A Calgary community theater group has been targeted by vandals

A community theater group was the target of vandalism Tuesday morning.

A masked man threw a large rock through the back door of the Storybook Theater around 4:30 a.m.

The theater operates out of the Beddington Center for the Performing Arts.

The building has recently been demolished for the third time.

Before that, three windows of the upper floor were smashed and three laptops were stolen.

It's a major financial blow to an organization already feeling the brunt of cuts to state arts funding.

“It's just endless damage for no reason, and it's gotten to the point where it's hitting us hard, and this last one just puts the things we can do with our minds to the extreme. “the end,” said JP. Thibodeau, Artistic Producer of Storybook Theatre.

Damages from the latest incidents are estimated at $20,000 and the theater must pay an $8,000 deductible.

The theater believes another person could be seen with the child on background video recording the incident on Tuesday.