"The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Show" Award-winning comedy hypnosis where your guests become the stars.

Based in United States

Staten Island, New York
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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Travel
up to 12500 miles
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Rated
10 / 10 from 13 reviews
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About / Biography

Your Guests Become the Stars—with The Trance-Master®

Bring your guests together for an evening of laughter, amazement, and unforgettable audience participation.

John Cerbone—The Trance-Master® delivers high-energy comedy hypnosis that turns willing audience volunteers into the stars of the show. With more than 35 years of experience, John combines rapid hypnosis, engaging stage presence, and clean comedy to create an experience your guests will be talking about long after the applause.

Experience You Can Book With Confidence

John is a Forbes-featured entertainer, former host of MTV’s Hypnotize My Roommate, and creator of The Speed-Trance System®. His career spans performances across the United States, Canada, and Europe, including Las Vegas engagements.

That experience brings more than impressive credentials: it brings the ability to read a room, adapt to the moment, and keep an interactive performance moving.

Comedy Built Around Your Audience

Every audience brings its own personalities, reactions, and surprises. John guides willing volunteers through imaginative comedy scenarios while keeping the entire room involved.

Participation is voluntary, and volunteers are treated with respect. The emphasis is on shared laughter, audience connection, and giving your guests a memorable experience.

Ideal For

  • Corporate celebrations, employee appreciation events, and conferences

  • Colleges, universities, and campus programming

  • Theaters, casinos, and performing arts venues

  • Project Graduation and post-prom events

  • Festivals and community celebrations

  • Private parties and milestone occasions

Choose the Right Format

The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Experience™
A 75-minute headline show featuring interactive comedy, rapid hypnosis, and audience participation. Other performance lengths can be discussed to suit your event.

The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Halftime Experience™
A concentrated 6–8-minute format for sports and arena programming, subject to advance coordination of volunteer preparation, production requirements, and venue timing.

Clean Comedy. Professional Presentation. Personal Attention.

John works with you to understand your audience, event goals, and production needs. Content can be tailored to your occasion, including family audiences and groups with specific cultural requirements.

From the initial conversation through show day, you can expect clear communication and an experienced professional who understands that the entertainment reflects on you.

Also Available: Keynotes, Workshops, and Training

Ask about programs focused on confidence, focus, stress management, and performance, as well as professional hypnosis instruction featuring The Speed-Trance System®.

Let’s Make Your Event Memorable

Send your event date, location, approximate audience size, and preferred performance length. John will help you explore the right show format and provide a tailored quote.

John Cerbone—The Trance-Master®
Forbes-featured entertainer | Creator of The Speed-Trance System®

“Sometimes the greatest journeys happen with your eyes closed.”

Reviews (13)

There are currently 13 user ratings for "The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Show"

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 10

Location

Based in United States

Staten Island, New York
Travels worldwide
pink circle = free travel (up to 90 miles)

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

1. A sound system with a wireless (hand held) microphone, or just request that John bring his own, please let us know well in advance.

2. John’s music is on an MP3 player on his Samsung Galaxy Note smart-phone or Tablet Computer, patched in with 2 RCA Jacks. He will need to have a sound system with MP3 plug in patched in with 2 RCA Jacks or CD capability and a sound system operator (D.J.) to take music ques provided based upon routines on a provided list. Please make sure this is possible. Not all routines have music, but some do, especially later on in the show.

3. Chairs set up on stage to seat 15 – 25 + people. Chairs should be duct taped, plastic taped or linked together with Zip-Tie fasteners if possible. (Avoid using masking tape please, as it is completely ineffective)! Chair Arrangement: The linked chairs should be in 1 long line, a slight crescent, or even a V shape is fine. The chairs not be in multiple rows, for safety and for show performance. Chairs must be sturdy,


What information do you require about a venue?

Is there a stage or is it a floor show? Will there be alcohol served? Indoors or outdoors? What kind of sound system?


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

I can provide sound for local (drivable shows).


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

"Yes, we’re happy to play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets. We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music."

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever worked at?

Numerous Las Vegas (Planet Hollywood, The Orleans, The South Point, The Gold Coast) and Atlantic City Casino Venues, a packed stadium show for the Brooklyn Cyclones.


What's your favourite type of event?

I love all my show events and audiences.


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

I began creating hypnosis methods at 3 years old and haven't stopped. Been working my show for over 34 years.


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

The late, great Ormond McGill - my dead friend.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

15- 40 minutes.


Are you happy to perform outside?

I have on numerous shows, prefer inside, but I am adaptable.


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

They can suggest skits.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

Have been called -
~ A Master Entertainer
~ An Entertainment Powerhouse &
~ Raw Energy
~ A True Force of Nature
~ His peers consider him an absolute
~ Rock Star
& call him
~ A Legend
Colleagues have even called him,
~ The World's Greatest Stage Hypnotist!
~ A True Hypnotist like no other!


IS everyone hypnotizable?

Yes, it's a naturally occurring state we all slip in and out of a minimum of 7 times a day. The more stressed, tired or intelligent, the more hypnotizable.

Recent Clients

"The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Show" has performed for these clients:

General Electric, Whirlpool, Newscorp, Fox News, TransAmerica Life Insurance, Aetna Insurance, BMW, Harley-Davidson, BMG Music, MTV, Dunkin Donuts, AFLAC, CNBC, 21st Century Fox, Harper Collins, TV Guide, NY Post, Wall Street Journal, Phillips Van Heusen, Prudential Insurance, The Brooklyn Cyclones, The Meadowlands, The Museum of Modern Art, Consolidated Plastics, Forest City Enterprises, United Hebrew, Rockland Manufacturing, Marquis Health, Fabuwood, Docturated, Digacore, Ocean County Board of Realtors, Vasco Data, Largay Travel Co., Veterinary Information Network, The Society for Information Management, Gilda's Club, The Learning Annex, The Seminar Center, and more. He has hosted shows at numerous corporations, leading Universities, Colleges, and High Schools, even Hypnosis Conferences and copious fund-raising groups and organizations.

Venues

"The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Show" has performed at these venues:

Numerous Universities, collages, high schools, corporate venues, Casino resorts, comedy clubs, hotels, conference centers. The Johnny Carson Theater, Planet Hollywood, The Orleans, The Hard Rock, The Borgata, Harrahs.

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Event types

Wedding

Party

Private Event

Corporate Event

Hotel / Restaurant Event

Bar / Venue Event

Wedding Proposal

Religious Event

Recording Session

Cruise

Charity Event

Theatre Show

Christmas Party

New Year's Eve

Features

Public liability insurance
PA / sound system included
Can provide battery amplifier
Will travel internationally

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