Morgan The Escapist
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Morgan the Escapist is an award-winning magic performer specialising in escapology
. She is based in South Plainfield
, New Jersey
, and often works with magician John Bundy
. She has also had careers as a theatrical designer and script writer. In October 2009 she received the title "Best female escape artist" at the World Magic Awards.
perform on television. After an education in theatre and graphic arts Morgan worked in a touring magic show and then in a professional theatre. In addition to performing and stage managing at the theater she learned to direct and was the resident graphic artist. In 1994 she was chosen to study at the Jim Henson
Studios in New York. The same year she met Bundy and later became his assistant
in his successful and long-running show Spooktackular. She then developed an escape-based act in her own right whilst continuing her successful involvement in Bundy's productions. Her signature tricks include the Table of Death
.
She has appeared on national network television and for three years in succession she was invited to star in the annual Hong Kong Magic Festival. She received the title "Best female escape artist" at a ceremony for the World Magic Awards hosted by Robert Wagner
and Jill St. John
in Santa Monica, California, on 10 October 2009. The event included a performance by Morgan of the Table of Death. The evening was recorded for television and scheduled for broadcast on 19 November 2009.
She is credited as contributing to the book The Escape Biz: Volume 2 by Steve Baker and Dean Carnegie.
.
She was the head writer on an Emmy award winning Children’s TV show and the make-up artist for a midnight horror talk show.
Escapology
For the Jessica Mauboy song, see Inescapable.Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks and other perils, often in combination.-History:The art...
. She is based in South Plainfield
South Plainfield, New Jersey
South Plainfield is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 23,385....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, and often works with magician John Bundy
John Bundy
John Bundy is an American magician and magic consultant based in South Plainfield, New Jersey. He is owner of John Bundy Productions, a company that produces shows for theme parks and corporate events and provides technical advice for television, movies and stage shows. As a performer, Bundy...
. She has also had careers as a theatrical designer and script writer. In October 2009 she received the title "Best female escape artist" at the World Magic Awards.
Biography
Morgan has stated that her magic career owes a lot to early inspiration drawn from seeing Dorothy DietrichDorothy Dietrich
Dorothy Dietrich is an American stage magician and escapologist, and the first and only woman to have performed the bullet catch in mouth. She was also the first woman to perform a straitjacket escape while suspended hundreds of feet in the air from a burning rope Dorothy Dietrich is an American...
perform on television. After an education in theatre and graphic arts Morgan worked in a touring magic show and then in a professional theatre. In addition to performing and stage managing at the theater she learned to direct and was the resident graphic artist. In 1994 she was chosen to study at the Jim Henson
Jim Henson
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for...
Studios in New York. The same year she met Bundy and later became his assistant
Magician's assistant
A magician's assistant is a performer in a magic act who is not billed as the magician or principal name in the act. The role of an assistant can include holding the props that are used by a magician, shifting props onto and off the stage, and serving as a living prop in illusions that involve...
in his successful and long-running show Spooktackular. She then developed an escape-based act in her own right whilst continuing her successful involvement in Bundy's productions. Her signature tricks include the Table of Death
Table of death
The table of death is a predicament escape that is alternately considered as falling into the categories of a magic trick or an act of escapology.-Description:...
.
She has appeared on national network television and for three years in succession she was invited to star in the annual Hong Kong Magic Festival. She received the title "Best female escape artist" at a ceremony for the World Magic Awards hosted by Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner
Robert John Wagner is an American actor of stage, screen, and television.A veteran of many films in the 1950s and 1960s, Wagner gained prominence in three American television series that spanned three decades: It Takes a Thief , Switch , and Hart to Hart...
and Jill St. John
Jill St. John
Jill St. John is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the lead Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever.-Early life:...
in Santa Monica, California, on 10 October 2009. The event included a performance by Morgan of the Table of Death. The evening was recorded for television and scheduled for broadcast on 19 November 2009.
She is credited as contributing to the book The Escape Biz: Volume 2 by Steve Baker and Dean Carnegie.
Additional achievements
Morgan is an accomplished martial artist, holding a 2nd degree Black Belt in Tang Soo DoTang Soo Do
Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art promoted by Hwang Kee that has roots in various martial arts, including taekkyeon and Subak.-Etymology:...
.
She was the head writer on an Emmy award winning Children’s TV show and the make-up artist for a midnight horror talk show.
Further reading
- "Undead and Unstoppable", Magic Magazine, (October 2005)
- Baker and Carnegie, The Escape Biz: Volume 2: Unlocking the secrets to a professional career in escapology and the related arts (2006)