Biography

Magician Sean Masterson became interested in his craft at the age of 7 when he received a deck of T.V. Magic Cards for his birthday. At 12 he made his first public performance at the Helen Plum Library in Lombard, IL. Dozens of library gigs later, he won Chicago’s Junior Magician of the Year award.

His performances have always reflected his dual interest in magic and theater leading him to study acting at Illinois State University. While there he picked up a 2nd major in French which explains his appearances at Festimagic in Paris, The International Theater Festival of Grenoble, and his French wife.

His fascination with both magic and theater have figured into the creation of magic routines based on The Frog Prince tale, Hamlet, Sam Spade and a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that begins with a member of the audience chained to a metal box.

And while known as a Chicago magician performing at corporate and social events with clients such as Abbott Laboratories and The Chicago Architecture Foundation, he continues to produce original theatrical productions. Conjuring Time - a magic show with a cosmic dimension ran for 5 sold out weeks at the Live Bait Theater and was hailed as "highly entertaining" by the Chicago Tribune. In 1995 his solo show Magic Tales ran for 2 months at Sheffield’s Theater Space. He performed with Phil Johnson in Moonie and Masterson at Shattered Globe Theater and in The Christmas Brothers at Bailiwick Theater.

As a children’s magician he has performed his show Magic Play for hundreds of special events and birthday parties.

Sean lives in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago with his wife Marick and their daughter Maya.