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Will Chandler
bitten by the magic snake at the
early age of 7, the venom laid
dormant for 30 years before it
took affect. When it finally
kicked in, it did so with a
vengeance. But we’re getting
ahead of ourselves, you see
before the magic poison took
affect he thought his calling was
to the stage. So for many of his
adolescent and young adult years
he devoted this life to the theater,
playing roles in plays such as the
Odd Couple, Inherit the Wind, as
well as an occasional
Shakespeare play or two.
decided to hang up his thespian
masks to become a father and a
wage earner. Quite by accident,
it was his children that
motivated him to walk into a
magic shop and the rest was
history. His life would never be
the same again. He started out
performing a few minor tricks
for his children and their
friends. Eventually he
discovered that a magician
could actually get paid for
doing what loved and he started
to perform professionally.
become part of the magical
community he joined the
International Brotherhood of
Magicians (IBM) and eventually
became a member of the World
Famous Hollywood Magic
Castle. He then went on to
compete in various performance
competitions and won IBM’s Best
Close Up Magician of the year,
Best Stage magician of the year,
and the all coveted, “Phil
Calhoun Award; Best Magician
of the year”.
stage magic, close up magic, and
children’s magic shows, he also
produces full stage
productions for corporate
events, community groups and
non profit organizations. These
have include the American
Heart Association, the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society, the
National Childhood Cancer
Foundation, the Bay Area
Parents Helping Parents, and
the Hollywood Shiners.
