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Matthew Quinn, Producer
Combined Artform
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For Immediate Release
David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries
celebrates its 9th Year in San Francisco
Opening December 22 through December 30, 2010
San Francisco, CA—November 3, 2010— Combined Artform is proud to announce the 9th year of
Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris and adapted to the stage by Joe Mantello. David Sinaiko returns as
everyone’s favorite elf, Crumpet and in celebration of our tenth year anniversary in San Francisco he will
be back at the Eureka Theatre, with a new set and holiday fanfare. No one captures the craziness of the
holidays like David Sedaris. Come see the show that critics and audiences love and keep coming back for
more and spend the holidays with Combined Artform at the Eureka Theatre. In addition we are pleased to
announce a special late night holiday show, featuring Will Franken, opening December 21 and running
through December 23.
Nominated for a SF/Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Solo Performance.
“deliciously delivered by the talented (and adorable) David Sinaiko…the impossible (but true)
story becomes all too real. He embodies a youthful exuberance, clear intelligence, and savvy sarcasm. And
his strong stage presence whisks the audience away (NOT in a manger) on this wild ride.”
- Tom W. Kelly, Bay Area Times
For those not familiar with the Sedaris piece, this production will offer the best opportunity to view what
New York Newsday called;
““A sardonic, merrily subversive tale – just the antidote to bright-eyed joy before too many
shopping days have passed. Worth more than a photo album full of Santas!”
Called by some as “America’s premiere humorist”, Sedaris creates a brilliant evocation of
Christmas as seen from the other side …through the eyes of a Macy’s elf. Our hero confronts
the screaming children, bossy parents, flaky elves, and apathetic Santas with hilarious results!
Performance Information
Santaland Diaries runs December 21 – December 30 at the Eureka Theatre located at 215 Jackson St in
San Francisco. Showtime is 8:00PM, Matinee’s 3pm, Sundays at 7:00PM. Tickets are $20 - $30 and are
available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006.
Additional Resources
For more details about Santaland Diaries and for high-resolution photos, please visit
www.combinedartform.com/santaland .
Eureka Theatre venue information is available at www.eurekatheatre.org .
About Combined Artform
Founded in 1998, and launching Off-Market Theaters as its home, C.A.F.E. is on a mission to develop and
combine all arts in order to pioneer the arts of the future as well as be an active and supporting member in
the San Francisco performance/production scene. Created by Matthew Quinn and Steve Kahn, C.A.F.E.
has collaborated with actors, singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers, and fine
artists in more than 100 shows, including PAPA (at the Eureka), Tilted Frame Improv and the SF Solo
Festival. They have developed several workshops and events including Stage Management and Online PR
workshops and the Improv General Auditions as well as help form the @off-market and Bay Area Venues
and Producers organizations. In addition C.A.F.E. has now expanded into Los Angeles in the ne Theatre
Asylum, where they will be running A Tuna Christmas staring Mindy Sterling and Patrick
More information about Combined Artform is available at www.combinedartform.com.
David Sinaiko:
was a founding member and associate artistic director of Chicago's acclaimed New Crime Productions. He
has performed on stage and in film in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. Credits
include: As You Like It, Chain Reactions, AvantGarde-Arama, and Macbeth with the Cutting Ball Theater,
Spencer/Colton’s Ahab’s Wife; New Crime’s Heart of a Dog, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and
Methusalem, The Goodman Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film credits include: The Grifters, and
Bob Roberts, among others. David’s directing credits include: New Crime’s award-winning production of
Jean Genet’s The Balcony, Paula Vogel’s Desdemona... a play about a handkerchief at the Boston Center
for the Arts, and the New England premiere of The Water Children by Wendy MacLeod. As an acting
teacher David has taught and coached students of all ages. For four years he served as co-director of the
theater program at Marin Academy and is currently the director of theater at the Marin School of the Arts.
David is an alumnus of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Experimental Theater Wing and
the Stella Adler Conservatory.