Lara Ganz, right, director of Theatre Palisades Youth, works on blocking with Anna Telehowski, 14, left, on opening night of the musical Crazy for You after the group lost their theater in the Palisades fire, Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The day after her house burned down, Lara Ganz sent a group message to the youth theater troupe she runs: They would not let the Los Angeles firestorm stop their upcoming show.