"Jackie Smook has spent years crafting characters and props for "Dilly's World," her whimsical web series and touring theatrical show about a girl confronting big issues with the help of some puppet friends. Her life's work was stolen early Monday when thieves swiped a shipping box containing many of her puppets from outside her Beachwood Canyon apartment. Among the missing are Angus the bassist, Phyllis the mail-delivering puppet, Holstein, who was holding an intricate saxophone prop, and Dumont, who had a television stand."
"A large puppeteered car, drum set, piano, wigs, costumes and all manner of merchandise were also stolen. Smook estimates the total cost to be roughly $40,000. "We are starting from zero, basically," she said. "It's just a really tragic loss. My hands bled to make these things." The U-Haul box stuffed with props was delivered Saturday afternoon from Chicago, where Smook recently toured. She went to unpack it around 6 a.m. Monday and realized it was gone."
Jackie Smook built characters, puppets and props for Dilly's World, a web series and touring theatrical show. A U-Haul box delivered from Chicago containing puppets, a puppeteered car, musical instruments, wigs, costumes and merchandise was stolen from outside her Beachwood Canyon apartment early Monday. Surveillance stills indicate the box was taken between 5:35 and 5:49 a.m., but no suspects were captured and the trailer hauling the box was also taken; police took a stolen-vehicle report. Smook estimates the loss at about $40,000, has no major investors, and is racing to rebuild the items by Feb. 22.
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