Hey people,
I have an interesting question. I was doing magic once and somebody asked my why I did magic. I just said that I enjoyed it and did it as a hobbie. He asked "can you go to college with this stuff?"
I was stumped. is this possible to go to college.
You have to get an education, period.
If you're interested in becoming a professional magician, a degree in marketing would help, especially if you want to go to the Cooperate market (since trade show magicians are basically marketing executives )
Theater would definitely help though not a necessity to become a good magician ( a degree, that is, not knowledge). I strongly believe that at least some understanding of theater is needed. Henning Nelm's book is
superb since its theater for magicians specifically. Acting skills are cool too.
I strongly recommend getting a degree and having a career. Being a magician full-time is a very difficult choice and having something to fall back on is essential.