Not long ago, Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s intrepid executive director, Nina Meehan, made an
announcement after an Oakland performance: The company’s next show — to be
performed at Children’s Fairyland — would be based on the New York Times bestselling children’s picture book “Goodnight,
Goodnight, Construction Site,” by Sherri Duskey Rinker. The New York Times Book Review said the story
“has the ‘why hasn’t anyone thought of it before’ premise of marrying truck
book and bedtime story.”
In the audience that day was company
patron Becky Bullard, whose father-in-law was accompanying her and his grandchildren
to the show. After the show, Becky approached the box office with a bit of news
that was to have delightful consequences for the “Construction Site”
production, which opened to huge crowds last weekend.
“We love the Fairyland shows,” Becky
said, referring to the summer pre-kindergarten performances that take place at
our park. “And my father-in-law runs the company that invented the hard hat. Do
you need any?”
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| The hardhats featured in “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site” were donated by Bullard Company in Kentucky. Photo: Melissa Nigro |
