LELAND FAULKNER combines magic with performance art to create perhaps one of the most unique presentations you may ever see.  The master of light and shadows, he uses only his hands and a few simple props to create an endless number of characters, each of which connect deeply with the audience.

He has vast experience in the arts as a performer, director, filmmaker, and teacher.  Leland began training with master mime Tony Montanaro in 1973 and since that time has become a master teacher in his own right.  He has produced major tours of his own large scale, Japanese-themed illusion act and other shows.  A recent project is Shadowplay, based entirely around the concept of storytelling with multimedia shadow.  It premiered in 2008 at Virginia Commonwealth University.  Furthermore, his recent experience includes work with the film The Polar Express and performances at American Idol’s “Idol Camp.” Leland’s act is one of the most original and unusual in all of magic – he brings his beautiful artistry of shadows and ordinary objects all the way from Portland, Maine.