USDWritten by Michael Kras
Design and Layout by Stina Henslee
Illustrations by Sara Froese
Proofreading by Mike Vance
CONTENTS
PRELUDE
Here and Gone and Back Again
ACT ONE - The Kras Change: A Treatise
Original Method
Clean-Ups and Get-Outs
The Kras Change-Back
A Fraudulent Find
The Automatic Shuffle Change
Wait, What the F***?
(In)version
A Simple Triumph
A Simple Transposition
The Slingshot Solution
A Blombergian Blizzard
ACT TWO - A Debt to Paul Harris
Stranger Exchange
Quarter Pounder
Ripped at the Seam
Flip Switch
ACT THREE - Assortments
Signature Coins Across
Everything But Olives
Keith
Holding Out (For a Hero) – A Pseudo-Exposé
One Four All
A Moment of Weakness
ACT FOUR – Essays and Theory
A playwright’s perspective on scripting magic
Humanity over perfection
On “how did you do that?”
On props that mean something
Thoughts on Directing and Designing Magic for Theatre (Part 1: Page to Stage)
On training the voice and body
The Alexander Technique for Magicians
Thoughts on Directing and Designing Magic for Theatre (Part 2: Harmony and Empathy)
Is magic a melancholy artform?
FINALE
Acknowledgements
