The morning after the opening night of its 50th anniversary season, the production crew of the Redlands Theatre Festival was devastated to find its set destroyed by vandals.
Doors on the set were found broken in half all over the set, locks were wrenched open, and there was graffiti scrawled all over concrete floors, audience seats, and on a garbage bin receptacle.The damage was originally estimated at $10,000, but Tina Perret Skousen with the festival says they continue to uncover additional damage as they work to clean up the mess. Several parked cars in the area also had their windows smashed in, and the theater's crew believe its related to the vandalism.
And even though much of the set was thrashed, Skousen says its crew, along with friends and neighbors, have come together to help clean things up enough for a second show on Sunday night. The festival has three more shows opening over the next two weeks, but the final show's opening had to be delayed from Saturday night until next Wednesday night.
A police report was filed with Redland police, which is looking into whether the vandals were captured on security video.Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.Please enter valid email address to continue
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