Community helps Pittsburg Theatre Company after fire destroys their warehouse

PITTSBURG — On Sunday, a 55-acre grass and brush fire on the west edge of Pittsburg destroyed the warehouse and everything inside.Despite that, Diana Schepers, a member of the theatre's Board of Directors, said she was more focused on their next show and not what they lost.'All of our past was in there,' Schepers said, thinking back to the warehouse. 'All of the photos from the past going back to 1979, show posters, all of those memories were gone.

'So, we put a list out on Facebook of what we needed and all of a sudden by Wednesday we had all we needed,' Schephers said about the community's support.Mary Wilson lives in Pittsburg, she said she heard about the fire on the news. She was stunned when she looked at images of the warehouse going up in flames.'To have all these items lost is a tragedy,' Wilson said. 'It's really sad.'Wilson knew she would come out to the show and support the company.

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