★★★☆☆ A curious mixture of kiddie show, domestic melodrama, mythology pageant and PSA, Learning How to Read By Moonlight presents, collage-like, incidents and dreams in the life of “Danny,” a kindergartener of Filipino descent living in Queens, NY with his multiple-job-working nanay (Christine Armenion) while tatay (Alfredo Reyes) remains stuck in Manila for reasons I didn’t quite catch. Danny, portrayed by a tall skinny puppet and voiced by Elijah Estolano Punzal (who could leap from this cast to host Blue’s Clues, he’s that genial), has a rich fantasy life with his imaginary friend “Jumbo Jimmy” (Jude Torres), a clownish nob with a unicorn forehead. But reality, in the form of school bullying, ICE threats and parental tension, keeps knocking. The best parts of this co-production between Company One and CHUANG Stage are the most Filipino-forward: World music segments (musical direction by Jeffrey Song) are diverting and richly layered, and there’s a captivating, extended puppet play featuring a huge dragon and his turtle brother as they attempt to eat the planet’s seven moons, if I’ve got that right. On the other hand, the Sesame Street-like segments, with their pushy injunctions to audience participation, struck me as tiresome, particularly given Torres’ one-note approach to Danny’s conscience. A guest-narrator conceit goes nowhere, and I counted at least four possible endings before the event wound down. Still, its heart is in the right place, and when it lands under Natsu Onoda Power’s direction, it lands satisfyingly. Having wrapped up a brief engagement on Tremont Street, it will be traveling to the Pao Arts Center Mary 29-June 1 and thence to The Umbrella Arts Center June 5-8. See website www.companyone.org for details. (Photo by Ken Yotsuhuna Photography.)