Morgan the Escapist

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Morgan the Escapist is a magician specialising in escapology. She is one of a small number of women carving a name for herself as a performer in her own right in the male-dominated world of magic, where a large proportion of the female performers are only credited in assistant roles, and she is especially unusual as a woman working in escapology.^[1] She is based in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and often works with magician John Bundy.

[edit] Biography

She has stated that her magic career owes a lot to early inspiration drawn from seeing Dorothy Dietrich 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.^[2]^[3] She has since 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 three times in a row she was invited to star in the annual Hong Kong Magic Festival.^[4] She is also credited as contributing to the book The Escape Biz: Volume 2 by Steve Baker and Dean Carnegie.

[edit] Additional achievements

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.^[5]

[edit] References

^ The Female Escape Artists Database. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
^ Morgan: The Quintessential Liberated Woman. The Handcuff Key website. Retrieved on March 5, 2007.
^ John Bundy's Spooktacular website. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
^ See for example The 2005 Hong Kong Magic Festival. Retrieved on March 5, 2007.
^ Morgan: The Quintessential Liberated Woman. The Handcuff Key website. Retrieved on March 5, 2007.

[edit] 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)