Immediate engagement
A strong opening pulls students into the experience quickly and keeps the room energized.
A college event students become part of
Turn your next campus night into the night everyone talks about.
The Trance-Master® Comedy Hypnosis Experience™ is a fast-moving, clean, interactive 75-minute headline show built around your students—their energy, their personalities, and the unforgettable moments they create together.
Clean & campus-ready Professional production Audience participation
Your audience is the show
Not just entertainment.
A shared campus memory.
Students don’t sit back and watch a routine unfold. They volunteer, react, laugh, cheer on their friends, and become part of a one-of-a-kind experience that can never happen exactly the same way twice.
John combines the command of a veteran headliner with genuine respect for every volunteer. The result is high-energy comedy without humiliation—big reactions, surprising moments, and a room that feels connected.
Clean comedy
Fun that respects volunteers, campus standards, and the people who booked the event.
Real participation
Your students become the stars, giving every performance its own personality.
Professional certainty
Clear advance planning, straightforward requirements, and decades of live-show experience.
Real people. Real reactions.
They arrive as an audience.
They leave with a story.
From welcome-week programming and family weekends to late-night events, orientation, homecoming, and student-organization programming, the show adapts to the occasion while staying unmistakably John Cerbone.
Experience you can feel
A headliner’s presence.
A professional’s preparation.
John Cerbone has spent more than 35 years turning rooms full of strangers into laughing, cheering audiences. He has performed for colleges, Fortune 500 companies, theaters, casinos, sports audiences, and television viewers around the world.
Behind the showmanship is nearly four decades of hypnosis expertise and an exacting respect for the craft, the buyer, and every person who takes the stage.
Award-winning, Forbes-featured entertainer
MTV television series host
35+ years of live performance
350,000+ people hypnotized
Performed across 34 states, Canada, Europe & the UK
Creator of The Speed-Trance System®
Selected college audiences include
PrincetonRutgersPaceNYUColumbiaGeorgetownTexas A&MUniversity of Florida
Easy to plan
Clear requirements.
A major-event result.
Everything is designed to help your team plan confidently and give students a memorable night.
75-minute headline show
A complete evening experience with a strong beginning, escalating comedy, and a memorable finish.
Flexible campus settings
Auditoriums, theaters, ballrooms, student centers, multipurpose rooms, and suitable outdoor events.
Straightforward production
Wireless handheld microphone, professional sound support, music playback, and sturdy linked chairs.
“The audience applauds the performance. The buyer applauds the certainty.”
— John Cerbone
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Bring the experience
to your campus.
Share what you know about your event. John will personally review the details and respond about availability and the best fit for your students.