Andrew Pinard

Andrew Pinard
Born	1969

Andrew Pinard (b. 1969) is a New Hampshire-based performer with a BA in Music from Plymouth State University.

Biography

With a background in music and theater, he taught theater for five years at Pembroke Academy in New Hampshire.

He has been a full-time pro since 1991, performing stage, family, festivals and fairs, corporate and resort markets. Pinard ran New Hampshire's only magic shop (Absolutely Magic) for ten years (1991-2001). He is also a creative consultant for stage, film and television.

He performed extensively in restaurants (including one twice-weekly engagement for eleven years) for many years while also performing for resorts, corporate, fair and festival and family audiences. His performances regular feature characters and in 2013, he began performing as Boston-born ventriloquist and magician Jonathan Harrington.

In October 2008, he oversaw the production of his original "magi-musical" Fantasmagoria Cabaret. In addition to a busy public performance schedule, Pinard has contributed to the magic industry in video, print and as a consultant. Locally he has served as a Selectman, and a member of the Bradford Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board and Budget Committee to the Town of Bradford, NH and represented Bradford on the Kearsarge Regional School Board (2008-2020).

Most known to magicians for his work in The Magic Menu, his graphic design and production of magic books for most of the major publishers in magic, his original shell game equipment titled La Maggiore, and for his deep knowledge on the subject of troublewit (which he hand crafts and distributes though his website).

Affiliations: Society of American Magicians, International Brotherhood of Magicians, New England Magic Collectors Association & The Conjuring Arts Research Center. Lifetime subscriber to Genii.

Served as adviser to the Society of Young Magicians Assembly #1 for four years. Held local offices in Society of American Magicians and International Brotherhood of Magicians. Served as Regional and NH National Deputy for Society of American Magicians for over a decade.

Taught magic at Kearsarge Arts Theater (summer program 1998-2000, 2009, 2010). Technical director and Lighting Designer for KAT, 2009-2011.

Awards and honors

Received two awards at the New England Magic Competition, including first place in 2000. Recognized by New Hampshire Magazine as NH's Best Magical Entertainment in 2000 & 2002.

Bibliography

Editor

• The Magic Menu (associate editor with Jim Sisti)
• Son of Simon Says by Simon Lovell (2000)
• Eric DeCamps: Compositions of Conjuring (2001)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #11 (co-editor with Ed Hill) (2004)
• The Yankee Magic Collector Style Guide (2006)
• Switch by John Lovick (2006)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #12 (co-editor with Ed Hill) (2006)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #13 (co-editor with Ed Hill) (2008)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #14 (2010)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #15 (2012)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #16 (2014)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #17 (2016)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #18 (2018)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #19 (2020)

Art Director

• The Magic Menu (Issues 31-64)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #10 (2002)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #11 (2004)
• The Yankee Magic Collector Style Guide (2006)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #12 (2006)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #13 (2008)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #14 (2010)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #15 (2012)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #16 (2014)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #17 (2016)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #18 (2018)
• The Yankee Magic Collector #19 (2020)

Graphic Design & Composition (book design, dustjackets where indicated)

• Sonata for Ring & String by Dan Fleshman (1993)
• The Magic Menu (Issues 31-64)
• Switch by John Lovick (2006)
• In A Class By Himself by Jon Racherbaumer (2000) Book and dustjacket
• The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard (2001)
• Extending Magic Beyond Credibility by John Booth (2001)
• Scatter Thought: Off-Center Tear (2006)
• And Finally! by Harry Lorayne (2018) Book and dustjacket
• Before I Forget by Harry Lorayne (2013) Book and dustjacket
• Best of Friends 3 by Harry Lorayne (2007) Book and dustjacket
• Mathematical Wizardry by Harry Lorayne (2006)
• Harry Lorayne's The Classic Collection by Harry Lorayne (2005)
• Harry Lorayne's The Classic Collection 2 by Harry Lorayne (2008) Book and dustjacket
• Harry Lorayne's The Classic Collection 3 by Harry Lorayne (2010) Book and dustjacket
• Harry Lorayne's The Classic Collection 4 by Harry Lorayne (2012) Book and dustjacket
• Harry Lorayne's The Classic Collection 5 by Harry Lorayne (2014) Book and dustjacket
• Jaw Droppers! by Harry Lorayne (2015) Book and dustjacket
• Jaw Droppers Two (Too)! by Harry Lorayne (2017) Book and dustjacket
• Only My Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne (2016) Book and dustjacket
• Harry Lorayne's Personal Collection by Harry Lorayne (2001)
• Doug Edwards Packs A Wallop by Harry Lorayne (1997)
• The Himber Wallet Book by Harry Lorayne (1998)
• Magic with Canes and Candles by Fantasio (2000)
• Billion Dollar Bunko (republished as How to Cheat at Everything) by Simon Lovell (2003) Book and dustjacket
• How to Cheat at Everything by Simon Lovell (2007)
• Simon Says by Simon Lovell (1997)
• Son of Simon Says by Simon Lovell (2000)
• The Magic Menu: The First Five Years (2001) Dustjacket only
• The Magic Menu: Years Six through Ten (2001) Book and dustjacket
• The Magic Menu: The Final Four (2002)
• The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius by Lance Pierce (2001)
• Constant Fooling 1 by David Regal (2002) Book and dustjacket
• Constant Fooling 2 by David Regal (2002) Book and dustjacket
• Ibidem Volume 2 by P. Howard Lyons (2001)
• Ibidem Volume 3/Aziz & Beyond by P. Howard Lyons (2002)
• Simon Aronson's Side-Swiped (2002)
• Side Show by Joshua Jay (2002)
• Restaurant Worker's Handbook by Jim Pace & Jerry Macgregor (2008) Dustjacket
• Art of Astonishment Volume 3 by Paul Harris (2004) updated dustjacket and frontmatter
• The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series (2010) design, facsimile reproduction, introduction
• The Magical Arts Journal, design, facsimile reproduction

Publications

• "Sweet Cents", trick printed in Jim Sisti's "Magic on the Menu" column, MAGIC magazine (May, 2002)
• "Realizing' Historical Documents for Reproduction", article for The Yankee Magic Collector #10 (2002)
• "Jonathan Harrington - Early American Magician", article for Magicol (2018)
• The Magic Menu Genii Half-Baked Magicol

Author

• Serious Bizness (1996, 2000)
• The Shared Experience (2002)

Publisher

• Serious Bizness (1996, 2000)
• The Shared Experience (2002)
• The Magic Menu: The Final Four Issues 61 through 64. (2002)
• Scatter Thought: Off-Center Tear (2006)
• The Three Shell Game by Tom Osbourne (PDF: 2005)

Video

• The Shared Experience: The Nuts and Bolts (2003)
• Reel Magic Magazine (formerly Reel Magic Quarterly) Produces and hosts Continuum (interviewees include: Harry Lorayne, Bill Kalush, Johnny Thompson, Jay Sankey, Todd Robbins, Eugene Burger, Charles Reynolds, Kostya Kimlat, Eric DeCamps)

Manufacturer

• La Maggiore (three shell game) 2000-present
• Troublewit (paperfolding apparatus) 2002-present

Theatrical consulting

• American Stage Festival
• Hampton Playhouse
• Kearsarge Arts Theater
• Lakes Region Summer Theatre
• The ActorSingers
• North Country Center for the Arts / Jean's Playhouse
• New London Barn Playhouse
• Winnipesaukee Playhouse
• Hatbox Theatre
• Claremont Opera House
• Newport Opera House

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