On television, David Henrie plays the role of teen wizard Justin Russo on the Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.” He and his two siblings Alex and Max use their special powers for everything from household chores to playing tricks on each other. Henrie is working magic in his real life, too. His career includes roles on shows such as “How I Met Your Mother,” “That’s so Raven,” “House” and “Providence.” He has also started his own production company, YUTE Productions. Add his upcoming appearance at Saturday’s Peoria Rivermen game and you have a pretty packed schedule. But the 20-year-old Arizona native still found time to speak with Cue after a day of shooting “Wizards” in Hollywood. – Danielle Hatch

How is “Wizards of Waverly Place” going?

We’re in our third season. A big thing that happened to me this year is I got to write on the show. I wrote my own episode, and we shot that a couple of weeks ago. That was pretty big for me. They haven’t set a release date, but I would imagine it will air in the next month or two. I know they’re almost done editing it right now.

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