Steve Searl, president of The Merlin Players board of directors, portrays Ebenezer Scrooge. (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
After nearly 30 years of staging live theater in Faribault, The Merlin Players are ending their run.
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Julianna Skluzacek directs a play rehearsal for the Little Theatre of Owatonna. (File photo/southernminn.com)
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Samantha Zenk, as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and Steve Searl, as Ebenezer Scrooge, rehearse a scene from The Merlin Players final production of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
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The ghost of Marley (Palmer Huff) returns to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
Ebenezer Scrooge (Steve Searl) watches a young version of himself in The Merlin Players production of “A Christmas Carol.” (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
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