Jim Passé grew up in Chicago, the Windy City, a town with a reputation as home to some of the country’s best magicians. At the early age of 6, Jim’s aunt spawned his interest in magic with the gift of a few small “magic tricks” purchased from a professional magic shop in the heart of the city.

His interest in performing magic was cemented at the age of 10 when he was pulled up on stage from the audience at a holiday magic show to be the magician’s assistant in “Misers Dream”. The Magician pulled coins from Jim’s ears, nose and mouth to the thundering applause of the audience. He was hooked!

While Jim had been performing magic for small parties and friends during his childhood, his parents always encouraged him to get a good education and supported him attending college where he obtained both a B.S. in Pharmacology and a Doctor of Law. They also supported his quest to race velodrome bicycles at an international class level.

Despite these successes, Jim’s true calling has always been performing magic. As Jim made his way through life, the close-up magic of his youth turned first to parlor magic and then to the stage illusion show of today.

As Jim became more successful in his magic performances, his show grew larger. In 1994, after moving to North Carolina, his current home, Jim held a charity fundraising event in the area’s largest (2200 seat) auditorium performing his first stage illusion show. The show was an incredible success, and Jim began performing shows around the Southeast.

It wasn’t long before he also began working on designing exciting new illusions to compete in the International Brotherhood of Magicians (the “IBM”) annual international stage competition.

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