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Youth Programming Guest
The Man Behind the Beard
Mark MacDicken
Professional entertainer for over 30 years, Mark MacDicken appears as Flabbergast, a kindly but eccentric old wizard, in the tradition of Merlin, Gandalf, Dumbledore, and Rincewind!
As well as being an accomplished actor and comedy magician, Mark is also a top-notch puppeteer and balloon sculptor. He has performed at hundreds of birthday parties, as well as theme parks, fairs and festivals, company picnics, summer recreation programs, mall events, and dozens of miscellaneous celebratory venues!
As a puppeteer, Mark has performed for such prominent companies as Knott's Berry Farm, Keebler, Kidstuff-Children's Performing Arts Center of California, Kaiser-Permanente, Blue Sky Puppet Theatre, Fairfax Cable Access, and other community organizations.
Mark developed a following with local families and event planners as Spiffy the Clown, first in the Los Angeles area, then around Washington DC, from 1984 to the present. "Spiffy" still makes appearances on special request.
When he's not dressing up in costumes and playing with his toys, Mark is a special education teacher at an elementary school. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Education degree in Special Education from George Mason University. Mark lives with his wife, son, daughter, and cat in Northern Virginia.
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