Shortly after our performance last night, a tornado went through downtown Williamston.
The patrons had all left, fortunately, and several of us were at a local bar when all the power in town went out, and the tornado hit.
More on that story later. No time to post about it now.
Right now, however, the city has declared a state of emergency. There are huge trees down everywhere, power lines down, no power and no idea of when power might come back.
We’ll probably have to cancel tonights show, if not more over the weekend, but the theatre itself has sustained no physical damage.
The worst part is that there are a few people injured, and a few missing. I hope they’re all alright.
Tony Caselli 
Best wishes
Wow. Lots of love and good thoughts coming your way from Wisconsin. I hope all settles well for you all!
Jimmy
Re: Best wishes
Thanks, Jimmy! Hope you guys are well also.
Great reviews for the show, by the way!
Tornados hit Denver Colorado when I was living there as a little kid. Pretty terrifying things. Glad to here that the theatre weathered the storm. Best of luck with the recovery.
Thanks, Jake! Hope your show’s going well!
Wow. I hope all is well and everyone is found safe. A strange thing about natural disasters is that, I’ve found, they have a way of pulling a community together like nothing else. A small silver lining, but a silver lining none the less.
Be safe! And good luck with the clean up.
Yep, that’s happening with the clean up. It was an amazing thing, walking around at midnight with the whole city out of power and trees down everywhere, folks were out with flashlights checking on each other!
Thanks, brisbaine!
I’m glad that you guys are alright. I was worried about you guys when I got the text about the warning for the city.
It was crazy last night.
Thanks! Glad you got home safely!
Sorry to hear it. Hope everything works out.
Thanks, J! Power’s back on right now, and it looks like our shows this weekend will go on!
hey, i read about williamston on the internet, I’m glad you and the theatre are okay.
Thanks! I love that Luna Lovegood icon! Hope you’re well, too!
Oh geeze… well I hope everyone recovers quickly.
Thanks Alida. It’s quite a mess, but the town will come together again!
Holy crap!!! I’m glad that you are OK. And that the theatre didn’t sustain any damage.
I am TERRIFIED of tornados.
Yikes.
Thanks, Kate. It was a little scary! Power’s back on, as of Saturday morning, and it looks like we’ll be able to do our weekend shows.