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The magical, magnificent Raze MD is on stage Oct. 9 at the Rio Grande Theater Downtown to share a magic show full of illusions like Las Cruces has never seen.
As Raze MD teleports to the stage to create his “Med-Illusions,” he will provide a show that he knows a lot about. As a physician in Las Cruces with his own general practice, Raze MD’s day job is as Dr. Imran Raza, which ultimately led him to the inspiration for his medical illusion theme for the show.
The show encompasses everything from card tricks to sawing nurses in half, making them disappear and subjecting himself to dangerous escapes, even a beautiful levitation. And, there could even be a little gore on the stage, maybe some bloody intestines dripping. “I will perform surgery on stage. I cut people in half, in three pieces, make them vanish and more,” he said.
He does, after all, have some insight as to what should be inside people.
There will be two shows on Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The first is more family-oriented, Raze MD said. The second one gets a little crazier and more intense. Each show is 1 ½ hours of illusion and excitement. Following the Las Cruces event, once the world opens up again, Raze MD plans to take his “Med-illusions” to cities like Houston, Dallas and Austin, Texas and more along with his on-stage assistants and his three stagehands.
“This is my passion and I’m taking care of all of them when we travel,” he said. “I have been 12-13 years in practice and wanted to switch gears a little. You only live once you know.”
And his patients are in full support of Raza’s Raze MD persona.
In early 2020, Raze MD and long-time area performer Jamie O’Hara partnered to open a magic shop, Raze Studio, 3202 Rinconada, in Las Cruces. There is a stage and performance venue there and it is Raze MD’s intention to follow up his grand Med-Illusion show with some smaller performance at the shop for Halloween.
His assistants and stagehands are there to back him up no matter what happens.
“I love the show,” said Autry Sutcliff, one of the women helping him. “It’s a unique job. I’ve been in theater a lot and it’s exciting to try something new. He’s a great boss.”
Raze MD said the team is ready to go with the show. They know how to do the illusions; now it’s just a matter of stringing them together.
“We all have practiced all the illusions already,” he said. “It will be like putting a movie together.
“People loved the first show (March 2020) and I would give it a three out of 10. This show will be so much better I would give it an eight. We have better people, better crew. It’s extremely crazy and we have a great amount of passion to make it happen.”
Visit razestudioillusions.com for more information.
