Are Tornadoes Not Enough?
On March 15, we were hunkering down for opening night in Birmingham, AL as tornadoes rolled across the southern U.S., causing devastation in multiple counties. We kept an eye out on the tornado watches and alerts and the theater assured us that, unlike what some scenes in Twisters would have you believe, the sturdy complex with much of it underground was one of the safest places to be.
But as if that weren’t enough, the BJCC Concert Hall where we were performing was one of four known theaters to have received identical bomb threats targeting the Shen Yun performances that day, joining Stifel Theatre in St. Louis, MO, Des Moines Civic Center in Iowa, and Teatro Auditorio in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain.
Here is a screenshot of the threat sent to St. Louis:
The shows went on just fine, and we were spared the tornadoes as well.