The Encounter Announces Their New Magic Show JINX

The Encounter, a two-person team made up of magicians Brian Kehoe and Annie Montone, announces a new show for the fall season. JINX will premiere at Cabaret at Germano's on Friday, September 14th, with a sneak peek at The Little Italy Madonnari Arts Festival on Saturday, September 8th.

JINX is a double magic act, vintage-inspired, with a narrative twist. JINX is about the awesomeness of synchronicity and the power of human connection - the power of the "jinx".

Annie Montone and Brian Kehoe are Baltimore-based stage magicians who promote teamwork, empowerment, and gender equality in stage magic, and seek to spread the joy they take in working with one another to their audiences.

"This act is our debut as a different kind of company," says Brian Kehoe. "Annie and I are focused on building a true partnership and collaboration, which is rare in stage magic, and that's really what the show is about. It's unique, I don't think anyone in Baltimore is doing quite what we're doing."

Critical reactions to The Encounter have been very positive. "A highlight...is their chemistry onstage...a beautiful duet between the both of them," says Jason Crawford Samios-Uy for Backstage Baltimore, and "...holds up well to the sort of stuff featured in that overblown show 'The Illusionists' at the Hippodrome last season," writes Tim Smith for The Baltimore Sun.

Tickets for JINX can be purchased at germanospiattini.com/events.

Annie Montone is the co-founder of The Encounter, a magic duo that promotes teamwork, empowerment, and gender equality in stage magic. She is a writer, performer, critic, and magician in the Baltimore area. Her work has been praised as "delightfully immersive" (HOAX, The Encounter), "highly entertaining all the way to its logically creepy end" (Planchette, The Encounter), "[an] exquisitely beautiful fairytale" (The Sorrow Message, DNA Theatre), and writing that "saves the show if it doesn't outright steal it" (140 Characters, Salt Luck Arts). Annie is also the co-founder of the Baltimore Academy of Magic, a school for aspiring magicians.

Brian M. Kehoe is a professional magician, actor, teacher, consultant, and sound designer in the Baltimore area. He is also the co-founder of The Encounter, a magic duo that promotes teamwork, empowerment, and gender equality in stage magic. Here's what critics have to say about his performances: "Kehoe draws you in with intense eye contact" (HOAX, The Encounter), "Remarkably engaging, if a little unnerving" (Planchette, The Encounter), and "facial expressions worth a wealth of dialogue" (Red, JCT). Brian is also the co-founder of the Baltimore Academy of Magic, a school for aspiring magicians.