Magician and Mentalist from the Santa Cruz Mountains
Santiago has performed magic and mentalism for twenty-five years. He lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains and performs throughout Santa Cruz County, the Monterey Peninsula and Silicon Valley, for company holiday parties, client dinners, weddings, milestone birthdays and private celebrations.
His specialty is mentalism: mind reading, prediction and psychological illusion, woven together with close-up magic that happens in the guests' own hands. Santiago is an Executive Instructor in Silent Influence, the study of attention, suggestion and nonverbal communication, and that training shapes every performance. He is not a psychic and never claims to be. The fun is in watching something that seems impossible and trying to work out how it happened.
Where You May Have Seen Him
Santiago has performed intimate dinner shows at Shadowbrook in Capitola, the Witches Ball at the Brookdale Lodge, and Obscura, the variety night at The Hub in Redwood City. His seated show of mind reading, Mysterious Connections, has played Poe's Magic Theater in Baltimore. He also teaches The Magic Workshop, where a group learns to perform a few pieces of magic themselves.
What to Expect
Santiago brings everything the performance needs. There is no stage, sound system or setup, so it fits a living room, a private dining room or a ballroom. The material is clean and family-friendly in tone, built for adults and teens rather than young children. He can stroll through a reception, perform at each table between courses, or give a featured set the whole room watches together.
Read what clients say on the reviews page, or see Santiago's work for corporate events, weddings and private parties. He performs in San Jose & Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Los Gatos & Saratoga and Monterey & Carmel.