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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
	}}		}}
	'''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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	\| 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]
	\| awards = Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016 (for Showtime)		\| awards = Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016 (for Showtime)
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
			* [https://www.facebook.com/marilynperryshowtime Marilyn Perry] on Facebook
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm Showtime staff page] (archived, 2017)		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm Showtime staff page] (archived, 2017)
	* [https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts Showtime Performing Arts Theatre] on Facebook		* [https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts Showtime Performing Arts Theatre] on Facebook

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	\| name = Marilyn Perry		\| name = Marilyn Perry
			\| image = Marilyn_Perry.jpg
			\| caption = Perry (photo: Showtime Performing Arts Theatre)
	\| disciplines = Theatre producer · Arts educator		\| disciplines = Theatre producer · Arts educator
	\| birth_name = Marilyn Irene Perry		\| birth_name = Marilyn Irene Perry

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	\| years_active = c. 2006–2020		\| years_active = c. 2006–2020
	\| 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 />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]]
	\| awards = Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016 (for Showtime)		\| awards = Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016 (for Showtime)
	}}		}}
	'''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 ~~the mid-2000s~~ until ~~it closed during~~ the COVID-19 pandemic.<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>

	== Showtime Performing Arts Theatre ==		== Showtime Performing Arts Theatre ==
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	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>		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>

	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 2020 productions of ''13'' and ''The Sound of Music'' ~~were postponed~~ 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>		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>

			== 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" />

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm Showtime staff page] (archived, 2017)		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm Showtime staff page] (archived, 2017)
			* [https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimePerformingArts Showtime Performing Arts Theatre] on Facebook
			* [https://www.youtube.com/@showtimeperformingartsthea3594 Showtime Performing Arts Theatre] on YouTube

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{{Infobox artist
| name = Marilyn Perry
| disciplines = Theatre producer · Arts educator
| birth_name = Marilyn Irene Perry
| based_in = Boca Raton, Florida
| occupation = Executive director and producer
| years_active = c. 2006–2020
| known_for = Founding and running [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
| productions = ''Heathers'' (2019, producer)<br />''Rent'' (2019)<br />Children's Broadway seasons (2007–2020)
| companies = [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]]
| awards = Kids Crown Award (South Florida Parenting), 2015, 2016 (for Showtime)
}}
'''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 the mid-2000s until it closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.<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>

== 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" />

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>

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 2020 productions of ''13'' and ''The Sound of Music'' were postponed 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>

== Students ==
Perry's students and performers included [[Luanda de Hilster]], who played Heather McNamara in Showtime's ''Heathers''. Her biography names Perry among her early mentors, and Perry came to see her play Sebastian in her middle school's ''The Little Mermaid'' (2019).<ref name="lbio" /><ref name="heathers" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174716/http://www.showtimeboca.com/staff.htm Showtime staff page] (archived, 2017)

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