Atlanta Actor Topher Payne Gets Elf Actualized For ‘Santaland Diaries’

For 18 years, Atlanta actor Harold M. Leaver has performed the lead role of Crumpet in Horizon Theatre’s annual holiday season production of “The Santaland Diaries,” adapted from a story by author David Sedaris.

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This year, playwright Topher Payne takes over the role of the misanthropic department store elf. As it turns out, Payne is going into the role with years of elf training.