Curated Entertainment is a boutique entertainment consulting company with the mission of working with event planners to create custom, cohesive and immersive entertainment that brings themes to vivid life.

Founders Heather Rogers (right) and Velia Amarasingham (left)
have been creating and performing original magic shows and themed music and dance productions respectively in the San Francisco Bay Area for a decade. Their esteemed client list includes Google, HP and Oracle.

Contact: Heather Rogers
heather@heathermagic.com or 415-824-4220

Below are some examples of Event Proposals

THE MAKING OF A MAGICIAN

Heather performed her first gorilla show at age six. Her captivated family watched as she poured a glass of water into her pocket (having pinned a plastic bag inside the lining),  she then made her stomach growl like a drum beat (by pulling a radio cord out from under her coveralls and plugging it into the wall socket). After this command performance, her destiny was sealed.

When Heather was young, she followed her heart and ran away with the Pickle Family Circus and became their first Technical Apprentice. That year her dream of performing with the Pickles came true when she was a featured performer in their winter season run at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco. Heather’s circus apprenticeship opened the door to a 6-year career Free Lance Theatre Technician. During that time Heather served as the Technical Director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Olivier Entertainment.

In her serendipitous journey to becoming a professional magician Heather had many life experiences that continue to contribute to her life as a working artist. She has done everything from driving a school bus, to teaching performance skills to inner-city youth, to performing in a professional dance company.

The discovery of sleight of hand magic was a revelation to her because it elegantly joined together her love of performing, craft and her inquiry into the nature of consciousness.

She has been delighting audiences with her magic professionally since 1989. In 2000 Heather left her “straight job” to work as a fully self-employed professional magician and speaker. With deep gratitude she continues to share the magic and delight in the endless surprises inherent within our natural world.

Quantum Leap 

An Interstellar Celebration Beyond the Imagination

Objective

Bring the Space theme to vivid life by transforming the venue into a space craft, on a virtual, intergalactic journey to a distant planet, to be colonized by the Cruise Automation team.

This immersive, multimedia experience features custom, futuristic environments on all 3 floors of the venue, interactive sci-fi characters, alien close-up magic, leading-edge dance performances and audience participation, for an out-of-this-stratosphere experience.

Concept

The pioneering Cruise Automation team will board Cruise One for an intergalactic journey of discovery to their new home world, Alter Domi - the first colony of its kind.

The evening’s entertainment plays out in four experiential phases:

Phase 1: Boarding the rocket, Cruise One, in preparation for takeoff, with character greetings in the entrance portal

Phase 2: Countdown to blast-off with exciting multimedia and custom soundscape

Phase 3: Exploring three futuristic environments, with entertainment in each

Phase 4: The space jump into the Hyperdrive Finale, an eye-popping multimedia experience

Character Greeting

Upon arrival, guests hear an ambient, space soundtrack and the soothing feminine voice of the vessel’s Al greeting them.

"Welcome to Cruise One. Please proceed to the Main Deck. A crew member will prepare you for takeoff."

Guests are then greeted by the vessel’s 5 crew members (the entertainers), a diverse mix of humans and aliens, who act as the team’s guides.

Countdown to Blast-off

Once guests are all aboard, they will experience the excitement of a countdown to blast-off. The countdown from 10 is displayed on the big screen on the Main Deck and everyone joins in. At 0, the sound of the rocket ship blasting-off fills the room, along with rumbling sound effects. 

*Recommendation: Lights flicker on and off to signify blast-off, and the large screen displays a rocket ship launching. The DJ plays directly after take-off. Displays on the video screen and lighting design is provided by the venue. We will coordinate and manage the delivery of these elements from the other vendors.

Exploring 3 Futuristic Levels

• Main Deck (Ground Floor): Bright white lighting and stars falling downward slowly on the large screen (to illustrate space craft motion). DJ is playing and guests are dancing, dining and experiencing alien, close-up magic.
  *Recommendation: White couches and cocktail tables and chairs. We also recommend an Oxygen Bar as an added attraction.
   
• Engine Room (Lower Floor): Dim red lighting and ambient mechanical sound track. The voice of the space craft's AI can be heard assessing functions: "Oxygen levels are normal... Coordinates, entered."
  *Recommendation: Red couches and coffee tables

• Cultural Assimilation Room (Upper Floor): Green lighting and ambient space sound track plays. Room is filled with artifacts such as sepia photos, rocks and plants from the planet Altera Domi. Guests interact with aliens from this planet to learn of their culture. The Altera Domians mesmerize guests with other-worldly performances featuring glow spheres, ethereal music and magic, every 45 minutes. 
  *Recommendation: Green couches, a round stage and theatre seating.

Space Jump Finale

For the exhilarating, multi-media conclusion, guests are invited to participate in a final countdown.

Once the space craft reaches the stargate, it makes a heart-pounding leap through a worm hole to Altera Domi, the final destination. Guests watch this momentous event on the Main Deck's big screen.

In celebration of this scientific feat, the cast launches into a high-energy, futuristic dance performance, infused with magic, for a satisfying and electrifying finale.

*This would be a perfect point in the program for Kyle Vogt to say a few words if this is on the agenda.

*The venue provides the video footage on the big screen. We will work with them to make this deliverable. We provide the sound effects.

Package One: Interstellar Journey

• Original, custom space-themed event concept for Cruise Automation for 3-level event space
• Coordination with the venue, production company, caterer and design company to ensure cohesive and seamless experience
• 5 performers for 4 hours (including rehearsal time and travel expenses)
• 5 custom, futuristic costumes featuring LED lights
• Creation of space sound effect loops for 3 levels 
• Original voice-over scripts and space craft's AI voice recordings 
• Choreography of custom alien performance for the Cultural Assimilation Room
• Creation of props for all 3 levels

Package Two: Full Intergalactic Experience

• All featured items in Package 1 with the addition of a show-stopping musical and magical performance titled Quantum Leap, featuring all five cast members; choreographed to an original, orchestrated score with dazzling magic, spectacle and surprises on the Main Deck for the big finale - the Space Jump.

Roaring 20's

A Dazzling Murder Mystery 

Objective

Bring the Roaring 20s murder mystery theme to vivid life by first converting the Monroe nightclub into a swanky speakeasy complete with performing flappers and a slick jazz trio, then, staging a criminal caper for the guys and dolls of Tapingo to solve.

This custom, ab-so-lute-ly swell, interactive experience features razzle-dazzle close-up magic, Charleston-dancing jazz singers and music, a murder mystery-inspired plot, clue-dropping skits, feel-good audience participation and a show-stopping, whodunit-revealing finale.

Concept

The Monroe juice joint is hopping on a Thursday night and the fellas and dames are dressed to the nines and looking for some kicks.

Then, just as the golden-voiced jazz singers are performing  a sultry rendition of “Ain’t Misbehavin”, a shrill scream chills everyone’s spines, and halts all music and chatter...

Jeepers Creepers! A big cheese from Tapingo is lying spread-eagle on the floor. Murdered.

The evening’s rip-roaring entertainment plays out in 3, fully customized, interactive phases:

Magic & Mayhem: Ritzy jazz music and doll-faced flappers greeting and performing snappy magic, until... a melodramatic murder causes mayhem!

Music & Mystery: Charleston-dancing flappers mingle with guests, croon with the band and perform titillating, pop-up, mystery-solving skits.

Whodunit: The performers and guests come together to determine whodunit in a thrilling game of elimination, for a riveting and satisfying finale. 

Magic & Mayhem

Upon arrival, guys and dolls hear live, finger-snapping jazz music and are greeted by three sequin-clad flappers, who are reallookers.

Two of the dancing dames escort guests to their cocktail tables and then kick up their heels, while the other dazzles them with magic that will have everyone saying, "This is the bee's knees!"

Music & Mystery

A trio of dapper, jazz musicians play upbeat, well-known tunes from the Roaring 20s including “When You’re Smiling”, “Mack the Knife” and “Dream a Little Dream of Me” while guests dance the Charleston, Fox-Trot or free style.

The three fabulous flappers alternate between singing with the band, strolling in character and performing pop-up, audience-activating skits that provide guests with clues as to who committed the crime.

Fingers will be pointed, lies will be told, people will be double-crossed… but the truth will come out!

Whodunit?

For a satisfying conclusion to a fun-filled evening of Roaring 20s misbehavin’ and mayhem, Tapingo guests gather by the stage to take a shot (no pun intended!) at whodunit. Only then is the motive, weapon and murderer revealed in one of two ways:

1) Flapper gals facilitate suspect eliminations with the assistance of guests, until the culprit is the only one left standing. (Package 1)

OR

2) As above PLUS...

A thrilling, show-stopping, plot-revealing, musical number featuring swinging singing and dancing and mesmerizing magic for a never-seen-before, satisfying grand finale. (Package 2)

Package 1: Murder Mystery & Mayhem (6 artists, 3 hrs)

• Custom, 3-phase, Roaring 20s Murder Mystery concept design
• Magician/flapper for 3 hrs
• 2 singers/dancers/flappers for 3 hrs 
• 3 jazz musicians for 3 hrs 
• Custom murder mystery storyline/plot
• Scripts for pop-up, plot-revealing skits, written in 1920s style
• 3 period (flapper) costumes
• Script for reveal of whodunit at finale

Package 2: Murder Mystery, Mayhem & Musical Finale (6 artists, 4 hrs)

           All featured items in Package 1 with the addition of: 

• Magician/flapper for 4 hrs 
• 2 singers/dancers/flappers for 4 hrs 
• 3 jazz musicians for 4 hrs 
• Original composition and choreography of show-stopping, plot-revealing musical finale