Derek DelGaudio

Derek DelGaudio is an American performance artist, writer, and three-time Academy of Magical Arts Award winning magician.

Derek DelGaudio
Born Huntington Beach, CA, U.S.
Occupation Performance artist, writer, magician
Years active 2010-present


Collaborations

In 2010, DelGaudio and artist Glenn Kaino co-founded A.BANDIT, an experimental performance-art collective. A.BANDIT has staged interventions at Art L.A. Contemporary in Santa Monica, The Ball of Artists, Art Basel Miami, LA><ART, and at The Kitchen in New York.[1] They have co-authored a book under the A.BANDIT name, A Secret Has Two Faces, containing interviews and stories from their careers in performance and magic as well as contributions from Marina Abramović, David Blaine, and John Baldessari.[2]

Together, DelGaudio and Kaino also created The Mistake Room,[3] a platform for situation-specific projects, as well as The [Space] Between, a "conceptual magic shop". [4]

Public works

DelGaudio has staged works at LA><ART, Art L.A. Contemporary, SoHo House Hollywood, Art Basel Miami, and The Kitchen in New York City, as well as site-specific performances for Grand Arts, The Ball of Artists and LACMA.

In 2011, DelGaudio appeared in "#derekshowlive", a magic show performed solely on Twitter.[5]

Nothing To Hide

DelGaudio wrote and co-starred (with Helder Guimaraes) in the show Nothing To Hide, directed by Neil Patrick Harris. The theatrical magic show debuted at The Geffen Playhouse[6][7] in Los Angeles on November 27, 2012. Though the show was originally meant to be a one-month run, it was extended for an additional 18 weeks where it became one of the five highest-grossing productions in the venue’s 20-year history.[8] Nothing To Hide then traveled across the country and opened for an off-Broadway run at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City on October 23, 2013.[9]

In & Of Itself

Following Nothing To Hide, The Geffen Theater committed DelGaudio to their upcoming subscription series, for which DelGaudio constructed In & Of Itself, a show about identity which used storytelling and illusion to reveal truth.[10]

“In & Of Itself makes the case for the art of magic with the power of storytelling. Derek DelGaudio isn’t just performing magic tricks but presenting a moving deeply personal and compelling narrative, using magic as a metaphor to reach a deeper truth.” – /Film .[11]

For In & Of Itself, DelGaudio sought inspiration for the shows theme of identity and the use of I_Am_a_Man! from his exploration of the Memphis_sanitation_strike.[12]

In & Of Itself was produced by Glenn Kaino, with original music by Mark Mothersbaugh, and directed by Frank Oz.[13] The show's run was extended five times, making it the most commercially successful production the Geffen Playhouse has had in the Audrey Skirball Kenis since DelGaudio's Nothing To Hide.[14]

In & Of Itself opened Off-Broadway in New York on April 5, 2017, at the Daryl Roth Theatre with Neil Patrick Harris as executive producer.[15] It broke box office records for advanced sales, recouped its capitalization, and has been profitable since 2017.[16] DelGaudio and In & Of Itself have been featured on This American Life and The Late Show[17] and has received widespread praise, including from The New York Times, Time Out, Vogue, and the Village Voice.[18] In a review for The New Yorker, the show was termed “a thoughtful piece of theatre" that "will linger in the mind and leave ample room for wonder.”[19] In & Of Itself closed on August 19, 2018.

Awards and honors

  • In 2016, DelGaudio received the Allan Slaight "Sharing Wonder" Award.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.culturebot.org/2011/10/11399/a-bandit-at-the-kitchen-october-5-6/
  2. ↑ https://www.artofmagic.com/products/a-secret-has-two-faces
  3. ↑ http://laxart.org/events/view/abandit-glenn-kainoderek-delgaudio-the-mistake-room/#images
  4. ↑ http://magic-con.org/news/the-space-between/
  5. ↑ http://laxart.org/events/view/derek-delgaudio-derekshowlive/#images
  6. ↑ Geffen Playhouse
  7. ↑ LA Weekly Review
  8. ↑ Playbill
  9. ↑ New York Times Review
  10. ↑ http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/06/14/49709/derek-delgaudio-blurs-the-line-between-artist-and/
  11. ↑ http://www.slashfilm.com/in-and-of-itself-magic-show/
  12. ↑ http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gist/2018/02/teachers_shouldn_t_have_guns_no_matter_what_president_trump_says.html
  13. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/theater/la-ca-cm-derek-delgaudio-frank-oz-20160508-story.html
  14. ↑ http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Geffen-Playhouse-Extends-IN-OF-ITSELF-for-Fifth-and-Final-Time-20160719
  15. ↑ "Neil Patrick Harris Behind New York Transfer of In & Of Itself | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  16. ↑ "Backed By Red Sox Chairman, Illusionist Derek DelGaudio Generates Wonder And Profit". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  17. ↑ "In & Of Itself Media". In & Of Itself. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  18. ↑ "In & Of Itself Media". In & Of Itself. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  19. ↑ "In & Of Itself". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  20. ↑ http://conjuringarts.org/about/staff/
  21. ↑ http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/
  22. ↑ http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/
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