered throughout Eugene’s writings. However, special attention will be paid to Eugene’s three final books that he and Larry collaborated on starting in 2010: Teaching Magic, Eugene Burger: From Beyond, and Eugene Burger: Final Secrets.

Having Eugene's books is NOT a pre-requisite to attend, although the three final books are available for purchase here.

Taught by Tobias Beckwith & Jeff McBride

Every Tuesday and Friday at 9:30 am (Pacific) for a 45 minute session on Zoom. 16 sessions Live on Zoom, plus 8 video teaching lectures by Jeff & Tobias.

This will be a student-directed course in how to build an integrated business and career around your magical passion.

Congratulations! You've become a good magician and performer - but now you want more. You're thinking of making this into a career, or at least a business. That's a big step! Or maybe you've already taken that step, and it's time to change direction or shift into a higher gear.

We've been there! Jeff turned full-time pro when he was still in his teens and has succeeded, shifted gear in his career, and succeeded again -- several times. Tobias started out life as a performer, shifted to become a director and teacher, and then moved to New York and landed on the business end of some of New York's best-known shows, before moving over into artist management and production work for magicians. We've negotiated our way through recessions and pandemics successfully. Most important, we continue to learn and "dance with the times." We know that certain principles hold true no matter how much the world changes around us, and how to dance with the changes -- and we can help you do the same!

Three Consecutive Tuesdays – March 22, 29, and April 5 from 5 pm - 7 pm Pacific time

200,000 children in the USA are celebrating their birthday today,

      5 million children in the world are celebrating their birthday today…

          and tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that!

Learn how to become an amazing family entertainer and how to take your family business to the next level.

The newest member of our faculty, Paul Draper was the house magician at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas, performs regularly for Disneyland, has been a frequent guest on the Hallmark channel, and has recently been performing hundreds of families shows online. Paul Draper will act as our host curating this class.

Tuition: $145.00 (on March 1 it becomes $195.00)

Registration to open in November

This will be a one-day introduction to the Magic & Mystery School, live and in person at Jeff McBride's House of Mystery

Live and In Person in Las Vegas!

Magic Master Class is the premiere magic educational experience in the world. It involves personalized instruction at the McBride House of Mystery in a small-group setting. It is designed so that each attendee takes their magic and their magic business to the next level.

In response to popular demand, the Magic & Mystery School offers seven-day Master Classes. This means there will be more time with Jeff and Larry (and sometimes Tobias) as well as special teaching units from world-leading teachers of magic. The seven-day class also includes a ticket for a major Las Vegas magic show, such as Mac King, and relaxed time for questions with the star. There will also be two events to which you may bring a guest or family member.

The Magic & Meaning Conference Will Be Online Again in 2022! Join Us as We Celebrate FIFTEEN Years!

Tuition is $145 until August 15. After that, it will be $195.00

Our past Online Magic and Meaning Conferences have met with huge success, drawing well over one hundred participants from around the world--people who would not otherwise have been able to attend. Further, our online community has grown by leaps and bounds since the beginning of 2020. Since Magic and Meaning is our School's "homecoming event," and since our presence has become so global, we have decided, once again, to hold the 2022 Magic and Meaning Conference online.

As has always been the case, the Conference will feature 18 of our remarkable P-E-P Talks by attendees. (Go HERE to see how you can submit a proposal to make a presentation to the community.) It will also feature Ensemble Shows, break-out room discussions, teaching magic effects, and discussing ideas "beyond tricks" that are essential to the art of magic..

Hosted by the Magic & Mystery School Faculty, the Magic and Meaning Conference is an annual gathering of magicians, scholars, public speakers, professionals from many areas, and performers of diverse arts. It is for anyone who loves magic, storytelling, the philosophy of magic, and who wants to think about magic in new ways.

Join us for a weekend of wisdom! Spend quality time in small groups with some of the greatest magic teachers in the world. Explore the deep wisdom of the philosophers of magic.

The original vision of Mystery School was to create a safe place for serious play and a deep study of magic. For the first few years, 30 people met for three days in a secret location. Over the years, that grew and grew to over 100 students attending.

Here is your chance to experience the roots of the tree of wisdom: old-school, small-group style!

In response to many requests and because of extraordinary demand, we are delighted to present this Master Class aimed exclusively at mentalists. Jeff McBride's Master Class is the premier program in contemporary magic where YOU and your performance take center stage in a safe and supportive setting.

At this Special Master Class, all of the performances, talks, and breakout sessions are focused on the performing art of MENTALISM. Regular faculty members Jeff McBride and Dr. Larry Hass will share their thoughts on Mentalism and Mystery Entertainment. And our Special Guest for the Class will once again be ROSS JOHNSON, perhaps the most successful corporate mentalist in the United States. This is a RARE opportunity to learn from Ross, because he does not publish his material and rarely speaks to groups of mentalists. We are thrilled to be able to spend several days with him finding out what has made him so successful.

In addition to the Personal Performance Feedback sessions--when you get expert direction on improving your performances--the Master Class for Mentalism features small-group learning and trick teaching, as well as KEYNOTE LECTURES on the art of mentalism by Ross, Larry, and Jeff.  These are high-level, cutting edge lectures on the topics, techniques, and/or leading figures in our field, prepared especially for this course.

This is an exciting opportunity, and it will sell out quickly. We hope that you will join us this November 10-13, 2022!