DAVID SEEBACH has almost always been a magician. His interest began at about age six when an older brother gave him a toy magic set. His initial ‘public’ appearance was at Milwaukee’s Center Street Library in 1960 for which he was paid $7.50. The repertoire included scarves that magically appeared and cards that changed from one value to another.
David now causes women to appear and transform into his tiger, Sabrina. His Wonders of Magic has been presented in over thirty states, coast-to-coast, and is a lavish production with beautiful settings, spectacular illusions, colorful costuming and evocative music.
David studied theater at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he graduated with honors and a BFA degree. On campus he created a benefit show that ran ten years. He also taught a magic course at UW-M.
In 1979 an original musical was written around David called It Must Be Magic. Staged at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre, it ran for sixty sold-out performances. He is very well known in his home city where he regularly performs for many private functions and at popular public events such as Rainbow Summer, KIDSfest, the Wisconsin State Fair and —since 1980— annual shows at Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival.
Frequently called upon by major corporations, David has created specialized magic presentations for Ford, Oldsmobile, Buick, McDonald’s, IBM, General Electric, Sony, Miller Brewing, Mercury Marine and Walgreen’s. In November 1999, he traveled to Antwerp, Belgium to perform for the international sales force of Philips Medical. One year later, in 2000, John Deere invited him to host their new product rollout and host six performances to their dealers over a three-week period in Florida. More recently he has provided halftime entertainment for the NBA Dallas Mavericks in Texas, the Pistons in Detroit and appeared as the center ring attraction for the Shrine Circus in St Paul, Minnesota.
He combined his love of classical music with magic to create The Maestro & The Magician, a concert attraction that has appeared with notable orchestras in California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Texas as well as with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony and Rochester Orchestras.
David’s holiday attraction, Merry Magic Christmas, has appeared in New Jersey, California, Wisconsin, Illinois and Hawaii. Seasonal music and magic are blended in this family attraction.
In 1991 David and his staff created Illusions in the Night, perhaps the only elaborate magic and illusion show designed to scare an audience. It has appeared annually in Milwaukee. The show —and its ghosts— has also traveled to upstate Wisconsin and Illinois.
In December, 2014 David added Asia to his resume` as he performed in Singapore, Bahrain and Diego Garcia.
Within his field David Seebach has won honors and high acclaim. He has been a featured performer at the national convention of the Society of American Magicians, the east coast Magic Jubilee, and the annual Magic Get-Together where he has been featured frequently and won the coveted “Best of the Best” Trophy. He has also appeared at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle, long considered the crown jewel in magicdom. His writing has been featured monthly in several conjurors’ magazines.
David has created a lecture presentation for magicians’ groups that instructs other performers about the major stage illusions. He has shared this information in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, Colorado, Texas and Minnesota. He also has written and published a book, So You Want To Be An Illusionist that has been well-received as a valuable reference work.