Penn Jillette is about to perform without Teller. But he says it is too early to talk about performing without Teller.

“I don’t think there is a ‘without Teller’ for me,” Jillette says. “That’s way premature.”

But Jillette is living in the now and immediate future, as Teller continues recovering from open-heart surgery. The verbal partner in Penn & Teller is taking the stage alongside one of his favorite magicians, Michael Carbonaro, in November and December at Rio’s Penn & Teller Theater…

The temporary production’s timeline indicates Teller would be back full-time in January, at the earliest. He underwent quadruple-bypass surgery on Sept. 29.