{"id":403684,"date":"2026-09-18T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403684\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:14:09","slug":"charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-is-raising-the-curtain-at-cultural-park-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403684\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is raising the curtain at Cultural Park Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory raises the curtain at Cultural Park Theatre in Cape Coral<\/p>\n<p>Opening night for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Cultural Park Theatre in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789748049_361_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>CAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">It&#8217;s opening night for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Cultural Park Theatre in Cape Coral. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\"> Director Shaelyn Crabtree,  Tyler Connelly, who plays Willy Wonka, Shaun Miller, who plays Grandpa Joe, and Gavin Wylie, who plays Charlie Bucket, joined Gulf Coast News to give us a preview of the show. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory, offering five golden ticket winners a chance to experience his world of pure imagination.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Young Charlie Bucket and four other winners will embark on a journey through the factory, which includes chocolate waterfalls, nutty squirrels, and the great glass elevator.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The magical experience will be guided by Wonka\u2019s army of curious Oompa-Loompas. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be on stage until September 27. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">To learn more about the show and purchase tickets, click <a href=\"https:\/\/culturalparktheatre.org\/show\/roald-dahls-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">WATCH THE FULL SEGMENT ABOVE.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment, and original programming on your TV. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory raises the curtain at Cultural Park Theatre in Cape Coral Opening night for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,13206,160566,160564,8969,160569,160567,104,4329,213,160568,4827,197,221,160565],"class_list":["post-403684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-charlie","tag-charlie-bucket","tag-chocolate-factory","tag-cultural-park-theatre","tag-curious-oompa-loompa","tag-curtain","tag-entertainment","tag-gulf-coast-news","tag-late-news","tag-pure-imagination","tag-show","tag-sport","tag-weather","tag-willy-wonka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}