{"id":855,"date":"2019-05-11T07:35:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T07:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:26:28","slug":"chapter-9-combining-magic-and-theater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/chapter-9-combining-magic-and-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Adventure Chapter 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Geoff began acting in his late teens, and he often got roles because of his ability to do magic and create special effects. He believes it was just his acting talent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"512\" class=\"wp-image-851\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wanted.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wanted.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wanted-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Geoff got his hair permed each night to match his &#8220;twin&#8221; (they did wind up looking a lot alike) in an original musical titled <em>Wanted: My Brother<\/em>. And yes, he was the twin who was a conman and just a tiny little bit evil.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1638\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/romeoandjuliet.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/romeoandjuliet.jpg 568w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/romeoandjuliet-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Geoff in <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, but no magic this time. It was the first time I ever saw him, although just from the audience.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1594\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Marriage-Proposal.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Marriage-Proposal.jpg 638w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Marriage-Proposal-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Geoff in Chekhov&#8217;s <em>The Marriage Proposal.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1635\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/itsmagic23.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/itsmagic23.jpg 601w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/itsmagic23-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Terry Seabrooke, Christian, FL!P, Michael McGiveney, Goldfinger and Dove, and Carazini did the first half of Geoff&#8217;s first It&#8217;s Magic!, while Chuck Jones did the second half.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" class=\"wp-image-1592\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/geoffacting-1024x491.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/geoffacting-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/geoffacting-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/geoffacting-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/geoffacting.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And about the pics of me he put up for Chapter 7. It is so on. Let\u2019s start with some old acting headshots of Geoff.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1642\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flamebook-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flamebook-1.jpg 398w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flamebook-1-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Here Geoff is reading a hot book. Not sure about that almost a mustache thing he has going on.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1593\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/myman.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/myman.jpg 546w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/myman-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And of course, I love all my pictures of him. My man!<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/adventure\/\">Table of Contents<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/the-greatest-adventure-chapter-10\/\">Next Chapter<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoff began acting in his late teens, and he often got roles because of his ability to do magic and create special effects. He believes it was just his acting talent. Geoff got his hair permed each night to match his &#8220;twin&#8221; (they did wind up looking a lot alike) in an original musical titled&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/chapter-9-combining-magic-and-theater\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9SkGF-dN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}