BOB HESS (Ebenezer Scrooge) is a member of the Diane & Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company at DTC. This production marks his second appearance as Scrooge and his FOURTEENTH production here of A Christmas Carol! Bob was last seen at DTC in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Into the Woods, Native Gardens, Trouble in Mind, The Sound of Music, Our Town, To Kill a Mockingbird, and It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he has appeared on nearly every stage in the Metroplex over the last 40+ years, most recently in WaterTower Theatre’s I Am My Own Wife and Stage West’s regional premiere of The Children. Bob was a 2023 recipient of the prestigious Lunt Fontanne Fellowship from the Ten Chimneys Foundation, as well as numerous awards from the DFW Critics Forum to Broadway World. He has been represented for the past three decades by The Mary Collins Agency. He is proud to serve as an Assistant Professor of Acting at the University of North Texas.