Randal J Metz

Author Randal J. Metz has worked and entertained at Children's Fairyland for 47 years. As a child, he worked at the park as an entertainer and ride operator; his later jobs included recreation specialist, event planner, archivist, and artistic director. He currently serves as director of the park's Open Storybook Puppet Theater, the longest-running children's puppet theater in the United States. In his spare time, he runs the Puppet Company in the San Francisco Bay Area and performs all over...See more

Author Randal J. Metz has worked and entertained at Children's Fairyland for 47 years. As a child, he worked at the park as an entertainer and ride operator; his later jobs included recreation specialist, event planner, archivist, and artistic director. He currently serves as director of the park's Open Storybook Puppet Theater, the longest-running children's puppet theater in the United States. In his spare time, he runs the Puppet Company in the San Francisco Bay Area and performs all over California as a professional puppeteer. He has published three books on Fairyland and puppetry. See less