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Come backstage and meet Randal Metz, Director of Children's Fairyland's Storybook Puppet Theater. Children's Fairyland is America's first storybook theme park, created in 1950 on the shores of Lake Merritt in the heart of Oakland.

Fairyland's Storybook Puppet Theater is the oldest continuously operating puppet theater in the United States. All performances are original productions, featuring scripts, costumes, music, and sets designed by generations of talented puppeteers including Luman Coad, Frank and Dorothy Hayward, Tony Urbano, and husband-and-wife team Mike and Frances Oznowicz.

One of Fairyland's most famous alumni is Mike and Frances' son Frank Oznowicz, later known as Frank Oz. As a teenager, he worked after school and on weekends to create puppet shows at Fairyland. He later applied that experience in his work on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.

In memory of Lewis Mahlmann 1927-2014

More from Randal Metz: http://www.puppetcompany.freeservers.com/

Video by Loren Risker (http://www.lorenrisker.com)
Camera by Tina Liao
http://www.OutOfFocus.TV

Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com):

"Frost Waltz"
"The Builder"
"Moonlight Hall"
"Plaint"

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/