Steve Trash – Rockin’ Eco Hero and Kid Comedian
Green entertainer Steve Trash – adored by children all over the planet - was recently voted by online readers of FAST COMPANY MAGAZINE as a FAST 50 FAVORITE - entrepreneurs making the world a better place to live. Over his career he's appeared on CBS THIS MORNING, ESPN'S OUTDOORS, and CNBC'S AMERICA'S TALKING. He's been featured in the NEW YORK TIMES, the LOS ANGELES TIMES, CBS MARKETWATCH, FILM THREAT, MOVIE MAKER MAGAZINE, MAGIC MAGAZINE, ALABAMA BUSINESS MAGAZINE, BOXING NEWS, and he's even been featured on the cover the kids magazine THE WEEKLY READER. Over the years, he's entertained over 10 million kids with live ecological illusions, magic tricks, and family friendly funny stuff appearing in live venues all over the world including Japan, Australia, Canada, and he once even performed his magic tricks above the Artic Circle.
Steve believes that muppet Kermit The Frog was actually wrong… It IS easy being green. “You don’t have to do everything… but everyone can do something,” says Trash.
Over the past 25 years he’s built an adoring fan base of kids by sharing tips with kids to become just a little bit greener.
The career of this recycling magician was inspired early and nurtured early by his Mom's habit of buying magic books to remediate his severe dyslexia.
Born in Texas and raised in Alabama, by the time he reached college age the career track as an eco-entertainer was set for him.
Graduating with a degree in Theater from the University of North Alabama in 1984, he spent the next 8 years working as a "busker" or street performer in New York, LA, Miami, and Tokyo. Steve would gather his trash tricks, head for the local park and perform for the locals and the tourists. This was excellent experience because simultaneously, his act got better, funnier, and most important of all, he made the money needed to pay his rent.
In 1990 Steve wrote, produced, and starred in a theatrical show called simply "Trash". The concept was to integrate his magic tricks with a scripted live play. It worked and the show ran for 8 weeks in Hollywood at Theater/Theatre and was called "The best of the weekend" by the Los Angeles Times.
In the 1990's Steve continued to tour nationally and internationally and even starred in his own kids TV show simply called THE STEVE TRASH TV SHOW.
It aired on Comcast Cable Network and was haled as the "coolest eco show on tv". More recently he's expanded to producing an even cooler kid's TV show called "Trash TV" which is now being produced for video podcast beamed up via Satellite from his TV studio in beautiful Frog Pond, Alabama.
Steve's TV studio is built into his earth-birmed home (that means it's partially buried in the earth, which allows the natural insulative abilities of dirt to warm and cool it) in Frog Pond, Alabama, population 76 - when Steve's not at home. All water in FROG POND MANOR is heated by an instant/on demand gas water heater. This means the hot water is never wastefully stored in a tank while waiting to be used. Of course, he and his wife have a room dedicated to collecting recyclables and out back there's a recycled bin for compostable kitchen scraps. He also has a HUGE pile of junk that he assures his wife, "I'm gonna use that someday... I promise".
Steve Trash is a creative dynamo, constantly developing tricks, live one man shows, scripts for movies, ideas stop motion animation, artwork with trash, concepts for podcasts, and whatever else his engaged mind feels with be fruitful.
Steve's really enjoys performing both amazing close-up sleight of hand magic tricks like changing pieces of newspaper into money, and big illusions like balancing a woman on a wooden crutch four feet off the stage.
Most of all Steve Trash loves to entertain kids and share his empowering green message:
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