Credit Pec Playhouse Theatre.
Snow and ice caused the roof to sink in at the PEC Playhouse Theatre in Pecatonica. No one was in the building at the time.
Suzanne Wiegert is the president of the board of directors at the theater. She said there wasn’t an issue with the roof before the recent snowstorms but the day before the fall, a volunteer noticed that something was brewing. He alerted everyone and the building manager went to check.
“He said, ‘Oh my gosh, nobody enter the building, I m certain it s going to collapse’ She said they put signs on the door advising people to keep out. “And then I think about 2 o clock in the afternoon is when they went to go check on it, with I believe the fire chief and the city mayor and it had collapsed.”
I am a HUGE lover of live theater. I love watching it, loved the days when I used to do shows, and I have often thought about getting back into it someday. When I saw the news last week that the roof of the Pec Playhouse Theatre in Pecatonica collapsed due to heavy snow and ice load, my heart broke a little.
I ve been to a few performances at Pec Playhouse, and I know it is a cherished part of the Pecatonica community. The Playhouse has had so many hurdles to overcome this last year, and this latest setback is one they really need the 815 to help with.