The Oregon Shakespeare Festival canceled all shows in the Angus Bowmer Theatre after discovering that the building’s main support beam is cracked.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival canceled all shows in the Angus Bowmer Theatre this week after discovering that the building’s main support beam is cracked.
Festival officials announced the weeklong closure Sunday afternoon, as Adroit Construction crews set up scaffolding in the theater to stabilize the sagging beam.
Actors on stage during a Friday night performance of “Measure for Measure” heard wood cracking and the next morning a city inspector discovered the damaged beam, resulting in the immediate closure of the building, [OSF media relations director Amy Richard] said. The 70-foot beam runs over the stage, across the width of the theater, and supports 30 adjoining beams.
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