Showman.  Conman.  Magician. Jeff Grow explores the diverse facets of the art of deception and confidence - whether for entertainment or manipulation, beauty or deception.  Creating Illusion, is the recipient of 2 NY Innovative Theatre Awards, (Outstanding Solo Performer & Outstanding Performance Art Production).   Elegant sleight of hand and insight into human behavior collide to dismantle everyday experience and explore the art of creating illusion.

“Grow is an appealing technician who brings a boyish charm to a group willing to be fooled.  Grow is adept at slowing down his motions, conning us into thinking we will see how he does the trick as he explains it. There are audible "ahs" when we don't, and again he's got us in the palm of his hand. Aside from the smooth illusions, I most enjoyed Grow's explanations of how a con works, painting familiar New York street scenes and populating them with cons he has met and been conned by. This is the best of his patter, and it proves sharp and illuminating.”     -NY Theatre.com

Jeff Grow (Writer & Performer)
Jeff has been featured in award winning films, and national and international commercials. His stage shows Creating Illusion, Magicians, Wise Fools & Ordinary Magic, and A Story About Magic have been
presented in venues throughout New York City and Europe. Jeff’s most recent show, Creating Illusion, received two 2009 New York Innovative Theatre Awards (Outstanding Solo Performer & Outstanding Performance Art Production). He is a featured performer at New York City’s top venues and events - a plethora of corporate and private clients have incorporated Jeff's outstanding magic into their principal events. He consults on film, commercials and theatre, including recent productions for Arena Stage and Long Wharf Theatre.

“Grow is an appealing technician who brings a boyish charm to a group willing to be fooled. Grow is adept at slowing down his motions, conning us into thinking we will see how he does the trick as he explains it. There are audible "ahs" when we don't, and again he's got us in the palm of his hand. Aside from the smooth illusions, I most enjoyed Grow's explanations of how a con works, painting familiar New York street scenes and populating them with cons he has met and been conned by. This is the best of his patter, and it proves sharp and illuminating.”
-NY Theatre.com

Visit jeffgrow.net for excerpts of Jeff’s work.

Jessi D. Hill (Director) Recent credits include: Mia McCullough's Lucinda's Bed for Chicago Dramatists, Jeff Grow's Creating Illusion, Johnna Adams’ Angel Eaters for Flux Theatre Ensemble (6 New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominations), and The Children's Hour for Astoria Performing Arts Center. She has also directed and developed plays for The New Group, The Lark, Diverse City, and Youngblood among others. Hill recently relocated to NYC from Chicago where she was a freelance director and Artistic Director of the 28-year-old Stage Left Theatre Company. Chicago credits include the acclaimed premiere productions of David Scott Hay’s The Violent Sex, Brett Neveu's Empty and the Joseph Jefferson Award Nominated Mrs. Mackenzie's Beginner's Guide to the Blues by Patty Lynch and Kent Stephens. Recently, Hill was a guest artist at Fordham University, and completed a four-month national tour as Staff Repertory Director with The Acting Company as well as a Directing Residency at The Ensemble Studio Theatre. Hill is the recipient of the 2008/09 Denham Fellowship from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation and was recently named a finalist for the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors. MFA Directing 2007: Yale School of Drama.

Prakash Puru (Magic Consultant) As one of New York's "most skilled and original tricksters" (Time Out New York), Prakash Puru is in constant demand to perform his blend of magic and mind-reading at private and corporate events across the world. Clients include: The Blackstone Group, The New York Yankees, Moody's Investors Service, MasterCard Asia, and The Ritz-Carlton Millennia Singapore. He is also the founder of The Artifice Group, New York's leading source of magical entertainment for events, and magic-related expertise for stage and screen. Their consulting projects include: Designing the magic and sleight- of-hand for "Finian's Rainbow" on Broadway, writing a series of televised con games for Singaporean television, crafting the gory illusions and special effects for "Haunted Poe" in Philadelphia, and working with - and hand-doubling for - the lead actors on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."