Alan Lance Andersen is president and director of PALLADIAN Interactive Theatre. The company extends the traditional dinner theatre concept to include not only the dinner and the theatre, but also provides an opportunity for the audience to participate as performers. Mr. Andersen portrays the Black Forest Father Christmas throughout Iowa and Illinois during the Holiday Season. He has appeared as the Mad Hatter in "A Mad Tea Party," as Oliver Hardy in "Oliver's Birthday Picnic," as the Lord High Sheriff of Salisbury at the Iowa Renaissance Festival, and as Master of Ceremonies at Speakeasy and The Mystery of the Maltese Falcon over the past twenty years. He has worked as a magician, has taught classes in magic and dulcimer, and has worked as a professional storyteller. SPECIAL LIMITED-TIME OFFER: The first 5 community or school theatres to produce Speckled Band, Mad Tea-Party, Oliver's Birthday Picnic, or Barcelona will NOT be charged royalties. Phone (515) 388-5573 for details.