{"id":43774,"date":"2025-11-12T14:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/43774\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:34:44","slug":"the-trial-of-ebenezer-scrooge-comes-to-florida-rep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/43774\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TRIAL OF EBENEZER SCROOGE Comes to Florida Rep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Repertory Theatre will present \u201cThe Trial of Ebeneezer Scrooge,\u201d in the Historic Arcade Theatre December 2 &#8211; 21, 2025. Tickets start at $69 for adults ($15 for students) and may be purchased online or by calling the box office at 239-332-4488 or toll-free at 877-787-8053. The theatre is also offering a special family deal for $150 that includes tickets for two adults, two children, and two complimentary house concession items. Call the box office to reserve this family deal.<\/p>\n<p>The delightful and zany holiday comedy by the author of \u201cAround the World in 80 Days\u201d takes place a year after Ebeneezer Scrooge&#8217;s miraculous transformation. The entertaining and family-friendly story is set in a courtroom where Scrooge is suing <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jacob-Marley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacob Marley<\/a> and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. The allegations include breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander, pain and suffering, attempted murder and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. The plot is no serious, cantankerous courtroom drama. Instead, it&#8217;s a surprising twist with a comedic approach unleashing a series of events filled with laughs, heart, and nostalgic flashbacks to the original Dicken&#8217;s holiday classic. <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/floridarep.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=d022a8edadf7fafc22f9caf7f&amp;id=5a0aaa0033&amp;e=ef2e659486\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe play is a wonderful holiday treat for the entire family,\u201d says Greg Longenhagen, Florida Rep&#8217;s producing artistic director and the director of \u201cThe Trial of Ebeneezer Scrooge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story is filled with gentle life lessons, holiday mirth, and plenty of comedy. Our talented cast bring the classic Dickens&#8217; characters to life with both depth and flair \u2013 all for the delight of the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cast features fan-favorite Florida Rep ensemble actors Viki Boyle (\u201cBoca\u201d), <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/V-Craig-Heidenreich\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">V. <\/a><a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Craig-Heidenreich\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Craig Heidenreich<\/a> (\u201cAnd Then There Were None\u201d), and <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/William-McNulty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William McNulty<\/a> (\u201cBoca\u201d) who played Ebeneezer Scrooge in Florida Rep&#8217;s production of \u201cA Sherlock Carol,\u201d along with returning guest actors <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Carol-Halstead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carol Halstead<\/a> (\u201cThe Importance of Being Earnest\u201d), <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jonathan-Wiener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jonathan Wiener<\/a> (\u201cSheer Madness\u201d), and Atticus Shaindlin and Dereck Walton, making their Florida Rep debuts, along with Dianne Summers (PlayLab 2025) and Florida Rep&#8217;s Season 28 acting intern company members\u00a0Jana Denning, Patrice Eakman, Hannah Eastman, Gabe Hunyor, Cody Klimek, and <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ethan-Le\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ethan Le<\/a>\u00f3n.\u00a0The production also features an ensemble of youth from Florida Rep&#8217;s education programs: Serenity Bailey, Lane Free, Nixyn Fridh, Jackson Haliburton, Sydney McMasters, Deacon Quinn Mendez, Mia Santore, Izy Sedorchuk, Jack R. Wade, and Suvanee Wood.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Repertory Theatre will present \u201cThe Trial of Ebeneezer Scrooge,\u201d in the Historic Arcade Theatre December 2 &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-43774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43774","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=43774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}