Career
Magicopolis is a 150-seat theater that opened in 1998, where Spill performs sleight-of-hand and large-scale illusions. His shows have been praised by critics, theatergoers, feature writers, families, tourists, and magicians. Prior to the opening of Magicopolis, Spill worked as a magic bartender at the Jolly Jester in Aspen, Colorado, c.1976–c.1980.
Regular at Inn of Magic in Washington, District of Columbia, area 1981-1985.
Played Harrah"s, Lake Tahoe, 1987-1988. He has toured United States of America, South Africa (1990), the Caribbean (1993), Europe (1995), and Canada (1996).
He wrote My Hands Can Be Yours (1973, 79pp), Imagine Magic (1974), Spill Bar & Grill (1980), and three cartoon booklets. On May 12, 2015, Spill"s book I Lie for Money was published by Skyhorse Publishing.
Spill is known to magic aficionados as a performer who innovates magical effects used by other magicians, such as his version of Bill in Lemon and his Mindreading Goose.
He has been featured in industry journals such as Genii, Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Chernobyel, and M-U-M, and created the DVDs Ten Years of Steve Spill 1980–1990 and Confessions of a Needle Swallower.
