Troy Milligan

Magician · Escape artist · Teacher

Troy Milligan

Sixty-three years doing magic. Fifty years on stage.

He grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, practicing card tricks in a refrigerator box and dreaming of being Houdini. He left a drafting job to join a carnival, built a booking business in Sacramento, performed in Okinawa, and worked trade shows for companies that needed a crowd. He lost his retirement to a Ponzi scheme and kept going.

The people around him started calling him the Mindset Magician. He didn't pick the name. It stayed.

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Troy Milligan in a director's chair

Three doors

What are you here for?

Troy Milligan in a tuxedo

Book Troy

Corporate events, trade shows, arenas and schools. A performer who shows up an hour early.

Performances →
 Portraits of Troy Milligan

Learn with Troy

The mindset behind the magic. The book, the 7-Day Pause, and the programs at Mindset Magic Academy.

Learn →
 Troy and Marianne at a trade show

Magic That Means Business

A performer as your live commercial: draw a crowd to your booth, start the conversation, show off what you sell.

For businesses and performers →
The Mindset Magician book cover

The book

The Mindset Magician

Fifty Years on Stage and the Mindset Behind the Magic. A memoir with an argument built into it. The secret was never the trick.

About the book