About Tom Yurasits
Tom Yurasits is a magician, escape artist and mentalist and has taken his show around the world, entertaining in resorts in the Pocono Mountains, Catskills, Atlantic City Casino's, The Cayman Islands – BWI, and for colleges and TV, performing in thirty five different states from coast to coast and in Canada. Tom uses his more than twenty five years of experience to amaze and amuse his audiences, using Magic, Comedy, Escapes and Illusions. He has worked for some of the largest corporations in the US.

 

He has also performed for all types of events, including school assembly programs, family nights, libraries, birthday parties, social events, family reunions, fairs, festivals campgrounds and for all types of holiday parties.

 

Tom is also a creator, inventor and builder of magic tricks and illusions. Some of his creations can be seen in movies such as “Jackass 2” and shows around the world including Las Vegas showrooms. He has also invented and built illusions for theme parks across the US, on Euro Disney TV and on TV magic specials including “Criss Angel’s Mindfreak Special” and on 4 seasons of A&E’s “Mindfreak” TV series.

 

Criss Angel has also used the knowledge that Tom taught him to escape from locks and handcuffs in an underwater challenge where Criss was submerged in a tank of water for over 24 hours in Times Square and then had to escape from multiple locks, chains, handcuffs and leg irons on live TV. Penn of the famous magic duo “Penn & Teller” also had to have a wildly creative illusion that Tom invented and built to add to his collection.

 

Tom was also the first magician ever to make a live 1600 pound cow disappear while surrounded by audience members in an original illusion in front of a live audience of more than 1000 people.