# The Magical Spark — Chad Currin

> Keynote speaker, mentalist, and after-dinner entertainer for boards, conferences, galas, and grown-up rooms. 47 years on stage, 10,000+ live shows, including 5 years on Radio Disney AM 1460, an appearance on Nickelodeon's Slime Time Live, and a multi-year residency headlining the Family Arts Theater at Zygofolis / Zygo Park in Nice, France. Also performs as Mr. Twisty (family/comedy character) and is a children's author with 9 published titles. Based in Glenville, NY; available everywhere.

## Programs

- [Sleight of Mind Keynote](https://themagicalspark.com/programs.html#keynote) — 45–60 minute keynote blending mentalism, comedy, and a four-move framework for thinking like a magician. Built for conference closers, leadership offsites, and team kickoffs.
- [After-Dinner Mentalism Show](https://themagicalspark.com/programs.html#after-dinner) — 25–45 minute mentalism + comedy show for galas, fundraisers, banquets, and corporate dinners. Includes optional Houdini straight-jacket escape where the venue allows.
- [Strolling Mentalism](https://themagicalspark.com/programs.html#strolling) — 60–120 minutes of close-up mentalism for cocktail hours, receptions, and trade-show booths.
- [Custom Packages](https://themagicalspark.com/programs.html) — combinations spanning a multi-day conference, gala, or sales kickoff.

## About

- [About Chad Currin](https://themagicalspark.com/about.html) — full biography, including the corporate work and the family/Mr. Twisty work that built the credibility.
- [Clients & Industries](https://themagicalspark.com/clients.html) — categorical client list including financial services, healthcare foundations, education, manufacturing, associations, and tech.

## Notable Credits

- 5 years on Radio Disney (AM 1460 + satellite) — host of the only kids' talk show on satellite radio
- Nickelodeon — *Slime Time Live*
- Family Arts Theater headliner, Zygofolis / Zygo Park, Nice, France
- 10,000+ live shows across 3 continents
- 9 published children's books (Birthday Buddy, Sit Still. Be Quiet., the Wizard of the North Christmas series, Little Lily and Eddie the Earthworm)
- BOCES-eligible school assembly program (Mr. Twisty)

## Try The Mind-Reading Trick

- [Live mentalism trick on the homepage](https://themagicalspark.com/#mind-reader) — visitors think of a card and Chad makes it disappear from the lineup. Demonstrates the principle behind the keynote.

## Contact / Booking

- Phone: 518-542-7959
- Email: chadcurrin@gmail.com
- [Booking form](https://themagicalspark.com/contact.html)
- Response time: within 24 hours

## Related Sites

- [chadcurrin.com](https://chadcurrin.com/) — main personal hub
- [mrtwisty.com](https://mrtwisty.com/) — family entertainment / kids' shows
- [mrtwistyassemblies.com](https://mrtwistyassemblies.com/) — school assembly program
- [twistytown.com](https://twistytown.com/) — free online playground for kids
- [Amazon Author Page](https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chad-Currin/author/B0BVJCK53G) — all 9 books

## Positioning / Voice

The Magical Spark is the corporate/keynote/adult-audience face of Chad Currin. The pitch line: **"For magicians, 'impossible' is just the starting point."** First-person voice. Confident but warm. Owns the Mr. Twisty work as proof of range, not as a separate identity to hide.

## The Sleight of Mind Philosophy (full)

A magician's job is literally to do what can't be done. To take "impossible" and make it at least *seem* possible.

Most people see "impossible" as a stopping point. A dead end. *Why spend time thinking about that — it's impossible.* So they don't. The brain hears the word and quits. Problem-solving stops before it starts.

Magicians work the other direction. They get two tools scientists aren't allowed to use. Even with those tools, magicians push so hard against the boundary of what shouldn't be possible that — more often than people realize — they accidentally solve the actual problem along the way.

The moment you allow for the possibility, your brain stops saying STOP and starts looking for a path. Most of the time you don't find the magic solution. But along the way you usually find something else that matters more.

Wizards never managed to turn worthless materials into gold. They were trying to. But chasing it, they invented chemistry. The things we used to call magic — medicine, weather, flight — are science now. Not because somebody proved they were possible. Because somebody refused to accept that they weren't, pushed against the boundary, and dragged something amazing back across the line.

That is the entire keynote, expressed in a paragraph. The mentalism, comedy, and live demonstrations are how it gets delivered so the lesson sticks for years instead of slides.