Raised by a detective and thousands of audiences.
Professor Phelyx is a corporate mentalist, master of ceremonies, and event producer.
This is a unique combination that makes him one of the most reliable and versatile performers working in the industry today.
His instinct for reading people and anticipating a room traces directly to his upbringing: he was raised by a renowned detective. That same observational precision — the ability to see what others miss — is precisely what makes his demonstrations so disarming, and what makes him so effective as a master of ceremonies. He doesn’t just perform at an event. He reads it, shapes it, and leaves it better than he found it.
After nearly three million live audience members across America and Europe — corporate galas, leadership retreats, Las Vegas headline runs, a 100-show residency at the Stanley Hotel, a 13-year residency at The Clocktower Cabaret, performances for world leaders and royalty, and stages shared with some of the most celebrated acts in entertainment — he brings something most performers simply cannot: institutional knowledge of what a great event actually requires.
"Thousands of shows, over forty-four years, have all been practice for my next one."
Having produced hundreds of events himself, Professor Phelyx is an ideal rBecause he works across all three roles — performer, emcee, and producer — he anticipates the practical needs that a feature act alone never would. Program flow, AV timing, audience energy, message alignment: these are considerations he builds into every engagement by default. Most of his bookings come from previous clients. He considers that the only review that matters.
His stage credits include starring roles in several full-scale theatrical productions — among them the first full-length magic-themed ballet — and PERCEPTION, Denver’s first large-scale immersive theatrical production, presented through The Denver Performing Arts Center. He has appeared in film, co-starred in a sitcom (streaming soon), and served as Leon Redbone’s only official support act.
A Sophisticated Comedy Mind-Reading Experience
His presentation is period-precise: a retro sensibility rooted in the 1920s through 1960s that makes him an authentically ideal choice for themed events — Gatsby, Roaring Twenties, Casino Night, Prohibition, 1940s — while remaining entirely at home in modern, formal, and contemporary settings. He looks like the Ivy League professor everyone wishes they’d had. The one who made the material feel inevitable.
His demonstrations are always selected — and can be customized — to harmonize with the event’s message, tone, and audience. Guests become willing participants in something genuinely astonishing. No one is embarrassed. Everyone leaves with a story.
Why event planners book him:
Performer, emcee, and producer in a single booking
Content customized to reinforce your message
Majority of bookings are repeat clients
Authentic period aesthetic for themed events
Volunteers celebrated, never embarrassed
Trusted by Fortune 500s, world leaders, and royalty
Las Vegas headliner with national touring credits
Ideal for galas, retreats, conferences, and fundraisers
After more than four decades on stage and appearances for organizations including Coca-Cola, IKEA, the NFL, the U.S. Army, and TEDx, Professor Phelyx continues to create the kind of whole-room experience audiences will be talking about long after the evening ends.
"My father, a celebrated detective, taught me the art of deduction. I combined investigative training with the showmanship of Vaudeville and became what I am today, a mind reader, storyteller, and funny conjuror of connection."
Born and raised in Colorado, Phelyx developed an invested interest in performing magic at the age of eight. By the age of ten, he was on stage in front of an audience; and he wasn’t very good. C’mon. He was 10!
Since those early budding Showman days, Phelyx has earned seven coveted performing artist residencies including 13 years at The Clocktower Cabaret in Denver and 100 shows at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO. Even after the touring, headlining in places like Las Vegas, getting to share stages with rockstars and celebrities, acting in film and television, and enjoying a lifetime of Showbiz and Entertainment, there was always that one childhood dream that had yet to be satisfied…
Performing in the Circus!
Phelyx got rather close to that dream in 2015 when he starred in PERCEPTION at The Denver Performing Arts Complex and every presentation of the large, experimental, Immersive-Theater show closed with Professor Phelyx swinging over the audience on a trapeze (yes, really).
Years later, a big surprise came when the Circus called! Within a week, Professor Phelyx took the stage in the canvas walled and sawdust floored shows of 3 week-long stops in the 2021 national tour. An elusive, 40-year-old bucket list item had been crossed off!
