The stage featured six recessed windows, representing the chambers of a gun in a game of Russian roulette, each containing a symbolic object linked to a personal story from DelGaudio's life.

Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself (2020), directed by Frank Oz, is a transformative cinematic record of a singular off-Broadway performance that ran for 552 shows. More than a typical magic special, it functions as a "theatrical existential experience" and a "modern allegory" that explores the profound and often painful nature of identity.

Upon entering the theater, every audience member was required to choose a card from a wall of hundreds of options, each beginning with "I AM," such as "I AM a teacher," "I AM a skeptic," or "I AM a dreamer".

While the stories are deeply personal to DelGaudio, reviewers from Variety note that the performance's true feat is how it shifts the focus back onto the audience, creating a collective feeling of being truly seen. 'In & Of Itself' Is A Study Of Identity And Magic - NPR

The production is built around a deceptively simple question: . DelGaudio uses his mastery of sleight of hand not for mere spectacle, but as a tool to dismantle the labels—both self-imposed and assigned by society—that define us.