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South Coast Repertory Founding Member Takes on Role as Scrooge

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South Coast Repertory Founding Member Takes on Role as Scrooge
Richard Doyle plays Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Jerry Patch and directed by Hisa Takakuwa, at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Calif., from Nov. 27 to Dec. 26, 2021. Nicholas Pilapil/SCR
Lynn Hackman
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After 36 years of playing various characters in the classic Dickens holiday favorite, South Coast Repertory founding member and veteran actor Richard Doyle steps into the lead role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this year’s production of A Christmas Carol in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Fellow thespian and Doyle’s long-time friend, Hal Landon, Jr., played the role of the miserly Scrooge for 40 years at South Coast Repertory until he uttered his last “bah humbug” and hung up his scarf in 2019.

Lynn Hackman
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Lynn is a reporter for the Southern California edition of The Epoch Times, based in Orange County. She has enjoyed a 25-year career as a senior-level strategic public relations and contingency planning executive. An editor, blogger, and columnist, Lynn also has experience as a television and radio show producer and host. For six years, she was co-host of Sunday Brunch with Tom and Lynn on KOCI 101.5 FM. She is also active in the Newport Beach community, serving as chair emeritus of the Newport Beach City Arts Commission, among various positions with other local organizations.
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