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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production facility and Wauwatosa West High School's theater were both flooded, damaging expensive equipment and creating a messy situation on a tight deadline, with shows ahead for both groups.

"I think everybody expects a rainy day, but this was much more than a rainy day," said Chad Bauman, Ellen & Joe Checota executive director, Milwaukee Repertory Theater. "This was a 500-year flood event."

Bauman says with nine weeks out to their upcoming season, an unexpected call changed everything.

"On Sunday morning we were notified that there was a breach in the facility by our security company," said Bauman. "We came down expecting to perhaps see a burglary, and ended up finding four feet of standing water in our facility."

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