A theater company in San Jose says its theater was burglarized over the weekend, just as it’s preparing to open a new show next week. Two people were seen on surveillance video lurking around the building early Sunday morning.This isn’t the first time City Lights Theater Company has been burglarized. Management says it’s been challenging to get people back into the theater and now this incident is just one more thing they’ll have to overcome."You used the correct word: violated.
Gasparinetti says they’re still calculating the damage but props for production, cell phones, iPads and other costly items were taken during the burglary. City Lights' General Manager says it’s been a struggle to fully rebound, even years after the pandemic."It’s been four years tomorrow, since the pandemic shut us down, and we’re still working to recover audiences, patron base and our donors," said Anne Younan, City Lights Theater Company General Manager.