Will Coile tells stories using magic—sometimes funny, sometimes haunting, always personal. His solo show “Magic Happens in the DarK” blends illusion and narrative to explore memory, loss, and the impossible things we do to survive.

A lifelong magician with roots in theater and storytelling, his work doesn’t ask “how?” but “why?” Why we lie. Why we long. And why, sometimes, it feels like magic is the only language that makes sense.

He has performed internationally at the Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, and Sundance, and for CBS, Netflix, Amazon, and Universal. The show premieres this October with a Los Angeles theatre company, with future iterations planned for larger stages in LA and New York.

He lives in Los Angeles and creates at the intersection of illusion and emotional truth.