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Pedro Costa

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			:''This article is about the Boca Raton musical theatre performer and producer. For the Portuguese film director, see [[wikipedia:Pedro Costa\|Pedro Costa]] on Wikipedia.''
	{{Infobox artist		{{Infobox artist
	\| name = Pedro Costa		\| name = Pedro Costa
	\| image = ~~Pedro_Costa_Drowsy_Chaperone_2022~~.jpg		\| image = Pedro_Costa.jpg
	\| caption = Costa ~~as Feldzieg in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022)~~		\| caption = Costa performing on stage
	\| disciplines = ~~Actor~~ · ~~Singer~~		\| disciplines = Musical theatre performer · Producer · Director
	\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida		\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
	\| education = Boca Raton Community Middle School<br />Boca Raton Community High School (class of ~~2025~~)		\| education = Boca Raton Community Middle School<br />Boca Raton Community High School (2025)<br />University of Florida (class of 2029)
			\| known_for = Founding [[Our Time Productions]]
			\| productions = ''The Road Ahead'' (2026, producer and director)
			\| companies = [[Our Time Productions]] (founder)
			\| awards = "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship (2024)
			\| notable_roles = Feldzieg (''The Drowsy Chaperone'', 2022)
	\| years_active = c. 2018–present		\| years_active = c. 2018–present
	\| ~~notable_roles~~ = ~~Feldzieg (''The Drowsy Chaperone'', 2022)~~		\| website = [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ Instagram]
	~~\| productions = ''The Little Mermaid'' (2019)<br~~ /~~>''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022)<br~~ /~~>''The Theory of Relativity'' (2023)<br~~ /~~>''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023)~~
	}}		}}
	'''Pedro Costa''' is an American ~~actor~~ and ~~singer~~ from Boca Raton, Florida. He ~~performed~~ in at ~~least two productions at~~ Boca Raton ~~Community Middle School~~ and ~~three or more at~~ Boca Raton Community High School. ~~As a freshman~~ he ~~played~~ the ~~impresario Feldzieg in~~ the high school~~'s 2022 production~~ of ~~''The Drowsy Chaperone''~~.<ref name="~~drowsy~~">{{cite web \|url=https://~~luanda~~.~~dehilster~~.com/?p~~=1525~~ \|title=~~Back Home \|author=David de Hilster~~ \|website=~~luanda.dehilster.com~~ \|date=~~2022~~-04-17}}</ref>		'''Pedro Costa''' is a Brazilian-American musical theatre performer, producer and director from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, now based in Boca Raton, Florida. While still a student he founded '''[[Our Time Productions]]''', an independent theatre company whose first show, the musical cabaret ''The Road Ahead'', sold out both of its performances in June 2026. He is a student at the University of Florida, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ \|title=Pedro Costa (@pedro_mboc) \|website=Instagram \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref name="sold">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DaihvJcFpGj/ \|title=The Road Ahead: thank you \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) \|date=2026-07-08}}</ref>

			== Early life and training ==
			Costa's hometown is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he began working in the entertainment business at an early age, before his family moved to the United States while he was still young.<ref name="fbabout">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007074481887&sk=about \|title=Pedro Costa: About \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> He settled in Boca Raton, Florida, and graduated from Boca Raton Community High School in 2025.<ref name="fbedu">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007074481887&sk=directory_education \|title=Pedro Costa: Education \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> In May 2024, at the end of his junior year, he rehearsed and performed in the opening number of the Dream Awards, Palm Beach County's high school musical theatre awards, on the main stage of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. That week he also received the "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship. He called it "one of the most memorable weeks of my life".<ref name="dream">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7fs7f_I_9y/ \|title=Dream Awards week \|website=Instagram (@pedro_mboc) \|date=2024-05-27}}</ref>

	~~== Education ==~~		He credits three teachers for his training: "Thank you to Jackie, Jason, and Mrs. Nixdorf for all your years of training, I could not have done any of this without the three of you as my mentors."<ref name="dream" />
	* '''Boca Raton Community Middle School''', ~~Boca Raton~~, ~~Florida~~
	* '''Boca Raton Community High School''', ~~Boca Raton, Florida (2021–2025)~~

	== ~~Career ==~~		== School productions ==
	~~=== Boca Raton Community Middle~~ School ===		Costa performed in productions with the Boca Raton Community Middle School drama club, including ''The Little Mermaid'' (spring 2019), and in three or more at Boca Raton Community High School under director Stephanie Nixdorf.
	Costa ~~appeared~~ in ~~at least two~~ productions with the Boca Raton Community Middle School drama club~~, directed by Joshua Tay~~, including ''The Little Mermaid'' (spring 2019).

	~~=== Boca Raton Community High School ===~~		In spring 2022, as a freshman, he played Feldzieg, the Broadway producer, in Boca High's ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' at the Kathryn Lindgren Theatre. Gianna Downing played Kitty. A reviewer wrote that Costa, "only a freshman, showed off acting skills well beyond his age… With impeccable timing and a powerful acting voice, Costa never missed a beat and looked like a veteran of the stage.<ref name="drowsy">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1525 \|title=Back Home \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-04-17}}</ref> He went on to appear in the school's ''The Theory of Relativity'' (January 12–15, 2023)<ref name="relbm">{{cite web \|url=https://bocamag.com/?p=14583 \|title=The Theory of Relativity – Boca Raton High Drama \|website=Boca magazine \|date=2023-01}}</ref> and ''Hello, Dolly!'' (spring 2023).
	In spring 2022, as a freshman, ~~Costa~~ played Feldzieg, the Broadway producer, in Boca ~~Raton Community~~ High ~~School~~'s ''The Drowsy Chaperone''~~, directed by Stephanie Nixdorf~~ at the Kathryn Lindgren Theatre. Gianna Downing played Kitty~~, the would-be star who becomes his fiancée~~. ~~The~~ reviewer wrote that Costa, "only a freshman, showed off acting skills well beyond his ~~age", and that "with~~ impeccable timing and a powerful acting voice, Costa never missed a beat and looked like a veteran of the stage."<ref name="drowsy" /> The ~~production won an award at the Kravis Center Dream Awards.~~<ref name="relbm">{{cite web \|url=https://bocamag.com/?p=14583 \|title=The Theory of Relativity – Boca Raton High Drama \|website=Boca magazine \|date=2023-01}}</ref>

	~~He went on~~ to ~~appear in~~ the ~~school's productions of~~ ''The ~~Theory of Relativity~~'' ~~(January 12–15~~, ~~2023~~, ~~Kathryn Lindgren Theatre)~~<ref name="~~relbm~~" /> ~~and ''Hello~~, ~~Dolly!'' (spring 2023)~~.		== Our Time Productions ==
			Costa founded [[Our Time Productions]] in 2026 "to bring together a group of artists aspiring to achieve something beyond what they've done before, with the courage to try new things and with the passion to achieve their goals."<ref name="why">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DXkqQptDBcO/ \|title=Why Our Time Productions \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) \|date=2026-04-25}}</ref> He raised money for its first show through a crowdfunding campaign, then produced and directed it: ''The Road Ahead'', a cabaret of musical theatre songs, at Barclay Performing Arts in Boca Raton on June 26 and 27, 2026. Both performances sold out. Afterwards he thanked "all of you who have supported me in this journey and made my dream of producing and directing come to life."<ref name="sold" />

			== University ==
			Costa began studying at the University of Florida in Gainesville on August 31, 2025, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig" /><ref name="fbedu" />

	== Selected credits ==		== Selected credits ==
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	\| 2023 \|\| ''Hello, Dolly!'' \|\| \|\| Boca Raton Community High School		\| 2023 \|\| ''Hello, Dolly!'' \|\| \|\| Boca Raton Community High School
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			\| 2024 \|\| Dream Awards opening number \|\| Performer \|\| Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
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			\| 2026 \|\| ''The Road Ahead'' \|\| Producer; director \|\| [[Our Time Productions]], Barclay Performing Arts, Boca Raton
	\|}		\|}

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />

			== External links ==
			* [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ @pedro_mboc] on Instagram
			* [https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/ Our Time Productions] on Instagram

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Pedro}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Pedro}}
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	~~[[Category:Musicians and singers]]~~
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]

File:Pedro Costa Drowsy Chaperone 2022.jpg

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Ddehilster uploaded File:Pedro Costa Drowsy Chaperone 2022.jpg == Summary == Pedro Costa as Feldzieg in The Drowsy Chaperone, Boca Raton Community High School, April 2022. Photo: David de Hilster, from https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1525

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== Summary ==
Pedro Costa as Feldzieg in The Drowsy Chaperone, Boca Raton Community High School, April 2022. Photo: David de Hilster, from https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1525

Pedro Costa

Ddehilster — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:59:23 GMT

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	{{Infobox artist		{{Infobox artist
	\| name = Pedro Costa		\| name = Pedro Costa
	\| image = ~~Pedro_Costa~~.jpg		\| image = Pedro_Costa_Drowsy_Chaperone_2022.jpg
	\| caption = Costa ~~performing on stage~~		\| caption = Costa as Feldzieg in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022)
	\| disciplines = ~~Musical theatre performer~~ · ~~Producer · Director~~		\| disciplines = Actor · Singer
	\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida ~~(from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)~~		\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida
	\| education = Boca Raton Community ~~High~~ School ~~(2025)~~<br />~~University of Florida~~ (class of ~~2029~~)		\| education = Boca Raton Community Middle School<br />Boca Raton Community High School (class of 2025)
	\| ~~known_for~~ = ~~Founding [[Our Time Productions]]~~		\| years_active = c. 2018–present
	\| ~~productions~~ = ''The ~~Road Ahead~~'' ~~(2026~~, ~~producer and director~~)		\| notable_roles = Feldzieg (''The Drowsy Chaperone'', 2022)
	\| ~~companies~~ = ~~[[Our Time Productions]]~~ (~~founder~~)		\| productions = ''The Little Mermaid'' (2019)<br />''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022)<br />''The Theory of Relativity'' (2023)<br />''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023)
	~~\| awards = "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship~~ (~~2024~~)
	~~\| years_active = c. 2023–present~~
	~~\| website = [https:~~//~~www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ Instagram]~~
	}}		}}
	'''Pedro Costa''' is ~~a Brazilian-~~American ~~musical theatre performer, producer~~ and ~~director~~ from ~~Rio de Janeiro~~, ~~Brazil, now based~~ in Boca Raton~~, Florida~~. ~~While still~~ a ~~student~~ he ~~founded~~ '~~''[[Our Time Productions]]''', an independent theatre company whose first show, the musical cabaret~~ ''The ~~Road Ahead~~''~~, sold out both of its performances in June 2026. He is a student at the University of Florida, in the class of 2029~~.<ref name="ig">{{cite web \|url=https://~~www~~.~~instagram~~.com/~~pedro_mboc/~~ \|title=~~Pedro Costa (@pedro_mboc)~~ \|~~website~~=~~Instagram~~ \|~~access-date~~=~~2026-11-07}}</ref><ref name="sold">{{cite web \|url=https://www~~.~~instagram~~.com~~/p/DaihvJcFpGj/ \|title=The Road Ahead: thank you \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions)~~ \|date=~~2026~~-07-08}}</ref>		'''Pedro Costa''' is an American actor and singer from Boca Raton, Florida. He performed in at least two productions at Boca Raton Community Middle School and three or more at Boca Raton Community High School. As a freshman he played the impresario Feldzieg in the high school's 2022 production of ''The Drowsy Chaperone''.<ref name="drowsy">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1525 \|title=Back Home \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-04-17}}</ref>

	== ~~Early life and training~~ ==		== Education ==
	~~Costa~~'~~s hometown is Rio de Janeiro~~, ~~Brazil.<ref name="fbabout">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007074481887&sk=about \|title=Pedro Costa: About \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> He moved to~~ Boca Raton, Florida~~, and graduated from~~ Boca Raton Community High School in 2025.<ref name="fbedu">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007074481887&sk=directory_education \|title=Pedro Costa: Education \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> In May 2024, at the end of his junior year, he rehearsed and performed in the opening number of the Dream Awards, Palm Beach County'~~s high school musical theatre awards~~, ~~on the main stage of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. That week he also received the "Blood~~, Sweat and Tears" scholarship. He called it "one of the most memorable weeks of my life".<ref name="dream">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7fs7f_I_9y/ \|title=Dream Awards week \|website=Instagram (~~@pedro_mboc~~) ~~\|date=2024-05-27}}</ref>~~		* '''Boca Raton Community Middle School''', Boca Raton, Florida
			* '''Boca Raton Community High School''', Boca Raton, Florida (2021–2025)

	~~He credits three teachers for his training: "Thank you to Jackie~~, ~~Jason~~, ~~and Mrs~~. ~~Nixdorf for all your years of training, I could not have done any of this without the three of you as my mentors."<ref name="dream" />~~		== Career ==
			=== Boca Raton Community Middle School ===
			Costa appeared in at least two productions with the Boca Raton Community Middle School drama club, directed by Joshua Tay, including ''The Little Mermaid'' (spring 2019).

	== ~~Our Time Productions~~ ==		=== Boca Raton Community High School ===
	Costa ~~founded [[Our Time Productions]]~~ in ~~2026~~ "~~to bring together~~ a ~~group of artists aspiring to achieve something~~ beyond ~~what they've done before~~, with ~~the courage to try new things~~ and ~~with~~ the ~~passion to achieve their goals~~."<ref name="~~why~~">{{cite web \|url=https://~~www.instagram~~.com/~~our_time_productions/reel/DXkqQptDBcO/~~ \|title=~~Why Our Time Productions~~ \|website=~~Instagram (@our_time_productions)~~ \|date=~~2026~~-~~04-25~~}}</ref> He raised money for its first show through a crowdfunding campaign, then produced and directed it: ''The Road Ahead'', a cabaret of musical theatre songs, at Barclay Performing Arts in Boca Raton on June 26 and 27, 2026. Both performances sold out. Afterwards he thanked "all of you who have supported me in this journey and made my dream of producing and directing come to life."<ref name="sold" />		In spring 2022, as a freshman, Costa played Feldzieg, the Broadway producer, in Boca Raton Community High School's ''The Drowsy Chaperone'', directed by Stephanie Nixdorf at the Kathryn Lindgren Theatre. Gianna Downing played Kitty, the would-be star who becomes his fiancée. The reviewer wrote that Costa, "only a freshman, showed off acting skills well beyond his age", and that "with impeccable timing and a powerful acting voice, Costa never missed a beat and looked like a veteran of the stage."<ref name="drowsy" /> The production won an award at the Kravis Center Dream Awards.<ref name="relbm">{{cite web \|url=https://bocamag.com/?p=14583 \|title=The Theory of Relativity – Boca Raton High Drama \|website=Boca magazine \|date=2023-01}}</ref>

	~~== University ==~~		He went on to appear in the school's productions of ''The Theory of Relativity'' (January 12–15, 2023, Kathryn Lindgren Theatre)<ref name="relbm" /> and ''Hello, Dolly!'' (spring 2023).
	~~Costa began studying at~~ the ~~University~~ of ~~Florida in Gainesville on August 31~~, ~~2025~~, ~~in the class of 2029.~~<ref name="ig" />~~<ref name~~="~~fbedu~~" />
			== Selected credits ==
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			! Year !! Production !! Role !! Venue / company
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			\| 2019 \|\| ''The Little Mermaid'' \|\| \|\| Boca Raton Community Middle School
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			\| 2022 \|\| ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' \|\| Feldzieg \|\| Boca Raton Community High School
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			\| 2023 \|\| ''The Theory of Relativity'' \|\| \|\| Boca Raton Community High School
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			\| 2023 \|\| ''Hello, Dolly!'' \|\| \|\| Boca Raton Community High School
			\|}

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />

	~~== External links ==~~
	* [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ @pedro_mboc] on Instagram
	* [https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/ Our Time Productions] on Instagram

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			[[Category:Musicians and singers]]
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Pedro Costa

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	\| name = Pedro Costa		\| name = Pedro Costa
			\| image = Pedro_Costa.jpg
			\| caption = Costa performing on stage
	\| disciplines = Musical theatre performer · Producer · Director		\| disciplines = Musical theatre performer · Producer · Director
	\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)		\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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David de Hilster uploaded File:Pedro Costa.jpg Photo of Pedro Costa performing

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== Summary ==
Pedro Costa performing on stage.

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Pedro Costa

David de Hilster — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:02:50 GMT

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	\| disciplines = Musical theatre performer · Producer · Director		\| disciplines = Musical theatre performer · Producer · Director
	\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida		\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
	\| education = Boca Raton Community High School<br />University of Florida (class of 2029)		\| education = Boca Raton Community High School (2025)<br />University of Florida (class of 2029)
	\| known_for = Founding [[Our Time Productions]]		\| known_for = Founding [[Our Time Productions]]
	\| productions = ''The Road Ahead'' (2026, producer and director)		\| productions = ''The Road Ahead'' (2026, producer and director)
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	\| website = [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ Instagram]		\| website = [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ Instagram]
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	'''Pedro Costa''' is an American musical theatre performer, producer and director from Boca Raton, Florida. While still a student he founded '''[[Our Time Productions]]''', an independent theatre company whose first show, the musical cabaret ''The Road Ahead'', sold out both of its performances in June 2026. He is a student at the University of Florida, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ \|title=Pedro Costa (@pedro_mboc) \|website=Instagram \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref name="sold">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DaihvJcFpGj/ \|title=The Road Ahead: thank you \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) \|date=2026-07-08}}</ref>		'''Pedro Costa''' is a Brazilian-American musical theatre performer, producer and director from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, now based in Boca Raton, Florida. While still a student he founded '''[[Our Time Productions]]''', an independent theatre company whose first show, the musical cabaret ''The Road Ahead'', sold out both of its performances in June 2026. He is a student at the University of Florida, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ \|title=Pedro Costa (@pedro_mboc) \|website=Instagram \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref name="sold">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DaihvJcFpGj/ \|title=The Road Ahead: thank you \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) \|date=2026-07-08}}</ref>

	== Early life and training ==		== Early life and training ==
	Costa ~~grew up in~~ Boca Raton and ~~attended~~ Boca Raton Community High School. In May 2024, at the end of his junior year, he rehearsed and performed in the opening number of the Dream Awards, Palm Beach County's high school musical theatre awards, on the main stage of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. That week he also received the "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship. He called it "one of the most memorable weeks of my life".<ref name="dream">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7fs7f_I_9y/ \|title=Dream Awards week \|website=Instagram (@pedro_mboc) \|date=2024-05-27}}</ref>		Costa's hometown is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<ref name="fbabout">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007074481887&sk=about \|title=Pedro Costa: About \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> He moved to Boca Raton, Florida, and graduated from Boca Raton Community High School in 2025.<ref name="fbedu">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007074481887&sk=directory_education \|title=Pedro Costa: Education \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> In May 2024, at the end of his junior year, he rehearsed and performed in the opening number of the Dream Awards, Palm Beach County's high school musical theatre awards, on the main stage of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. That week he also received the "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship. He called it "one of the most memorable weeks of my life".<ref name="dream">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7fs7f_I_9y/ \|title=Dream Awards week \|website=Instagram (@pedro_mboc) \|date=2024-05-27}}</ref>

	He credits three teachers for his training: "Thank you to Jackie, Jason, and Mrs. Nixdorf for all your years of training, I could not have done any of this without the three of you as my mentors."<ref name="dream" />		He credits three teachers for his training: "Thank you to Jackie, Jason, and Mrs. Nixdorf for all your years of training, I could not have done any of this without the three of you as my mentors."<ref name="dream" />

	== Our Time Productions ==		== Our Time Productions ==
	~~{{main\|Our Time Productions}}~~
	Costa founded [[Our Time Productions]] in 2026 "to bring together a group of artists aspiring to achieve something beyond what they've done before, with the courage to try new things and with the passion to achieve their goals."<ref name="why">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DXkqQptDBcO/ \|title=Why Our Time Productions \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) \|date=2026-04-25}}</ref> He raised money for its first show through a crowdfunding campaign, then produced and directed it: ''The Road Ahead'', a cabaret of musical theatre songs, at Barclay Performing Arts in Boca Raton on June 26 and 27, 2026. Both performances sold out. Afterwards he thanked "all of you who have supported me in this journey and made my dream of producing and directing come to life."<ref name="sold" />		Costa founded [[Our Time Productions]] in 2026 "to bring together a group of artists aspiring to achieve something beyond what they've done before, with the courage to try new things and with the passion to achieve their goals."<ref name="why">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DXkqQptDBcO/ \|title=Why Our Time Productions \|website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) \|date=2026-04-25}}</ref> He raised money for its first show through a crowdfunding campaign, then produced and directed it: ''The Road Ahead'', a cabaret of musical theatre songs, at Barclay Performing Arts in Boca Raton on June 26 and 27, 2026. Both performances sold out. Afterwards he thanked "all of you who have supported me in this journey and made my dream of producing and directing come to life."<ref name="sold" />

	== University ==		== University ==
	~~In fall 2025~~ Costa began studying at the University of Florida in Gainesville, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig" />		Costa began studying at the University of Florida in Gainesville on August 31, 2025, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig" /><ref name="fbedu" />

	== References ==		== References ==

Our Time Productions

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{{Infobox venue
| name = Our Time Productions
| venue_type = Independent student theatre production company
| location = Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
| opened = 2026
| founder = [[Pedro Costa]]
| director = [[Pedro Costa]] (producer and director)
| art_forms = Musical theatre, cabaret
| productions = ''The Road Ahead'' (June 2026)
| website = [https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/ Instagram]
}}
'''Our Time Productions''' is an independent theatre production company in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 2026 by the student performer and director [[Pedro Costa]]. Its motto is "Creating opportunities and pursuing dreams".<ref name="ig">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/ |title=Our Time Productions (@our_time_productions) |website=Instagram |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> Its first production, the musical cabaret ''The Road Ahead'', sold out both of its performances in June 2026.<ref name="sold">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DaihvJcFpGj/ |title=The Road Ahead: thank you |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-07-08}}</ref>

== History ==
Costa explained that he started the company "to bring together a group of artists aspiring to achieve something beyond what they've done before, with the courage to try new things and with the passion to achieve their goals."<ref name="why">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DXkqQptDBcO/ |title=Why Our Time Productions |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-04-25}}</ref> The company describes its values as "ambition, risk taking, community, and courage".<ref name="announce">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DY-0SihsS2-/ |title=Announcing The Road Ahead |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-05-30}}</ref>

To pay for its first show, the company ran a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign in spring 2026, the "Race to 3K", with the goal of raising $3,000 by May 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DXK6C6pFmu6/ |title=Race to 3K |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DXsWFJbjF-X/ |title="We're pushing for $3000 by May 10th" |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-04-28}}</ref>

== ''The Road Ahead'' (2026) ==
''The Road Ahead'' was announced on May 30, 2026. It was a cabaret of songs from many musicals about "the fear and excitement of following your dreams and those who help you along the way".<ref name="announce" /> Auditions were open to anyone and held by self-tape, and rehearsals began on June 8.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DZBNBtLsz2S/ |title=Auditions |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DZaRiXQsb3o/ |title=First rehearsal |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-06-10}}</ref>

Costa produced and directed the show. It was performed at 7:30 p.m. on June 26 and 27, 2026 at Barclay Performing Arts, 9050 Kimberly Boulevard, Boca Raton, with tickets sold through the Find Your Voice Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ3GlGOsREj/ |title=Cast announcement |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DaDeJVuM5Nm/ |title=Opening night |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-06-26}}</ref> Both performances sold out. The company called its debut "a major success" and promised: "Our Time Productions has only just begun, and there is a lot more in store for the future!"<ref name="sold" />

== Productions ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Production !! Notes
|-
| 2026 || ''The Road Ahead'' || Musical cabaret; produced and directed by Pedro Costa; Barclay Performing Arts, Boca Raton, June 26–27; both performances sold out
|}

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/ @our_time_productions] on Instagram

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:''This article is about the Boca Raton musical theatre performer and producer. For the Portuguese film director, see [[wikipedia:Pedro Costa|Pedro Costa]] on Wikipedia.''
{{Infobox artist
| name = Pedro Costa
| disciplines = Musical theatre performer · Producer · Director
| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida
| education = Boca Raton Community High School University of Florida (class of 2029)
| known_for = Founding [[Our Time Productions]]
| productions = ''The Road Ahead'' (2026, producer and director)
| companies = [[Our Time Productions]] (founder)
| awards = "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship (2024)
| years_active = c. 2023–present
| website = [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ Instagram]
}}
'''Pedro Costa''' is an American musical theatre performer, producer and director from Boca Raton, Florida. While still a student he founded '''[[Our Time Productions]]''', an independent theatre company whose first show, the musical cabaret ''The Road Ahead'', sold out both of its performances in June 2026. He is a student at the University of Florida, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ |title=Pedro Costa (@pedro_mboc) |website=Instagram |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref name="sold">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DaihvJcFpGj/ |title=The Road Ahead: thank you |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-07-08}}</ref>

== Early life and training ==
Costa grew up in Boca Raton and attended Boca Raton Community High School. In May 2024, at the end of his junior year, he rehearsed and performed in the opening number of the Dream Awards, Palm Beach County's high school musical theatre awards, on the main stage of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. That week he also received the "Blood, Sweat and Tears" scholarship. He called it "one of the most memorable weeks of my life".<ref name="dream">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7fs7f_I_9y/ |title=Dream Awards week |website=Instagram (@pedro_mboc) |date=2024-05-27}}</ref>

He credits three teachers for his training: "Thank you to Jackie, Jason, and Mrs. Nixdorf for all your years of training, I could not have done any of this without the three of you as my mentors."<ref name="dream" />

== Our Time Productions ==
{{main|Our Time Productions}}
Costa founded [[Our Time Productions]] in 2026 "to bring together a group of artists aspiring to achieve something beyond what they've done before, with the courage to try new things and with the passion to achieve their goals."<ref name="why">{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/reel/DXkqQptDBcO/ |title=Why Our Time Productions |website=Instagram (@our_time_productions) |date=2026-04-25}}</ref> He raised money for its first show through a crowdfunding campaign, then produced and directed it: ''The Road Ahead'', a cabaret of musical theatre songs, at Barclay Performing Arts in Boca Raton on June 26 and 27, 2026. Both performances sold out. Afterwards he thanked "all of you who have supported me in this journey and made my dream of producing and directing come to life."<ref name="sold" />

== University ==
In fall 2025 Costa began studying at the University of Florida in Gainesville, in the class of 2029.<ref name="ig" />

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://www.instagram.com/pedro_mboc/ @pedro_mboc] on Instagram
* [https://www.instagram.com/our_time_productions/ Our Time Productions] on Instagram

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	\| education = School in Deerfield Beach, Florida<br />Boca Raton Community High School (2023)<br />Coastal Carolina University		\| education = School in Deerfield Beach, Florida<br />Boca Raton Community High School (2023)<br />Coastal Carolina University
	\| degree = Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Musical Theatre, Coastal Carolina University (expected 2028)		\| degree = Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Musical Theatre, Coastal Carolina University (expected 2028)
	\| training = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]]		\| training = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]] (from 2020); voice with Michael Soper
	\| years_active = c. 2018–present		\| years_active = c. 2018–present
	\| notable_roles = Alyssa Greene (''The Prom'', Slow Burn Theatre Company, 2024)<br />Dolly Levi (''Hello, Dolly!'', 2023)<br />The Drowsy Chaperone (''The Drowsy Chaperone'', 2022)<br />Heather Chandler (''Heathers'', 2019)		\| notable_roles = Alyssa Greene (''The Prom'', Slow Burn Theatre Company, 2024)<br />Dolly Levi (''Hello, Dolly!'', 2023)<br />The Drowsy Chaperone (''The Drowsy Chaperone'', 2022)<br />Heather Chandler (''Heathers'', 2019)
	\| companies = Slow Burn Theatre Company		\| companies = Slow Burn Theatre Company
	\| awards = Future Stars, best vocalist (2019)<br />Dream Awards nominee (2023)		\| awards = Future Stars, best vocalist (2019)<br />Outstanding Musical Theater award, Boca Raton Community High School (2023, shared)<br />Dream Awards nominee (2023)
	\| website = [https://slowburntheatre.org/blog/cast-member/sarah-lash/ Slow Burn Theatre cast page]		\| website = [https://slowburntheatre.org/blog/cast-member/sarah-lash/ Slow Burn Theatre cast page]
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	== Education ==		== Education ==
	* School in '''Deerfield Beach''', Florida		* School in '''Deerfield Beach''', Florida
	* '''Boca Raton Community High School''', Boca Raton, Florida (graduated 2023)		* '''Boca Raton Community High School''', Boca Raton, Florida (graduated May 2023)
	* '''Coastal Carolina University''', Conway, South Carolina: '''Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre''' (expected 2028)		* '''Coastal Carolina University''', Conway, South Carolina: '''Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre''' (expected 2028)

	=== Training ===		=== Training ===
	* [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton: member of '''ShowStoppers''', Showtime's auditioned Broadway performance troupe		* [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton: member of '''ShowStoppers''', Showtime's auditioned Broadway performance troupe
	* [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]], Boca Raton, under [[Angela Morando-Taylor]]: senior studio captain (2022)		* [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]], Boca Raton, under [[Angela Morando-Taylor]]: from June 2020; senior studio captain (2022)
			* Voice: student of Michael Soper (Michael Soper Music)

	Lash went to school in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and then to Boca Raton Community High School, where she graduated in 2023. Outside school she performed at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] and trained at [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]]. She is studying musical theatre at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, in the class of 2028, working towards the university's audition-only B.F.A. in Musical Theatre.<ref name="ig">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/sarahlashh/ \|title=Sarah Lash (@sarahlashh) \|website=Instagram \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.coastal.edu/theatre/programs/bfa-musicaltheatreconcentration/ \|title=B.F.A. – Musical Theatre Concentration \|website=Coastal Carolina University}}</ref>		Lash went to school in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and then to Boca Raton Community High School, where she graduated in May 2023. She also sang in the school's chorus.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid0FWZq6E8eAjjrPam6eHvqwezcSjMbYNCRzmrToZ7XEbeXNNLnufpkjdPLZ5KCmsBYl \|title=Boca High fall chorus concert \|website=Facebook \|date=2021-11-12}}</ref> At the senior awards she shared the school's Outstanding Musical Theater award with [[Luanda de Hilster]] and Emma Maass, and the three also received theater excellence awards at the senior drama banquet.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid02JhgDUXWUKkWbGbQvGhhjqo8PmnJh1dtytZFjwESS52ejrkGxpHdU56pRpBQq3eNhl \|title=Senior awards \|website=Facebook \|date=2023-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid071hd4MNebaChEUEL8aycMYJVwHovQnxXZEAgjBbixSGMwiiEFzTwdtLGFNnq1hPol \|title=Senior drama banquet \|website=Facebook \|date=2023-05-11}}</ref> Outside school she performed at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] and trained at [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]]. She is studying musical theatre at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, in the class of 2028, working towards the university's audition-only B.F.A. in Musical Theatre.<ref name="ig">{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/sarahlashh/ \|title=Sarah Lash (@sarahlashh) \|website=Instagram \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.coastal.edu/theatre/programs/bfa-musicaltheatreconcentration/ \|title=B.F.A. – Musical Theatre Concentration \|website=Coastal Carolina University}}</ref>

	In 2022 she was one of Taylor Made's senior studio captains, helping with the studio's day-to-day running, marketing and planning.<ref name="dot">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/luanda-wins-taylor-made-scholarship-named-head-studio-captain/ \|title=Luanda Wins Taylor Made Scholarship & Named Head Studio Captain \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-05-30}}</ref>		She began training at Taylor Made in June 2020, with the summer intensives at the studio's new Boca Raton location.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid0368NSCerFQ8tiaKEKBtu6jBjr4zfLFLQtxuQZ57QaRNGGG3v7Zv4JpgJBAKBUJx6bl \|title=Taylor Made summer intensives \|website=Facebook \|date=2020-06-08}}</ref> In 2022 she was one of Taylor Made's senior studio captains, helping with the studio's day-to-day running, marketing and planning.<ref name="dot">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/luanda-wins-taylor-made-scholarship-named-head-studio-captain/ \|title=Luanda Wins Taylor Made Scholarship & Named Head Studio Captain \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-05-30}}</ref> That year she also took a dance workshop with the Broadway performer Charlotte d'Amboise at the Straz Center in Tampa.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid02sgATiQne6QSC25c8vAu7byEaVvk1xMDstTHktTZxhXJZkxTDj9iKupgN6tom5ms6l \|title=Workshop with Charlotte d'Amboise \|website=Facebook \|date=2022-03-18}}</ref> Taylor Made prepared her, de Hilster and Emma Maass for the College Audition Project (CAP) auditions in Atlanta in November 2022.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid02rx1TxBTdjyBBRnmHj2dYj8hi1oK15z2NgXnjqFKgiXFazX3sPDTmVpkokoLVbbokl \|title=CAP auditions in Atlanta \|website=Facebook \|date=2022-11-08}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
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	=== Boca Raton High School ===		=== Boca Raton High School ===
	At Boca Raton Community High School, Lash played the title role in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022), opposite Eryk Dewire as Adolfo. A reviewer called her portrayal of "the drunken, frustrated Chaperone … a tour-de-force acting performance embellished with her angelic award-winning voice".<ref name="drowsy">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1525 \|title=Back Home \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-04-17}}</ref> As a senior she played the lead, Dolly Levi, in ''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023), and was nominated for a 2023 Dream Award, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1920 \|title=Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2023-05-10}}</ref>		At Boca Raton Community High School, Lash played the title role in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022), opposite Eryk Dewire as Adolfo. A reviewer called her portrayal of "the drunken, frustrated Chaperone … a tour-de-force acting performance embellished with her angelic award-winning voice".<ref name="drowsy">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1525 \|title=Back Home \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-04-17}}</ref> As a senior she played the lead, Dolly Levi, in ''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023), and was nominated for a 2023 Dream Award, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1920 \|title=Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2023-05-10}}</ref>

			=== Concerts ===
			On December 18, 2021, as a student of the voice teacher Michael Soper, she sang "In My Dreams" from ''Anastasia'' at Carnegie Hall in New York. Afterwards she wrote: "New York was a dream."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/mikesopermusic/posts/pfbid02krH4UyWibH69qVc5t3nZxZeLVZjTQ3VxdRV8cZKrBBAzkxmCMAWaw2a8Mj5GDqn2l \|title=Carnegie Hall, December 18, 2021 \|website=Facebook (Michael Soper Music) \|date=2021-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHtbCYJOcu/ \|title=New York was a dream \|website=Instagram (@sarahlashh) \|date=2021-12-30}}</ref> On July 29, 2023 she performed in a "Broadway Extensive" show at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/luanda.dehilster/posts/pfbid01NcjZMwe8c6EW3geHZ7SBse3HKgC9B7YQEnXmDL6gryhYHECY11e2zRtQU3PBSNVl \|title=Broadway Extensive at the Kravis Center \|website=Facebook \|date=2023-07-29}}</ref>

	=== Slow Burn Theatre Company ===		=== Slow Burn Theatre Company ===
	In spring 2024 Lash played Alyssa Greene in Slow Burn Theatre Company's ''The Prom'', directed by Patrick Fitzwater, at the Amaturo Theater in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (March 23 – April 7). Regina Brown played Emma Nolan, Alyssa's girlfriend, and [[Shelley Keelor]] played Alyssa's mother, Mrs. Greene.<ref name="ftos" /><ref name="sft">{{cite web \|url=https://southfloridatheater.com/2024/04/02/will-you-go-to-the-prom-with-me/ \|title=Will You Go to 'The Prom' With Me? \|author=Christopher McDaniel \|website=South Florida Theater \|date=2024-04-02}}</ref> ''Florida Theater On Stage'' called her "the lovely-voiced Sarah Lash", and wrote that she "shines in her angst-ridden song 'Alyssa Greene,' about the pressure her controlling mother puts on her".<ref name="ftos" /> Slow Burn lists her among its cast members.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://slowburntheatre.org/blog/cast-member/sarah-lash/ \|title=Sarah Lash \|website=Slow Burn Theatre Company}}</ref>		In spring 2024 Lash played Alyssa Greene in Slow Burn Theatre Company's ''The Prom'', directed by Patrick Fitzwater, at the Amaturo Theater in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (March 23 – April 7). Regina Brown played Emma Nolan, Alyssa's girlfriend, and [[Shelley Keelor]] played Alyssa's mother, Mrs. Greene.<ref name="ftos" /><ref name="sft">{{cite web \|url=https://southfloridatheater.com/2024/04/02/will-you-go-to-the-prom-with-me/ \|title=Will You Go to 'The Prom' With Me? \|author=Christopher McDaniel \|website=South Florida Theater \|date=2024-04-02}}</ref> ''Florida Theater On Stage'' called her "the lovely-voiced Sarah Lash", and wrote that she "shines in her angst-ridden song 'Alyssa Greene,' about the pressure her controlling mother puts on her".<ref name="ftos" /> It was her first professional show. Afterwards she wrote: "We built a prom! My first professional show will forever be one for the books!", with "a special thank you to Patrick for helping me live my dream".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C5hLsv8umxE/ \|title=The Prom \|website=Instagram (@sarahlashh) \|date=2024-04-08}}</ref> Keelor, her voice teacher, wrote: "It's such a blast playing opposite my student and future star, Sarah Lash!"<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160369130139613 \|title=The Prom \|website=Facebook (Shelley Keelor) \|date=2024-03-29}}</ref> Slow Burn lists her among its cast members.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://slowburntheatre.org/blog/cast-member/sarah-lash/ \|title=Sarah Lash \|website=Slow Burn Theatre Company}}</ref>

			=== Coastal Carolina University ===
			At Coastal Carolina University she was in the theatre department's productions of ''Grease'', directed by Steven Higginbotham at Wheelwright Auditorium (October 17–26, 2025),<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.coastal.edu/news/fall2025/classicmusicalgreasehitsccuswheelwrightstage/ \|title=Classic musical Grease hits CCU's Wheelwright stage \|website=Coastal Carolina University \|date=2025-10}}</ref> and ''Godspell'' (February 2026), a futuristic production set "in the age of AI".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/robert.lukey/posts/pfbid02DGiQ2oDM4vsGFs2LKFMnwCVVrHvVtrLg6rDhUNAw7LpGfCJ8sveQKXcbpKJSnm2Tl \|title=Godspell opens \|website=Facebook (Robert J. Lukey) \|date=2026-02-07}}</ref> In May 2026 she danced in ''Stanza'', a concert of mostly student-choreographed dances inspired by student poetry, which she called her first dance concert. That spring she also took part in the Opera Workshop's "Miscast" performance.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/robert.lukey/posts/pfbid0TYXcbUeHP3mhrtMLG6YgQyGPdxtYr7L9bqD5DXkJE3M7aZoRAusfAjxSYUvtd8Hrl \|title=Stanza \|website=Facebook (Robert J. Lukey) \|date=2026-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/robert.lukey/posts/pfbid02HoUUVekCZgFUXhHSHg47i2SaBueXdS4WSatsjEesg42iK5p3XQUJEw8EzfndpPx5l \|title=Opera Workshop: Miscast \|website=Facebook (Robert J. Lukey) \|date=2026-04-30}}</ref> Looking ahead to her junior year, she wrote: "My time @ccutheatre has fulfilled and challenged me in indescribable ways, and I can't wait to start the second half of this journey in the coming year."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DavqpM3mj63/ \|title=Godspell and Stanza \|website=Instagram (@sarahlashh) \|date=2026-07-13}}</ref>

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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Heather Chandler \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Heather Chandler \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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			\| 2021 \|\| Michael Soper Music concert \|\| Soloist ("In My Dreams") \|\| Carnegie Hall, New York
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	\| 2022 \|\| ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' \|\| The Drowsy Chaperone \|\| Boca Raton Community High School		\| 2022 \|\| ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' \|\| The Drowsy Chaperone \|\| Boca Raton Community High School
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	\| 2023 \|\| ''Hello, Dolly!'' \|\| Dolly Levi \|\| Boca Raton Community High School		\| 2023 \|\| ''Hello, Dolly!'' \|\| Dolly Levi \|\| Boca Raton Community High School
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			\| 2023 \|\| ''Broadway Extensive'' \|\| Performer \|\| Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach
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			\| 2026 \|\| ''Godspell'' \|\| Cast member \|\| Coastal Carolina University
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			\| 2026 \|\| ''Stanza'' (dance concert) \|\| Dancer \|\| Coastal Carolina University
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	* '''2011–12''': ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Ruthless! The Musical'' (adult, December 2011, directed by Andy Fiacco); ''Snow White''; ''Aladdin''; ''Rent''; ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''; ''Broadway Rocks!''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10150269023708099 \|title=Ruthless! The Musical auditions \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2011-08-15}}</ref>		* '''2011–12''': ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Ruthless! The Musical'' (adult, December 2011, directed by Andy Fiacco); ''Snow White''; ''Aladdin''; ''Rent''; ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''; ''Broadway Rocks!''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10150269023708099 \|title=Ruthless! The Musical auditions \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2011-08-15}}</ref>
	* '''Summer 2012''': ''Legally Blonde''; ''Cinderella''; ''Godspell''		* '''Summer 2012''': ''Legally Blonde''; ''Cinderella''; ''Godspell''
	* '''2012–13''': ''The Little Mermaid''; ''The Wizard of Oz''; ''[title of show]'' (adult, December 2012, directed by Beverly Blanchette); ''Tarzan''; ''In the Heights'' (teen production); ''Mulan Jr.''; and a ''Rock of Ages'' spring break camp<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151078898238099 \|title=2012–2013 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151155759498099 \|title=[title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-11-15}}</ref>		* '''2012–13''': ''The Little Mermaid''; ''The Wizard of Oz''; ''[title of show]'' (adult, December 2012, directed by Beverly Blanchette); ''Tarzan''; ''In the Heights'' (teen production); ''Mulan Jr.''; and a ''Rock of Ages'' spring break camp<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151078898238099 \|title=2012–2013 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151155759498099 \|title=[title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-11-15}}</ref>
	* '''2013–14''' (the "9th Season"): ''Shrek the Musical''; ''The Story of the Nutcracker''; ''Nunsense'' (adult series); ''Pocahontas''; ''Les Misérables'' (teen and young adult production, January–February 2014); ''Sleeping Beauty''; and ''Return to Broadway'' at the Willow Theatre<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/10151760412548099 \|title=2013–2014 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2013-10-30}}</ref>		* '''2013–14''' (the "9th Season"): ''Shrek the Musical''; ''The Story of the Nutcracker''; ''Nunsense'' (adult series); ''Pocahontas''; ''Les Misérables'' (teen and young adult production, January–February 2014); ''Sleeping Beauty''; and ''Return to Broadway'' at the Willow Theatre<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/10151760412548099 \|title=2013–2014 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2013-10-30}}</ref>
	* '''2014–15''': ''A Very Muppet Musical''; ''The Wedding Singer''; ''Willy Wonka'' (sold out); ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Rent''; ''Oh What a Night!'' (a tribute to ''Jersey Boys'', adult professional cast); ''Cinderella''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152508806368099 \|title=Auditions: Rent, Oh What a Night!, Cinderella \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152607589138099 \|title=Willy Wonka \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-12-27}}</ref>		* '''2014–15''': ''A Very Muppet Musical''; ''The Wedding Singer''; ''Willy Wonka'' (sold out); ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Rent''; ''Oh What a Night!'' (a tribute to ''Jersey Boys'', adult professional cast); ''Cinderella''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152508806368099 \|title=Auditions: Rent, Oh What a Night!, Cinderella \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152607589138099 \|title=Willy Wonka \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-12-27}}</ref>
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	* Official nominee for Best Theatre Group for Kids (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) in Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect "Parents' Picks" awards, 2010<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/102157446502249 \|title=ParentsConnect Parents' Picks nominee \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2010-06-16}}</ref>		* Official nominee for Best Theatre Group for Kids (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) in Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect "Parents' Picks" awards, 2010<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/102157446502249 \|title=ParentsConnect Parents' Picks nominee \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2010-06-16}}</ref>

	In December 2012 the adult production ''[title of show]'' was reviewed by PBPulse (''The Palm Beach Post'') under the headline "Boca troupe kicks off with fresh-from-Broadway musical", and listed in ''Boca Raton'' magazine's "The Week Ahead".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/472319319474088 \|title=PBPulse review of [title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/510036785683155 \|title=Boca Raton magazine: The Week Ahead \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-04}}</ref>		In December 2012 the adult production ''[title of show]'' was reviewed by PBPulse (''The Palm Beach Post'') under the headline "Boca troupe kicks off with fresh-from-Broadway musical", and listed in ''Boca Raton'' magazine's "The Week Ahead".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/472319319474088 \|title=PBPulse review of [title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/510036785683155 \|title=Boca Raton magazine: The Week Ahead \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-04}}</ref>

	== People ==		== People ==

Steven Taliaferro

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	\| caption = Taliaferro in 2025 (photo: Landmark Community Theatre)		\| caption = Taliaferro in 2025 (photo: Landmark Community Theatre)
	\| disciplines = Actor · Singer · Scare actor		\| disciplines = Actor · Singer · Scare actor · Theatre writer
	\| birth_name = Steven Gregory Taliaferro		\| birth_name = Steven Gregory Taliaferro
	\| also_known_as = Stephen Gregory; Steven Gregory		\| also_known_as = Stephen Gregory; Steven Gregory
	\| based_in = Connecticut (~~formerly~~ Boca Raton, Florida)		\| based_in = Bethel, Connecticut (in Boca Raton, Florida, c. 2018–2020)
	\| years_active = c. ~~2016–present~~		\| education = Norwalk Community College (Media Communications, 2008)<br />Southern Connecticut State University (Communication, 2011)
			\| years_active = c. 2012–present
	\| notable_roles = Shrek (''Shrek the Musical'', Landmark Community Theatre, 2025)<br />Miss Trunchbull (''Matilda'', Showtime, 2019)<br />Big Bud Dean and Kurt's Dad (''Heathers'', Showtime, 2019)<br />Tito Merelli (''Lend Me a Tenor'', Lake Worth Playhouse)<br />Franz Liebkind (''The Producers'', Brookfield Theatre)		\| notable_roles = Shrek (''Shrek the Musical'', Landmark Community Theatre, 2025)<br />Miss Trunchbull (''Matilda'', Showtime, 2019)<br />Big Bud Dean and Kurt's Dad (''Heathers'', Showtime, 2019)<br />Tito Merelli (''Lend Me a Tenor'', Lake Worth Playhouse)<br />Franz Liebkind (''The Producers'', Brookfield Theatre)
	\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; Lake Worth Playhouse; Landmark Community Theatre; Musicals at Richter; Brookfield Theatre; Town Players of Newtown; The Brewster Theater; City Youth Theater / City Stage Company		\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; Lake Worth Playhouse; Landmark Community Theatre; Musicals at Richter; Brookfield Theatre; Town Players of Newtown; The Brewster Theater; City Youth Theater / City Stage Company
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	'''Steven Gregory Taliaferro''' is an American actor and singer, known for comic and character roles in community and regional theatre in South Florida and Connecticut. He was a regular performer at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton, where his roles included Miss Trunchbull in ''Matilda'' and the fathers in ''Heathers''. He has since appeared with theatre companies in Connecticut, including as Shrek in Landmark Community Theatre's ''Shrek the Musical'' (2025). He has also been credited as Stephen Gregory.<ref name="lct">{{cite web \|url=https://audienceaccess.co/bio/LCT-108692 \|title=Steven Taliaferro – Shrek the Musical \|website=Landmark Community Theatre (AudienceAccess) \|date=2025}}</ref>		'''Steven Gregory Taliaferro''' is an American actor and singer, known for comic and character roles in community and regional theatre in South Florida and Connecticut. He was a regular performer at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton, where his roles included Miss Trunchbull in ''Matilda'' and the fathers in ''Heathers''. He has since appeared with theatre companies in Connecticut, including as Shrek in Landmark Community Theatre's ''Shrek the Musical'' (2025). He has also been credited as Stephen Gregory.<ref name="lct">{{cite web \|url=https://audienceaccess.co/bio/LCT-108692 \|title=Steven Taliaferro – Shrek the Musical \|website=Landmark Community Theatre (AudienceAccess) \|date=2025}}</ref>

			== Early life and education ==
			Taliaferro is from Bethel, Connecticut. He studied media communications at Norwalk Community College (class of 2008) and communication at Southern Connecticut State University (class of 2011).<ref name="fbedu">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5/directory_education \|title=Steven Gregory: Education \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
			=== Early work in Connecticut ===
			In the summers of 2012 and 2013 he was drama specialist for the Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut in Brookfield, teaching acting to children from pre-kindergarten to grade 8. He described his approach as teaching them "how acting is not just an art form, it's a way of life." From 2013 to 2015 he was a volunteer staff member at The Palace Danbury.<ref name="fbwork">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5/directory_work \|title=Steven Gregory: Work \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>

	=== South Florida ===		=== South Florida ===
	Taliaferro was a regular in the teen and adult productions at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], the musical theatre school and theatre at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]].<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=376 \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref> In February 2019 he played the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Showtime's ''Matilda'', which he later named among his favourite roles.<ref name="lct" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtfMYCSn_dM \|title=Matilda The Musical "Revolting Children" - February 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-18}}</ref>		Taliaferro lists himself as an actor at Showtime from December 2018 to March 2020, when the pandemic closed it.<ref name="fbwork" /> He was a regular in the teen and adult productions at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], the musical theatre school and theatre at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]].<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=376 \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref> In February 2019 he played the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Showtime's ''Matilda'', which he later named among his favourite roles.<ref name="lct" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtfMYCSn_dM \|title=Matilda The Musical "Revolting Children" - February 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-18}}</ref>

	In ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III, credited as Stephen Gregory. A reviewer wrote that he "was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref>		In ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III, credited as Stephen Gregory. A reviewer wrote that he "was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref>

	In ''Heathers'' (December 7–22, 2019), directed by Emily Freeman, he played two fathers: Big Bud Dean, the "very twisted dad" of the lead character Jason Dean, and Kurt's Dad. The reviewer praised his "two dads-gone-wrong", and said his "hippy-like, totally demented character revealed his versatile acting skills". In the second-act opener, "I Love My Dead Gay Son", he and Zaylin Yates, as Ram's Dad, "go through an entire transformation – several times over – during one rip-roaring song which had the audience rolling on the floor with laughter". The reviewer called it "the most lively and hilarious number of the entire musical".<ref name="heathers" />		In ''Heathers'' (December 7–22, 2019), directed by Emily Freeman, he played two fathers: Big Bud Dean, the "very twisted dad" of the lead character Jason Dean, and Kurt's Dad. The reviewer praised his "two dads-gone-wrong", and said his "hippy-like, totally demented character revealed his versatile acting skills". In the second-act opener, "I Love My Dead Gay Son", he and Zaylin Yates, as Ram's Dad, "go through an entire transformation – several times over – during one rip-roaring song which had the audience rolling on the floor with laughter". The reviewer called it "the most lively and hilarious number of the entire musical".<ref name="heathers" />

			During the last weekend of ''Heathers'' he also appeared in the short play ''A Moment of Clarity'' by Philip Middleton Williams, directed by his ''Heathers'' castmate Zaylin Yates, at the TAP Shorts Festival at The Standing Ovation Theater on December 28, 2019.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5/posts/pfbid024tqbw8Q2kUiEXg8ePxLME3sBjivATH8zB3jXNCf8CqRGrCVecmYNfqqshrzPFFXXl \|title="A Moment of Clarity" at the TAP Shorts Festival \|website=Facebook \|date=2019-12-27}}</ref>

	In Lake Worth Beach he played the opera star Tito Merelli in the farce ''Lend Me a Tenor'' at the Lake Worth Playhouse.<ref name="lct" /> He also appeared in the 2020 films ''Lock-In'' and ''Seasons Screenings''.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web \|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11539267/ \|title=Steven Taliaferro \|website=IMDb}}</ref>		In Lake Worth Beach he played the opera star Tito Merelli in the farce ''Lend Me a Tenor'' at the Lake Worth Playhouse.<ref name="lct" /> He also appeared in the 2020 films ''Lock-In'' and ''Seasons Screenings''.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web \|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11539267/ \|title=Steven Taliaferro \|website=IMDb}}</ref>

	=== Connecticut ===		=== Connecticut ===
	Taliaferro ~~later moved~~ to Connecticut, where he has worked with several community theatre companies. His roles there include:<ref name="lct" />		Taliaferro returned to Connecticut, where he has worked with several community theatre companies. His roles there include:<ref name="lct" />
	* Franz Liebkind, the Nazi playwright, in ''The Producers'' (Brookfield Theatre)		* Franz Liebkind, the Nazi playwright, in ''The Producers'' (Brookfield Theatre)
	* Marcellus Washburn in ''The Music Man'' (Musicals at Richter, Danbury)		* Marcellus Washburn in ''The Music Man'' (Musicals at Richter, Danbury)
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	He has also appeared with The Brewster Theater in New York.<ref name="lct" /> In summer 2025 he played the title role in Landmark Community Theatre's ''Shrek the Musical'' at the Thomaston Opera House. His program biography said that Shrek was "'ogre' the moon to be spending the summer with Landmark Community Theater… playing one of his favorite characters".<ref name="lct" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.thomastonct.gov/events/shrek-the-musical-8902a \|title=Shrek the Musical \|website=Town of Thomaston, Connecticut \|date=2025-07}}</ref>		He has also appeared with The Brewster Theater in New York.<ref name="lct" /> In summer 2025 he played the title role in Landmark Community Theatre's ''Shrek the Musical'' at the Thomaston Opera House. His program biography said that Shrek was "'ogre' the moon to be spending the summer with Landmark Community Theater… playing one of his favorite characters".<ref name="lct" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.thomastonct.gov/events/shrek-the-musical-8902a \|title=Shrek the Musical \|website=Town of Thomaston, Connecticut \|date=2025-07}}</ref>

	Outside the stage, he ~~works~~ as a scare actor at "Legends of Fear", the Halloween attraction at Fairview Tree Farm.<ref name="lct" /> He has also worked with City Youth Theater / City Stage Company, a nonprofit youth and community theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/steventaliaferro/ \|title=Steven Taliaferro \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>		Outside the stage, he has worked since 2021 as a scare actor at "Legends of Fear", the Halloween attraction at Fairview Tree Farm in Shelton, Connecticut.<ref name="lct" /><ref name="fbwork" /> Since September 2020 he has also written guest editorials and human-interest stories for the theatre website OnStage Blog.<ref name="fbwork" /> He has also worked with City Youth Theater / City Stage Company, a nonprofit youth and community theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/steventaliaferro/ \|title=Steven Taliaferro \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Big Bud Dean; Kurt's Dad \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton		\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Big Bud Dean; Kurt's Dad \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
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Marilyn Perry

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	\| disciplines = Theatre producer · Arts educator		\| disciplines = Theatre producer · Arts educator
	\| birth_name = Marilyn Irene Perry		\| birth_name = Marilyn Irene Perry
	\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida		\| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida (from Baltimore, Maryland)
			\| education = University of Maryland, College Park
	\| occupation = Executive director and producer		\| occupation = Executive director and producer
	\| years_active = c. ~~2006–2020~~		\| years_active = c. 2005–2020
	\| known_for = Founding and running [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| known_for = Founding and running [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
	\| productions = ''Heathers'' (2019, producer)<br />''Rent'' (2019)<br />''Annie Warbucks'' (2019)<br />Children's Broadway seasons (2007–2020)		\| productions = ''Heathers'' (2019, producer)<br />''Rent'' (2019)<br />''Annie Warbucks'' (2019)<br />Children's Broadway seasons (2007–2020)
	\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
	\| website = [https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime Facebook]		\| website = [https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime Facebook]
	\| awards = Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016 ~~(for Showtime)~~		\| awards = For Showtime: "Best of Boca" #1 children's activity (2010, 2012); Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016
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	'''Marilyn Irene Perry''' is an American theatre producer and arts educator. She founded '''[[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]''' in Boca Raton, Florida, and was its executive director and producer for its whole history, from about 2006 until the COVID-19 pandemic ended its 2019–2020 season. Under her direction Showtime held 13 annual Red-Carpet showcases; the 14th was cancelled in 2020.<ref name="staff2017">{{cite web \|url=http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm \|title=Staff \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm \|archive-date=2017-02-03}}</ref><ref name="lbio">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/bio/ \|title=Bio \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>		'''Marilyn Irene Perry''' is an American theatre producer and arts educator. She founded '''[[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]''' in Boca Raton, Florida, and was its executive director and producer for its whole history, from about 2006 until the COVID-19 pandemic ended its 2019–2020 season. Under her direction Showtime held 13 annual Red-Carpet showcases; the 14th was cancelled in 2020.<ref name="staff2017">{{cite web \|url=http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm \|title=Staff \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm \|archive-date=2017-02-03}}</ref><ref name="lbio">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/bio/ \|title=Bio \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>

			== Early life ==
			Perry is from Baltimore, Maryland, and studied at the University of Maryland, College Park.<ref name="fbabout">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime/about \|title=Marilyn Perry: About \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>

	== Showtime Performing Arts Theatre ==		== Showtime Performing Arts Theatre ==
	Perry ran Showtime, first called SHOWTIME Dance & Performing Arts Theatre, from a studio and theatre complex at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton. The school taught dance, acting, voice and instrumental music from age three to adult, and the theatre staged a season of children's musicals every year as well as teen and adult productions.<ref name="about2014">{{cite web \|url=http://www.showtimeboca.com/aboutus.htm \|title=About Us \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321182925/http://www.showtimeboca.com:80/aboutus.htm \|archive-date=2014-03-21}}</ref> According to the theatre's staff page, Perry "with her talented staff, has created a successful school and theatre for all ages". Its teachers offered training in the "true Triple Threat – Singing, Acting and Dancing", and it was "her pleasure to produce and bring award winning Children's Theatre to South Florida".<ref name="staff2017" />		Perry describes herself as Showtime's "Founder, Executive Director and Producer" from 2006.<ref name="fbwork">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime/directory_work \|title=Marilyn Perry: Work \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> Showtime called its 2013–14 season its ninth, which would place the first season in 2005–06.<ref name="fb9th">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151699201668099 \|title="Help us kick off our 9th Season" \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2013-09-27}}</ref> She ran Showtime, first called SHOWTIME Dance & Performing Arts Theatre, from a studio and theatre complex at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton. The school taught dance, acting, voice and instrumental music from age three to adult, and the theatre staged a season of children's musicals every year as well as teen and adult productions.<ref name="about2014">{{cite web \|url=http://www.showtimeboca.com/aboutus.htm \|title=About Us \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321182925/http://www.showtimeboca.com:80/aboutus.htm \|archive-date=2014-03-21}}</ref> According to the theatre's staff page, Perry "with her talented staff, has created a successful school and theatre for all ages". Its teachers offered training in the "true Triple Threat – Singing, Acting and Dancing", and it was "her pleasure to produce and bring award winning Children's Theatre to South Florida".<ref name="staff2017" /> She described her teachers as "college degreed theatre professionals".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/pfbid0oPpagmRJQvbe9qcLXkA47SNLzThiPiCWbuCQx9eeVT4z6BH5JTx5o56bMnuQJKGbl \|title=Post by Marilyn Perry \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2018-09-27}}</ref>

	~~Under her leadership~~, Showtime ~~received the~~ ''~~South Florida Parenting~~'' ~~Kids Crown Award~~ (2015 ~~and 2016~~) and ~~"Best~~ of ~~Boca" readers~~' ~~choice awards from the~~ ''~~Sun-Sentinel~~''.<ref name="~~staff2017~~" ~~/><ref~~>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~://www.~~showtimeboca~~.com/~~awardsarticles.htm~~ \|title=~~Awards & Articles~~ \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|~~archive~~-url=https://~~web~~.~~archive~~.~~org~~/~~web~~/~~20170203172943~~/~~http~~://www.~~showtimeboca~~.com/~~awardsarticles.htm~~ \|~~archive~~-date=~~2017~~-02-03}}</ref>		As well as the children's seasons, Perry produced an adult series with paid, non-Equity casts. It included ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'' (2010–11, Showtime's first all-adult cast), ''Ruthless!'' (2011), ''[title of show]'' (2012), ''Nunsense'' (2013), ''Oh What a Night!'', a tribute to ''Jersey Boys'' (2015), and the regional premiere of Green Day's ''American Idiot'' (2015).<ref name="fbseason1011">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=431123503098 \|title=2010–2011 season announcement \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2010-09-10}}</ref><ref name="fbidiot">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10153223135798099 \|title=American Idiot \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2015-09-29}}</ref> For ''In the Heights'' she advertised the adult roles of Usnavi and Abuela Claudia as paid parts.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime/posts/pfbid02GVFBrxJQiuYdhR6cNeEkn18rDPc26r9RCWzejdnKni8o41ti2X3jJqEC4zUB39s9l \|title=In the Heights casting call (memory re-shared) \|website=Facebook \|date=2026-03-03}}</ref>

	In 2019 Showtime presented ''Rent'' and ''Heathers'' with teen and adult casts. Perry produced ''Heathers'', which a local reviewer called "Off-Broadway at its very best in downtown Boca". Writing about the cast chemistry in ''Rent'', the same reviewer said "it seems to happen a lot at the downtown off-broadway theatre Showtime run by Marilyn Perry".<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref> ~~The theatre's spring~~ 2020 ~~productions of~~ ''13'' and ''~~The Sound of Music~~'' ~~never opened because of~~ the pandemic, and Showtime did not reopen.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|title=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre (home page) \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529043103/https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|archive-date=2023-05-29}}</ref>		Under her leadership, Showtime was voted the #1 children's activity in the ''Sun-Sentinel''/Forum Publishing Group "Best of Boca" readers' choice awards in 2010 and again in 2012, and received the ''South Florida Parenting'' Kids Crown Award in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151055602743099 \|title=Once again voted Best of Boca 2012 \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-08-30}}</ref><ref name="staff2017" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.showtimeboca.com/awardsarticles.htm \|title=Awards & Articles \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203172943/http://www.showtimeboca.com/awardsarticles.htm \|archive-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>

			In 2019 Showtime presented ''Rent'' and ''Heathers'' with teen and adult casts. Perry produced ''Heathers'', which a local reviewer called "Off-Broadway at its very best in downtown Boca". Writing about the cast chemistry in ''Rent'', the same reviewer said "it seems to happen a lot at the downtown off-broadway theatre Showtime run by Marilyn Perry".<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref> In March 2020, with ''The Sound of Music'' and ''13'' about to open, the COVID-19 pandemic shut the theatre, and Showtime did not reopen.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|title=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre (home page) \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529043103/https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|archive-date=2023-05-29}}</ref>

	== In her own words ==		== In her own words ==
	Perry posted regularly on Showtime's Facebook page about its students and shows. In March 2019 she wrote of ''Annie Warbucks'': "So proud of this talented cast. one show down five more to go…" She also praised the theatre's "beautiful and handsome MOANA Youngest Performers" and congratulated "all of our exceptional CATS campers and … my very amazing and talented staff".<ref name="fb">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts \|title=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre in Boca Raton \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-06}}</ref> When COVID-19 cancelled the theatre's 2020 season, the page marked the date of the cancelled showcase as what "would have been … our 14th annual Red-Carpet event", adding: "Years of great memories but so sad to be missing our favorite families today."<ref name="fb" />		Perry posted regularly on Showtime's Facebook page about its students and shows. In March 2019 she wrote of ''Annie Warbucks'': "So proud of this talented cast. one show down five more to go…" She also praised the theatre's "beautiful and handsome MOANA Youngest Performers" and congratulated "all of our exceptional CATS campers and … my very amazing and talented staff".<ref name="fb">{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts \|title=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre in Boca Raton \|website=Facebook \|access-date=2026-11-06}}</ref> After Hurricane Irma in September 2017 the page reported: "Power is back on, air is cold, music is lively! … I'm happy to report that all of our friends and families and staff are safe and have been in my prayers all week."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/pfbid0LrqECmhFq4jKU6XnGkfi7w9d7chSKmwZkEUjpN5MrM823fMkicgqRe9DztefktZel \|title=Classes resume after Hurricane Irma \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2017-09-14}}</ref>

			When COVID-19 cancelled the theatre's 2020 season, the page marked the date of the cancelled showcase as what "would have been … our 14th annual Red-Carpet event", adding: "Years of great memories but so sad to be missing our favorite families today."<ref name="fb" /> On Mother's Day 2020 Perry wrote: "Missing my Showtime Performing Arts Theatre Moms so much, especially today. Be well, stay healthy, virtual hugs until we can meet again."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/pfbid0XVYNuEgaLB8PRDWDWuUbtQaWxhJxQFz9f4jbgdGX6vJUWz5njMiJ1aAiyFFUEjCAl \|title=Post by Marilyn Perry \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-05-10}}</ref> Of the ''Newsies'' cast, whose run ended just before the shutdown, she wrote: "Sweet memories of a really amazing cast and production! … until we meet again.....Ms. Marilyn".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime/posts/pfbid02P5UqgHsc1uRFc9SLfT9v4px8ksRKaJ4gg4unwQUMTJ9kFy5KcqV6zgAnBWZosJN9l \|title=Post by Marilyn Perry \|website=Facebook \|date=2020-08-06}}</ref> She still shares memories of Showtime productions, such as ''Annie Warbucks'' in 2026: "Wonderful memories / so much talent on this stage".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime/posts/pfbid0tBemyb742HJL73QvLD9KpZcAEu7DguZmw9DBFZbH3LD8dKwcVd7YDUiXcJK2GBSul \|title=Post by Marilyn Perry \|website=Facebook \|date=2026-03-03}}</ref>

	== Students ==		== Students ==

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			* [[Galion Community Theatre]]: volunteer community theatre in a restored 1949 movie house with a neon marquee in Galion, Ohio (since 1984)
	* [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]: Boca Raton musical theatre and performing arts school (c. 2006–2020), run by [[Marilyn Perry]]		* [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]: Boca Raton musical theatre and performing arts school (c. 2006–2020), run by [[Marilyn Perry]]
	* [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]]: dance and theatre studio in Boca Raton and Warren, Pennsylvania, founded by [[Angela Morando-Taylor]]		* [[Taylor Made Dance & Theatre]]: dance and theatre studio in Boca Raton and Warren, Pennsylvania, founded by [[Angela Morando-Taylor]]

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== Summary ==
The Galion Theatre, home of [[Galion Community Theatre]], on Harding Way West in Galion, Ohio, photographed at night on 17 October 2016.

== Source and licence ==
* '''Author:''' Rowan Kempf
* '''Source:''' [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Galion_Theatre.jpg Wikimedia Commons] (own work)
* '''Licence:''' [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)]

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{{Infobox venue
| name = Galion Community Theatre
| image = The_Galion_Theatre.jpg
| caption = The Galion's restored neon marquee at night (2016)
| former_names = Galion Theatre (cinema, 1949–1975)
| venue_type = Community theatre in a restored 1949 movie house
| address = 127 Harding Way West
| location = Galion, Ohio, U.S.
| opened = July 7, 1949 (as a cinema) Theatre company formed 1984; moved into the building 1993
| operator = Galion Community Theatre, Inc. (non-profit)
| owner = Galion Community Theatre, Inc.
| capacity = 230 (originally about 1,100–1,200 as a cinema)
| art_forms = Musicals, plays, concerts, film
| programs = Annual season of four productions; Youth Board productions; concerts; free monthly family films ("Movies @ The Galion")
| productions = ''The Sound of Music'' (1984, 2024) ''Into the Woods'' (2015) ''The Jungle Book'' (2015) ''Clue: On Stage!'' (2024) ''The Addams Family'' (2024) ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (2024)
| website = [https://galiontheatre.org galiontheatre.org]
}}
'''Galion Community Theatre''' ('''GCT''') is a volunteer-run community theatre company in Galion, Ohio. Since 1993 it has owned and performed in '''the Galion''', a 1949 movie house on Harding Way West in uptown Galion. The company formed in 1984 and has restored the building, including its neon marquee, into a 230-seat theatre. It presents a season of musicals and plays each year, along with concerts, youth productions and free family films.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=https://galiontheatre.org/about/ |title=About |website=Galion Community Theatre |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>

== The Galion Theatre (1949–1993) ==
The Galion Theatre opened on July 7, 1949. It was the ninth cinema in the Modern Theatres circuit, run by P. E. Essick and Howard Reif, and was designed by the Cleveland theatre architects Matzinger & Grosel. As well as a screen, it had a 30-foot stage that could take touring road shows.<ref name="ct">{{cite web |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/13065 |title=Galion Theatre |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref><ref name="ctc">{{cite web |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/13065/comments |title=Galion Theatre: comments |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=2026-11-07}} Quotes ''Boxoffice'', July 16, 1949.</ref> GCT describes it as "a state-of-the-art 1,200 seat movie theatre"; Cinema Treasures gives 1,100 seats.<ref name="about" /><ref name="ct" /> It was the second building in Galion to have air conditioning, after the hotel up the street.<ref name="ct" />

The theatre stopped showing films in the 1970s (1975, according to Cinema Treasures). The building then housed a restaurant and nightclub until 1983, and other businesses until 1993. By then it was in "a greatly deteriorated state".<ref name="about" /><ref name="ct" />

== Galion Community Theatre ==
=== Founding ===
Galion Community Theatre was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1984, and the IRS recognized it as tax-exempt in April 1985.<ref name="about" /><ref name="propublica">{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/341443215 |title=Galion Community Theatre Inc |website=ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> Its first show was ''The Sound of Music''.<ref name="tf2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/news/2024/01/18/galion-community-theater-celebrating-its-40th-anniversary/72254280007/ |title=Galion Community Theater celebrates 40th anniversary with shows throughout the year |author=Oksana Kotkina |website=Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum |date=2024-01-18}}</ref> The company's stated purpose is to "develop a community appreciation for the performing arts", to support the performing arts department of the Galion schools, and to build "a working relationship between adults and youth".<ref name="home">{{cite web |url=https://galiontheatre.org/ |title=Galion Community Theatre |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref>

=== Restoring the Galion ===
In 1993 GCT took over the old Galion Theatre. The theatre credits '''Richard and Elaine Hottenroth''', who donated the building, for making this possible.<ref name="about" /> The first work installed emergency lighting and overhead canister lights and partly repaired the original marquee.<ref name="about" />

Since then volunteers have turned the cinema into a 230-seat live theatre. Improvements include professional lighting and sound, a larger stage, an art gallery, a restored front lobby and original ticket booth, remodelled restrooms, and dressing rooms, a make-up room and a green room backstage. The neon marquee, which GCT says is "reportedly one of the few remaining neon-lighted marquees in the state", has been fully restored.<ref name="about" /> The work has been paid for by members, community foundations, bequests, service clubs, businesses and individuals. By 2004 about $590,000 had been spent on the restoration.<ref name="ct" /> GCT now puts the total at more than $1,000,000 in purchased improvements, not counting donated materials and volunteer labour.<ref name="about" />

=== Organization ===
GCT is run entirely by volunteers. A board of trustees, which GCT calls "truly a 'working board'", maintains and repairs the building, raises money and produces the season.<ref name="about" /> The board had 18 members in 2015 and has 15 today.<ref name="inq2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.galioninquirer.com/2015/07/03/theatre-grateful-for-support/ |title=Theatre grateful for support |website=Galion Inquirer |date=2015-07-03}}</ref><ref name="about" /> Elaine Hottenroth was president of the board in the 2010s and is now an emeritus member. Tim Groth, described in 2015 as the theatre's director, was president for several years after her, and Amy Jarvis has been president since 2023.<ref name="propublica" /><ref name="inq2015" /><ref name="about" />

In 2015 the theatre had a little over 200 members.<ref name="inq2015" /> Members receive season tickets and the newsletter ''The Marquee''.<ref name="home" />

== Productions and programs ==
GCT presents a season of four productions each year, usually two or three musicals and one or two plays, with a comedy in the winter.<ref name="about" /><ref name="tf2024" /> Earlier seasons also included a children's workshop production.<ref name="inq2015" /> A '''Youth Board''' of high school students produces its own shows.<ref name="tf2024" /> The theatre also hosts concerts by professional musicians, a free monthly family film series ("Movies @ The Galion"), Christmas events and, from 2026, a TubaChristmas concert.<ref name="about" /><ref name="tickets">{{cite web |url=https://galiontheatre.org/tickets/ |title=Tickets |website=Galion Community Theatre |access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> Each November a membership celebration announces the next season.<ref name="tickets" />

Productions include:
* ''The Sound of Music'' (1984, the company's first show)<ref name="tf2024" />
* ''Into the Woods'' (June 2015), seen by about 620 people over two weekends<ref name="inq-woods">{{cite web |url=https://www.galioninquirer.com/2015/06/13/into-the-woods-premieres-at-gct-next-weekend/ |title=Into the Woods premieres at GCT next weekend |website=Galion Inquirer |date=2015-06-13}}</ref><ref name="inq2015" />
* ''The Jungle Book'' (2015)<ref name="inq2015" />
* ''Clue: On Stage!'' (February 2024), directed by Crystal Ebner<ref name="tf2024" />
* ''The Sound of Music'' (June 2024)<ref name="tf2024" />
* ''The Addams Family'' (summer 2024, Youth Board, with actors aged 10 to 20)<ref name="tf2024" />
* ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (December 2024)<ref name="tf2024" />
* ''Finding Neverland'' and ''The Little Mermaid'' (2026 season)<ref name="tickets" />

== 40th anniversary ==
GCT celebrated its 40th season in 2024.<ref name="tf2024" /> On June 1, 2024 it held an anniversary evening of songs from past productions, reunions and a silent auction, and honoured "those who worked so hard and were so instrumental in the founding of Galion Community Theatre".<ref name="gala">{{cite web |url=https://www.richlandsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GCT-40-years-press-release.pdf |title=Help Galion Community Theatre Celebrate 40 Years! |website=Richland Source |date=2024-05}}</ref>

== Notes ==
* The Wikipedia article on Galion, Ohio says the theatre company was founded in 1972. The company itself, the IRS record and the ''Telegraph-Forum'' all give 1984.<ref name="about" /><ref name="propublica" /><ref name="tf2024" />

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://galiontheatre.org Galion Community Theatre] (official website)
* [https://www.facebook.com/GalionTheatre/ Galion Community Theatre] on Facebook
* [https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/13065 Galion Theatre] on Cinema Treasures
* [https://stageagent.com/theatre-companies/4292/galion-community-theatre Galion Community Theatre] on StageAgent
* [https://events.humanitix.com/host/galion-community-theatre Tickets] on Humanitix

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			* [[Elliana Herr]]: musical theatre performer
			* [[Steven Taliaferro]]: actor and singer known for comic and character roles
			* [[Angela Morando-Taylor]]: choreographer and dance educator
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Ddehilster uploaded File:Steven Taliaferro.jpg == Summary == Steven Taliaferro headshot from his Landmark Community Theatre cast biography (Shrek the Musical, 2025): https://audienceaccess.co/bio/LCT-108692 — uploaded at the request of the wiki owner; not covered by the wiki's CC BY-SA licence.

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== Summary ==
Steven Taliaferro headshot from his Landmark Community Theatre cast biography (Shrek the Musical, 2025): https://audienceaccess.co/bio/LCT-108692 — uploaded at the request of the wiki owner; not covered by the wiki's CC BY-SA licence.

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	\| name = Steven Taliaferro		\| name = Steven Taliaferro
	\| disciplines = ~~Musical theatre actor~~ · Singer		\| image = Steven_Taliaferro.jpg
			\| caption = Taliaferro in 2025 (photo: Landmark Community Theatre)
			\| disciplines = Actor · Singer · Scare actor
			\| birth_name = Steven Gregory Taliaferro
	\| also_known_as = Stephen Gregory; Steven Gregory		\| also_known_as = Stephen Gregory; Steven Gregory
	\| based_in = ~~South~~ Florida		\| based_in = Connecticut (formerly Boca Raton, Florida)
	\| notable_roles = Big Bud Dean and Kurt's Dad (''Heathers'', 2019)<br />~~Benjamin Coffin III~~ (''~~Rent~~'', ~~2019~~)		\| years_active = c. 2016–present
	\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| notable_roles = Shrek (''Shrek the Musical'', Landmark Community Theatre, 2025)<br />Miss Trunchbull (''Matilda'', Showtime, 2019)<br />Big Bud Dean and Kurt's Dad (''Heathers'', Showtime, 2019)<br />Tito Merelli (''Lend Me a Tenor'', Lake Worth Playhouse)<br />Franz Liebkind (''The Producers'', Brookfield Theatre)
	\| website = [https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5 Facebook]		\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; Lake Worth Playhouse; Landmark Community Theatre; Musicals at Richter; Brookfield Theatre; Town Players of Newtown; The Brewster Theater; City Youth Theater / City Stage Company
			\| website = [https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5 Facebook] · [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11539267/ IMDb]
	}}		}}
	'''Steven Taliaferro''' is an American ~~musical theatre~~ actor and singer ~~from~~ South Florida. He was a regular performer ~~in teen and adult productions~~ at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton, where ~~he was known for comic~~ and ~~character roles~~. He has also been credited as Stephen Gregory.		'''Steven Gregory Taliaferro''' is an American actor and singer, known for comic and character roles in community and regional theatre in South Florida and Connecticut. He was a regular performer at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton, where his roles included Miss Trunchbull in ''Matilda'' and the fathers in ''Heathers''. He has since appeared with theatre companies in Connecticut, including as Shrek in Landmark Community Theatre's ''Shrek the Musical'' (2025). He has also been credited as Stephen Gregory.<ref name="lct">{{cite web \|url=https://audienceaccess.co/bio/LCT-108692 \|title=Steven Taliaferro – Shrek the Musical \|website=Landmark Community Theatre (AudienceAccess) \|date=2025}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Taliaferro ~~appeared~~ in ~~many~~ productions at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre, the musical theatre and ~~performing arts school~~ at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]]~~. One reviewer called him "a regular at Showtime"~~.<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=376 \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref>		=== South Florida ===
			Taliaferro was a regular in the teen and adult productions at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], the musical theatre school and theatre at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]].<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=376 \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref> In February 2019 he played the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Showtime's ''Matilda'', which he later named among his favourite roles.<ref name="lct" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtfMYCSn_dM \|title=Matilda The Musical "Revolting Children" - February 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-18}}</ref>

	~~=== ''Rent'' (2019) ===~~		In ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III, credited as Stephen Gregory. A reviewer wrote that he "was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref>
	In ~~Showtime's teen and adult production of~~ ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III, credited as Stephen Gregory. ~~The~~ reviewer wrote that he "was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref>

	~~=== ''Heathers'' (2019) ===~~		In ''Heathers'' (December 7–22, 2019), directed by Emily Freeman, he played two fathers: Big Bud Dean, the "very twisted dad" of the lead character Jason Dean, and Kurt's Dad. The reviewer praised his "two dads-gone-wrong", and said his "hippy-like, totally demented character revealed his versatile acting skills". In the second-act opener, "I Love My Dead Gay Son", he and Zaylin Yates, as Ram's Dad, "go through an entire transformation – several times over – during one rip-roaring song which had the audience rolling on the floor with laughter". The reviewer called it "the most lively and hilarious number of the entire musical".<ref name="heathers" />
	In ~~Showtime's~~ ''Heathers'' (December 7–22, 2019), directed by Emily Freeman, ~~Taliaferro~~ played two fathers: Big Bud Dean, the "very twisted dad" of the lead character Jason Dean, and Kurt's Dad. The reviewer ~~wrote that he played them~~ "~~perfectly rendering the hilarious characters of~~ two dads-gone-wrong", and ~~that~~ his "hippy-like, totally demented character revealed his versatile acting skills". In the second-act opener, "I Love My Dead Gay Son", he and Zaylin Yates, as Ram's Dad, "go through an entire transformation – several times over – during one rip-roaring song which had the audience rolling on the floor with laughter". The reviewer called it "the most lively and hilarious number of the entire musical".<ref name="heathers" />

	~~Both casts included [[Sarah Lash]]~~ and ~~[[Luanda de Hilster]]~~.<ref name="~~rent~~" /><ref name="~~heathers~~" />		In Lake Worth Beach he played the opera star Tito Merelli in the farce ''Lend Me a Tenor'' at the Lake Worth Playhouse.<ref name="lct" /> He also appeared in the 2020 films ''Lock-In'' and ''Seasons Screenings''.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web \|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11539267/ \|title=Steven Taliaferro \|website=IMDb}}</ref>

			=== Connecticut ===
			Taliaferro later moved to Connecticut, where he has worked with several community theatre companies. His roles there include:<ref name="lct" />
			* Franz Liebkind, the Nazi playwright, in ''The Producers'' (Brookfield Theatre)
			* Marcellus Washburn in ''The Music Man'' (Musicals at Richter, Danbury)
			* the Fifth Juror in ''12 Angry Men'' (Town Players of Newtown)

			He has also appeared with The Brewster Theater in New York.<ref name="lct" /> In summer 2025 he played the title role in Landmark Community Theatre's ''Shrek the Musical'' at the Thomaston Opera House. His program biography said that Shrek was "'ogre' the moon to be spending the summer with Landmark Community Theater… playing one of his favorite characters".<ref name="lct" /><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.thomastonct.gov/events/shrek-the-musical-8902a \|title=Shrek the Musical \|website=Town of Thomaston, Connecticut \|date=2025-07}}</ref>

			Outside the stage, he works as a scare actor at "Legends of Fear", the Halloween attraction at Fairview Tree Farm.<ref name="lct" /> He has also worked with City Youth Theater / City Stage Company, a nonprofit youth and community theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/steventaliaferro/ \|title=Steven Taliaferro \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Benjamin Coffin III \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Matilda the Musical'' \|\| Miss Trunchbull \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
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			\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Benjamin Coffin III \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
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			\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Big Bud Dean; Kurt's Dad \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
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			\| \|\| ''Lend Me a Tenor'' \|\| Tito Merelli \|\| Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Worth Beach, Florida
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			\| 2020 \|\| ''Seasons Screenings'' (film) \|\| \|\|
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			\| \|\| ''The Producers'' \|\| Franz Liebkind \|\| Brookfield Theatre, Connecticut
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			\| \|\| ''The Music Man'' \|\| Marcellus Washburn \|\| Musicals at Richter, Danbury, Connecticut
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	\| ~~2019~~ \|\| ''~~Heathers~~'' \|\| ~~Big Bud Dean; Kurt's Dad~~ \|\| ~~[[Showtime Performing Arts~~ Theatre]]		\| 2025 \|\| ''Shrek the Musical'' \|\| Shrek \|\| Landmark Community Theatre, Thomaston Opera House, Connecticut
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	* [https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5 Steven Taliaferro] on Facebook		* [https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5 Steven Taliaferro] on Facebook
			* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11539267/ Steven Taliaferro] on IMDb

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	\| name = ~~Stephen Gregory~~		\| name = Steven Taliaferro
	\| disciplines = Musical theatre actor · Singer		\| disciplines = Musical theatre actor · Singer
			\| also_known_as = Stephen Gregory; Steven Gregory
	\| based_in = South Florida		\| based_in = South Florida
	\| ~~training~~ = ~~[[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]~~, ~~Boca Raton~~		\| notable_roles = Big Bud Dean and Kurt's Dad (''Heathers'', 2019)<br />Benjamin Coffin III (''Rent'', 2019)
	~~\| notable_roles =~~ Benjamin Coffin III (''Rent'', 2019)
	\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
			\| website = [https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5 Facebook]
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	'''~~Stephen Gregory~~''' is an American musical theatre actor and singer from South Florida. He was a regular performer in productions at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton.		'''Steven Taliaferro''' is an American musical theatre actor and singer from South Florida. He was a regular performer in teen and adult productions at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton, where he was known for comic and character roles. He has also been credited as Stephen Gregory.

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	~~Gregory~~ appeared in many productions at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre, the musical theatre and performing arts school at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]].		Taliaferro appeared in many productions at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre, the musical theatre and performing arts school at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]]. One reviewer called him "a regular at Showtime".<ref name="heathers">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=376 \|title="Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-24}}</ref>

	In Showtime's teen and adult production of ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III. A reviewer wrote that "~~Gregory~~ was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref> The ~~cast also~~ included [[Sarah Lash]] and [[Luanda de Hilster]].<ref name="rent" />		=== ''Rent'' (2019) ===
			In Showtime's teen and adult production of ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III, credited as Stephen Gregory. The reviewer wrote that he "was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 \|title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-10-22}}</ref>

			=== ''Heathers'' (2019) ===
			In Showtime's ''Heathers'' (December 7–22, 2019), directed by Emily Freeman, Taliaferro played two fathers: Big Bud Dean, the "very twisted dad" of the lead character Jason Dean, and Kurt's Dad. The reviewer wrote that he played them "perfectly rendering the hilarious characters of two dads-gone-wrong", and that his "hippy-like, totally demented character revealed his versatile acting skills". In the second-act opener, "I Love My Dead Gay Son", he and Zaylin Yates, as Ram's Dad, "go through an entire transformation – several times over – during one rip-roaring song which had the audience rolling on the floor with laughter". The reviewer called it "the most lively and hilarious number of the entire musical".<ref name="heathers" />

			Both casts included [[Sarah Lash]] and [[Luanda de Hilster]].<ref name="rent" /><ref name="heathers" />

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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Benjamin Coffin III \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Benjamin Coffin III \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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			\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Big Bud Dean; Kurt's Dad \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:~~Gregory~~, ~~Stephen~~}}		== External links ==
			* [https://www.facebook.com/steven.taliaferro.5 Steven Taliaferro] on Facebook

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{{Infobox artist
| name = Stephen Gregory
| disciplines = Musical theatre actor · Singer
| based_in = South Florida
| training = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
| notable_roles = Benjamin Coffin III (''Rent'', 2019)
| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
}}
'''Stephen Gregory''' is an American musical theatre actor and singer from South Florida. He was a regular performer in productions at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]] in Boca Raton.

== Career ==
Gregory appeared in many productions at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre, the musical theatre and performing arts school at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton run by [[Marilyn Perry]].

In Showtime's teen and adult production of ''Rent'' (March 30 – April 14, 2019), directed by Emily Mittleman, he played the landlord Benjamin Coffin III. A reviewer wrote that "Gregory was the perfect villain and 'person who cared' while sternly showing his affection for this difficult band of characters all the while belting and acting his way out of and into the audience's hearts."<ref name="rent">{{cite web |url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=340 |title=Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast |author=David de Hilster |website=luanda.dehilster.com |date=2018-10-22}}</ref> The cast also included [[Sarah Lash]] and [[Luanda de Hilster]].<ref name="rent" />

== Selected credits ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Production !! Role !! Venue / company
|-
| 2019 || ''Rent'' (school edition) || Benjamin Coffin III || [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
|}

== References ==
<references />

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	Luanda's first musical role came in sixth grade, in Boca Raton Community Middle School's ''Seussical'' (April 2017), directed by Joshua Tay. Cast as understudy for the Sour Kangaroo, she took over the role when the lead had scheduling conflicts. Her booming voice drew wide attention. Principal Peter Slack, who attended, asked afterwards: "Who was that girl who played the Kangaroo?" The following Monday he called her over in the school cafeteria and took her around the school to introduce her to the vice principal and other staff. She later performed the role again for incoming fifth graders at the school's open house.<ref name="talent2">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=25 \|title=Nurturing a Natural Talent \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=261 \|title=Our Experience with Drama Club 2016-2017 – Amazing! \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com}}</ref>		Luanda's first musical role came in sixth grade, in Boca Raton Community Middle School's ''Seussical'' (April 2017), directed by Joshua Tay. Cast as understudy for the Sour Kangaroo, she took over the role when the lead had scheduling conflicts. Her booming voice drew wide attention. Principal Peter Slack, who attended, asked afterwards: "Who was that girl who played the Kangaroo?" The following Monday he called her over in the school cafeteria and took her around the school to introduce her to the vice principal and other staff. She later performed the role again for incoming fifth graders at the school's open house.<ref name="talent2">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=25 \|title=Nurturing a Natural Talent \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=261 \|title=Our Experience with Drama Club 2016-2017 – Amazing! \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com}}</ref>

	Her other early roles in school and community musicals in Boca Raton included Sebastian in ''The Little Mermaid'' and Alexi Darling in ''Rent'' with an adult cast at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]].<ref name="bio" /> She was a member of '''ShowStoppers''', Showtime's auditioned "triple threat" Broadway performance troupe for middle and high school students, alongside her friend [[Sarah Lash]].<ref name="ss">{{cite web \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529043103/https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|title=ShowStoppers Broadway Troupe \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre (archived) \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> At Showtime she also ~~appeared~~ in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' (September 2019)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6LUGEkAfFc \|title=BILLY ELLIOT The Musical - September 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-13}}</ref> and ''Newsies'' (early 2020).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMjyhkRqNQ \|title="Newsies" the Musical Trailer - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-01-15}}</ref> In December 2019 she played Heather McNamara in ''Heathers'' at Showtime.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Lands Supporting Role in Heathers \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-08-23}}</ref> Straight after ''Heathers'' she was cast as Patrice, the female lead, in Showtime's spring 2020 production of Jason Robert Brown's ''13'', a musical that had helped launch the career of another Boca Raton teenager, Ariana Grande.<ref name="lu13">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=455 \|title=Luanda Lands Female Lead in the Musical "13" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-30}}</ref> Rehearsals were under way, and Showtime released trailers in February and March 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic shut the theatre before the April opening and the production was never staged.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHCGpLFVhc \|title="13" The Musical Trailer 2 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-03-13}}</ref>		Her other early roles in school and community musicals in Boca Raton included Sebastian in ''The Little Mermaid'' and Alexi Darling in ''Rent'' with an adult cast at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]].<ref name="bio" /> She was a member of '''ShowStoppers''', Showtime's auditioned "triple threat" Broadway performance troupe for middle and high school students, alongside her friend [[Sarah Lash]].<ref name="ss">{{cite web \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529043103/https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|title=ShowStoppers Broadway Troupe \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre (archived) \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> At Showtime she also played Tony Elliot, Billy's older brother, in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' (September 2019)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6LUGEkAfFc \|title=BILLY ELLIOT The Musical - September 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-13}}</ref>, and Davey Jacobs in ''Newsies'' (early 2020).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMjyhkRqNQ \|title="Newsies" the Musical Trailer - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-01-15}}</ref> In December 2019 she played Heather McNamara in ''Heathers'' at Showtime.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Lands Supporting Role in Heathers \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-08-23}}</ref> Straight after ''Heathers'' she was cast as Patrice, the female lead, in Showtime's spring 2020 production of Jason Robert Brown's ''13'', a musical that had helped launch the career of another Boca Raton teenager, Ariana Grande.<ref name="lu13">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=455 \|title=Luanda Lands Female Lead in the Musical "13" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-30}}</ref> Rehearsals were under way, and Showtime released trailers in February and March 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic shut the theatre before the April opening and the production was never staged.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHCGpLFVhc \|title="13" The Musical Trailer 2 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-03-13}}</ref>

	At Boca Raton High School she also worked backstage. As a freshman (2019–20) she was on the audio tech team for the school's production of the musical ''Chicago'', and as a sophomore she was assistant technical director for ''One Man, Two Guvnors''.<ref name="radium">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1273 \|title=Luanda Lands a Lead Role in Play "Radium Girls" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2021-10-02}}</ref> On stage she played Kathryn Schaub in ''Radium Girls'' (2021), Mrs. Tottendale in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022) and Minnie Fay in ''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023), the year she served as the school's vice president of musical theatre. For the last two roles she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Dream Awards, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards held at the Kravis Center.<ref name="dream22">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Nominated for Best Supporting Actress \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-05-16}}</ref><ref name="dream23">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2023-05-10}}</ref> She also won Superior ratings and perfect scores at Florida District and State Thespian competitions.<ref name="bio" />		At Boca Raton High School she also worked backstage. As a freshman (2019–20) she was on the audio tech team for the school's production of the musical ''Chicago'', and as a sophomore she was assistant technical director for ''One Man, Two Guvnors''.<ref name="radium">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1273 \|title=Luanda Lands a Lead Role in Play "Radium Girls" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2021-10-02}}</ref> On stage she played Kathryn Schaub in ''Radium Girls'' (2021), Mrs. Tottendale in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022) and Minnie Fay in ''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023), the year she served as the school's vice president of musical theatre. For the last two roles she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Dream Awards, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards held at the Kravis Center.<ref name="dream22">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Nominated for Best Supporting Actress \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-05-16}}</ref><ref name="dream23">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2023-05-10}}</ref> She also won Superior ratings and perfect scores at Florida District and State Thespian competitions.<ref name="bio" />
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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Alexi Darling / ensemble \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Alexi Darling / ensemble \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' \|\| ~~Cast member~~ \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' \|\| Tony Elliot \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Heather McNamara \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Heather McNamara \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2020 \|\| ''Newsies'' \|\| ~~Cast member~~ \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2020 \|\| ''Newsies'' \|\| Davey Jacobs \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2020 \|\| ''13'' \|\| Patrice (female lead) \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; cancelled before opening due to COVID-19		\| 2020 \|\| ''13'' \|\| Patrice (female lead) \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; cancelled before opening due to COVID-19

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	* '''2011–12''': ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Ruthless! The Musical'' (adult, December 2011, directed by Andy Fiacco); ''Snow White''; ''Aladdin''; ''Rent''; ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''; ''Broadway Rocks!''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10150269023708099 \|title=Ruthless! The Musical auditions \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2011-08-15}}</ref>		* '''2011–12''': ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Ruthless! The Musical'' (adult, December 2011, directed by Andy Fiacco); ''Snow White''; ''Aladdin''; ''Rent''; ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''; ''Broadway Rocks!''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10150269023708099 \|title=Ruthless! The Musical auditions \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2011-08-15}}</ref>
	* '''Summer 2012''': ''Legally Blonde''; ''Cinderella''; ''Godspell''		* '''Summer 2012''': ''Legally Blonde''; ''Cinderella''; ''Godspell''
	* '''2012–13''': ''The Little Mermaid''; ''The Wizard of Oz''; ''[title of show]'' (adult, December 2012, directed by Beverly Blanchette); ''Tarzan''; ''In the Heights'' (teen production); ''Mulan Jr.''; and a ''Rock of Ages'' spring break camp<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151078898238099 \|title=2012–2013 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151155759498099 \|title=[title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-11-15}}</ref>		* '''2012–13''': ''The Little Mermaid''; ''The Wizard of Oz''; ''[title of show]'' (adult, December 2012, directed by Beverly Blanchette); ''Tarzan''; ''In the Heights'' (teen production); ''Mulan Jr.''; and a ''Rock of Ages'' spring break camp<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151078898238099 \|title=2012–2013 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151155759498099 \|title=[title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-11-15}}</ref>
	* '''2013–14''' (the "9th Season"): ''Shrek the Musical''; ''The Story of the Nutcracker''; ''Nunsense'' (adult series); ''Pocahontas''; ''Les Misérables'' (teen and young adult production, January–February 2014); ''Sleeping Beauty''; and ''Return to Broadway'' at the Willow Theatre<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/10151760412548099 \|title=2013–2014 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2013-10-30}}</ref>		* '''2013–14''' (the "9th Season"): ''Shrek the Musical''; ''The Story of the Nutcracker''; ''Nunsense'' (adult series); ''Pocahontas''; ''Les Misérables'' (teen and young adult production, January–February 2014); ''Sleeping Beauty''; and ''Return to Broadway'' at the Willow Theatre<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/10151760412548099 \|title=2013–2014 season \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2013-10-30}}</ref>
	* '''2014–15''': ''A Very Muppet Musical''; ''The Wedding Singer''; ''Willy Wonka'' (sold out); ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Rent''; ''Oh What a Night!'' (a tribute to ''Jersey Boys'', adult professional cast); ''Cinderella''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152508806368099 \|title=Auditions: Rent, Oh What a Night!, Cinderella \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152607589138099 \|title=Willy Wonka \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-12-27}}</ref>		* '''2014–15''': ''A Very Muppet Musical''; ''The Wedding Singer''; ''Willy Wonka'' (sold out); ''Beauty and the Beast''; ''Rent''; ''Oh What a Night!'' (a tribute to ''Jersey Boys'', adult professional cast); ''Cinderella''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152508806368099 \|title=Auditions: Rent, Oh What a Night!, Cinderella \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10152607589138099 \|title=Willy Wonka \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2014-12-27}}</ref>
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	* Official nominee for Best Theatre Group for Kids (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) in Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect "Parents' Picks" awards, 2010<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/102157446502249 \|title=ParentsConnect Parents' Picks nominee \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2010-06-16}}</ref>		* Official nominee for Best Theatre Group for Kids (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) in Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect "Parents' Picks" awards, 2010<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/102157446502249 \|title=ParentsConnect Parents' Picks nominee \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2010-06-16}}</ref>

	In December 2012 the adult production ''[title of show]'' was reviewed by PBPulse (''The Palm Beach Post'') under the headline "Boca troupe kicks off with fresh-from-Broadway musical", and listed in ''Boca Raton'' magazine's "The Week Ahead".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/472319319474088 \|title=PBPulse review of [title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/510036785683155 \|title=Boca Raton magazine: The Week Ahead \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-04}}</ref>		In December 2012 the adult production ''[title of show]'' was reviewed by PBPulse (''The Palm Beach Post'') under the headline "Boca troupe kicks off with fresh-from-Broadway musical", and listed in ''Boca Raton'' magazine's "The Week Ahead".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/472319319474088 \|title=PBPulse review of [title of show] \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts/posts/510036785683155 \|title=Boca Raton magazine: The Week Ahead \|website=Facebook (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2012-12-04}}</ref>

	== People ==		== People ==

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	Luanda's first musical role came in sixth grade, in Boca Raton Community Middle School's ''Seussical'' (April 2017), directed by Joshua Tay. Cast as understudy for the Sour Kangaroo, she took over the role when the lead had scheduling conflicts. Her booming voice drew wide attention. Principal Peter Slack, who attended, asked afterwards: "Who was that girl who played the Kangaroo?" The following Monday he called her over in the school cafeteria and took her around the school to introduce her to the vice principal and other staff. She later performed the role again for incoming fifth graders at the school's open house.<ref name="talent2">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=25 \|title=Nurturing a Natural Talent \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=261 \|title=Our Experience with Drama Club 2016-2017 – Amazing! \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com}}</ref>		Luanda's first musical role came in sixth grade, in Boca Raton Community Middle School's ''Seussical'' (April 2017), directed by Joshua Tay. Cast as understudy for the Sour Kangaroo, she took over the role when the lead had scheduling conflicts. Her booming voice drew wide attention. Principal Peter Slack, who attended, asked afterwards: "Who was that girl who played the Kangaroo?" The following Monday he called her over in the school cafeteria and took her around the school to introduce her to the vice principal and other staff. She later performed the role again for incoming fifth graders at the school's open house.<ref name="talent2">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=25 \|title=Nurturing a Natural Talent \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2018-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=261 \|title=Our Experience with Drama Club 2016-2017 – Amazing! \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com}}</ref>

	Her other early roles in school and community musicals in Boca Raton included Sebastian in ''The Little Mermaid'' and Alexi Darling in ''Rent'' with an adult cast at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]].<ref name="bio" /> She was a member of '''ShowStoppers''', Showtime's auditioned "triple threat" Broadway performance troupe for middle and high school students, alongside her friend [[Sarah Lash]].<ref name="ss">{{cite web \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529043103/https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|title=ShowStoppers Broadway Troupe \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre (archived) \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> At Showtime she also ~~appeared~~ in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' (September 2019)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6LUGEkAfFc \|title=BILLY ELLIOT The Musical - September 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-13}}</ref> and ''Newsies'' (early 2020).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMjyhkRqNQ \|title="Newsies" the Musical Trailer - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-01-15}}</ref> In December 2019 she played Heather McNamara in ''Heathers'' at Showtime.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Lands Supporting Role in Heathers \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-08-23}}</ref> Straight after ''Heathers'' she was cast as Patrice, the female lead, in Showtime's spring 2020 production of Jason Robert Brown's ''13'', a musical that had helped launch the career of another Boca Raton teenager, Ariana Grande.<ref name="lu13">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=455 \|title=Luanda Lands Female Lead in the Musical "13" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-30}}</ref> Rehearsals were under way, and Showtime released trailers in February and March 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic shut the theatre before the April opening and the production was never staged.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHCGpLFVhc \|title="13" The Musical Trailer 2 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-03-13}}</ref>		Her other early roles in school and community musicals in Boca Raton included Sebastian in ''The Little Mermaid'' and Alexi Darling in ''Rent'' with an adult cast at [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]].<ref name="bio" /> She was a member of '''ShowStoppers''', Showtime's auditioned "triple threat" Broadway performance troupe for middle and high school students, alongside her friend [[Sarah Lash]].<ref name="ss">{{cite web \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529043103/https://www.showtimeboca.com/ \|title=ShowStoppers Broadway Troupe \|website=Showtime Performing Arts Theatre (archived) \|access-date=2026-11-07}}</ref> At Showtime she also played Tony Elliot, Billy's older brother, in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' (September 2019)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6LUGEkAfFc \|title=BILLY ELLIOT The Musical - September 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2019-10-13}}</ref>, and Davey Jacobs in ''Newsies'' (early 2020).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMjyhkRqNQ \|title="Newsies" the Musical Trailer - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-01-15}}</ref> In December 2019 she played Heather McNamara in ''Heathers'' at Showtime.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Lands Supporting Role in Heathers \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-08-23}}</ref> Straight after ''Heathers'' she was cast as Patrice, the female lead, in Showtime's spring 2020 production of Jason Robert Brown's ''13'', a musical that had helped launch the career of another Boca Raton teenager, Ariana Grande.<ref name="lu13">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=455 \|title=Luanda Lands Female Lead in the Musical "13" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2019-12-30}}</ref> Rehearsals were under way, and Showtime released trailers in February and March 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic shut the theatre before the April opening and the production was never staged.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHCGpLFVhc \|title="13" The Musical Trailer 2 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre \|website=YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre) \|date=2020-03-13}}</ref>

	At Boca Raton High School she also worked backstage. As a freshman (2019–20) she was on the audio tech team for the school's production of the musical ''Chicago'', and as a sophomore she was assistant technical director for ''One Man, Two Guvnors''.<ref name="radium">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1273 \|title=Luanda Lands a Lead Role in Play "Radium Girls" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2021-10-02}}</ref> On stage she played Kathryn Schaub in ''Radium Girls'' (2021), Mrs. Tottendale in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022) and Minnie Fay in ''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023), the year she served as the school's vice president of musical theatre. For the last two roles she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Dream Awards, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards held at the Kravis Center.<ref name="dream22">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Nominated for Best Supporting Actress \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-05-16}}</ref><ref name="dream23">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2023-05-10}}</ref> She also won Superior ratings and perfect scores at Florida District and State Thespian competitions.<ref name="bio" />		At Boca Raton High School she also worked backstage. As a freshman (2019–20) she was on the audio tech team for the school's production of the musical ''Chicago'', and as a sophomore she was assistant technical director for ''One Man, Two Guvnors''.<ref name="radium">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/?p=1273 \|title=Luanda Lands a Lead Role in Play "Radium Girls" \|author=David de Hilster \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2021-10-02}}</ref> On stage she played Kathryn Schaub in ''Radium Girls'' (2021), Mrs. Tottendale in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2022) and Minnie Fay in ''Hello, Dolly!'' (2023), the year she served as the school's vice president of musical theatre. For the last two roles she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Dream Awards, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards held at the Kravis Center.<ref name="dream22">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Nominated for Best Supporting Actress \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2022-05-16}}</ref><ref name="dream23">{{cite web \|url=https://luanda.dehilster.com/ \|title=Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year \|website=luanda.dehilster.com \|date=2023-05-10}}</ref> She also won Superior ratings and perfect scores at Florida District and State Thespian competitions.<ref name="bio" />
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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Alexi Darling / ensemble \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Alexi Darling / ensemble \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' \|\| ~~Cast member~~ \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' \|\| Tony Elliot \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Heather McNamara \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Heather McNamara \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2020 \|\| ''Newsies'' \|\| ~~Cast member~~ \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]		\| 2020 \|\| ''Newsies'' \|\| Davey Jacobs \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
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	\| 2020 \|\| ''13'' \|\| Patrice (female lead) \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; cancelled before opening due to COVID-19		\| 2020 \|\| ''13'' \|\| Patrice (female lead) \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]; cancelled before opening due to COVID-19