There was a fire at BAT’s home of 34 years. It is up to the Burien City Council, BAT’s 
landlord, to decide wether to rebuild the theater space or not. (If you would like to politely ask the Council to rebuild, send an email to council@burienwa.gov.) But this is not about arson, is is about Hope in Hard Times and the miracle on 153rd street. Most of all it is about thanks.
BAT chose “Coney Island Christmas” because the Highline Historical Society asked BAT if we could produce a Holiday show set in the Great Depression to go along with the Historical Society’s exhibit about the Depression, “Hope in Hard Times.”
It took some time, but BAT located the script for “Coney Island Christmas,” a play that had been written in 2012, but about a very special Christmas in 1935. To produce the play BAT had to get the script directly from the author’s agent, as it has not yet been published. (BAT has dealt with agents many time before, to get a new work.)
After weeks of rehearsals, weeks of design work for light, sound, set, costumes and props the show opened to very good reviews, e.g. from the B-Town Blog and wonderful audiences. Once again BAT had a hit on its hands!