Dont be surprised if you see Jason Bishop have a person passing through his body one moment or make goldfish appear from nowhere the next.
Bishop, an international award-winning illusionist, will kick off the 2019-20 Bowlus Fine Arts Center season Saturday with Jason Bishop: Straight Up Magic.
Ticket information for the 7 p.m. show is available at www.bowluscenter.org.
Bishops interest in magic ran throughout his youth, truly taking shape in his mid-teens. In college, Jason studied theater and then went on the road performing at resorts and amusement parks, anywhere he could find an audience, including the street. As audiences enjoyed the show more and more, he altered his magic to become larger and more impressive.
Im doing something I enjoy, Bishop told the CBS Sunday Morning show. My philosophy is, make the tricks you like, and put them in front of an audience. And if they like them, then youre good.
Bishop grew up in New Jersey in an admittedly rough childhood.
As he explained in his CBS interview, both of his parents were drug addicts. His father died when he was young; his mother wound up prison.
Bishop and his siblings moved around from foster home to foster home before he found his salvation in magic.
Reading books about legends such as Harry Houdini played a role, he said.
There was something attractive to me, about the fact that these guys were poor people, They found magic and through their own drive, they could make their life.
The Jason Bishop Show features exclusive large illusions, award-winning sleight of hand and close-up magic that is captured live and projected onto LCD screens for the audience to have a clear view of every detail.
Today, Bishop is the only illusionist in the U.S. to tour with the rare Double Levitation, Plasma illusion and Op-Art.
More recently, Jason has been featured in various performing arts centers and theaters throughout the United States.
