Correction: Flooded Theater-Vermont story

Aug 23, 2023, 9:21 PM | Updated: Aug 27, 2023, 7:20 am

Susanna Gellert, executive artistic director for the Weston Theater Company, points to the level of the flooding in the Weston Playhouse, from July's torrential rains and regional flooding, Aug. 16, 2023, in Weston, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

WESTON, Vt. (AP) — In a story published August 24, 2023, about a flooded theater in Vermont, The Associated Press erroneously reported the actors were now figuring out how to make up for some of the losses and rebuild their leased playhouse. It is the theater company and a community association that is doing that.

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