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	\| image = Steven_Taliaferro.jpg		\| image = Steven_Taliaferro.jpg
	\| 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>

	== Selected credits ==		== Selected credits ==
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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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			\| 2019 \|\| ''A Moment of Clarity'' (short play) \|\| \|\| TAP Shorts Festival, The Standing Ovation Theater
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	\| \|\| ''Lend Me a Tenor'' \|\| Tito Merelli \|\| Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Worth Beach, Florida		\| \|\| ''Lend Me a Tenor'' \|\| Tito Merelli \|\| Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Worth Beach, Florida

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	\| name = Steven Taliaferro		\| name = Steven Taliaferro
			\| image = Steven_Taliaferro.jpg
			\| caption = Taliaferro in 2025 (photo: Landmark Community Theatre)
	\| disciplines = Actor · Singer · Scare actor		\| disciplines = Actor · Singer · Scare actor
	\| birth_name = Steven Gregory Taliaferro		\| birth_name = Steven Gregory Taliaferro

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	{{Infobox artist		{{Infobox artist
	\| name = Steven Taliaferro		\| name = Steven Taliaferro
	\| disciplines = ~~Musical theatre actor~~ · Singer		\| 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>

	== Selected credits ==		== Selected credits ==
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	! Year !! Production !! Role !! Venue / company		! Year !! Production !! Role !! Venue / company
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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
			\|-
			\| 2019 \|\| ''Rent'' (school edition) \|\| Benjamin Coffin III \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
			\|-
			\| 2019 \|\| ''Heathers'' \|\| Big Bud Dean; Kurt's Dad \|\| [[Showtime Performing Arts Theatre]], Boca Raton
			\|-
			\| \|\| ''Lend Me a Tenor'' \|\| Tito Merelli \|\| Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Worth Beach, Florida
			\|-
			\| 2020 \|\| ''Lock-In'' (film) \|\| \|\|
			\|-
			\| 2020 \|\| ''Seasons Screenings'' (film) \|\| \|\|
			\|-
			\| \|\| ''The Producers'' \|\| Franz Liebkind \|\| Brookfield Theatre, Connecticut
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			\| \|\| ''The Music Man'' \|\| Marcellus Washburn \|\| Musicals at Richter, Danbury, Connecticut
			\|-
			\| \|\| ''12 Angry Men'' \|\| Fifth Juror \|\| Town Players of Newtown, Connecticut
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~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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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [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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	{{Infobox artist		{{Infobox artist
	\| 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]
	}}		}}
	'''~~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 />

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Stephen}}
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