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{{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
|-
| || ''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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Revision as of 14:17, 7 November 2026

Steven Taliaferro
Actor · Singer · Scare actor
Personal information
Birth name Steven Gregory Taliaferro
Also known as Stephen Gregory; Steven Gregory
Based in Connecticut (formerly Boca Raton, Florida)
Career
Years active c. 2016–present
Performance
Notable roles Shrek (Shrek the Musical, Landmark Community Theatre, 2025)
Miss Trunchbull (Matilda, Showtime, 2019)
Big Bud Dean and Kurt's Dad (Heathers, Showtime, 2019)
Tito Merelli (Lend Me a Tenor, Lake Worth Playhouse)
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
Recognition & links
Website Facebook · IMDb

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.[1]

Career

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.[2] In February 2019 he played the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Showtime's Matilda, which he later named among his favourite roles.[1][3]

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."[4]

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".[2]

In Lake Worth Beach he played the opera star Tito Merelli in the farce Lend Me a Tenor at the Lake Worth Playhouse.[1] He also appeared in the 2020 films Lock-In and Seasons Screenings.[5]

Connecticut

Taliaferro later moved to Connecticut, where he has worked with several community theatre companies. His roles there include:[1]

  • 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.[1] 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".[1][6]

Outside the stage, he works as a scare actor at "Legends of Fear", the Halloween attraction at Fairview Tree Farm.[1] He has also worked with City Youth Theater / City Stage Company, a nonprofit youth and community theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut.[7]

Selected credits

Year Production Role Venue / company
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
The Music Man Marcellus Washburn Musicals at Richter, Danbury, Connecticut
12 Angry Men Fifth Juror Town Players of Newtown, Connecticut
2025 Shrek the Musical Shrek Landmark Community Theatre, Thomaston Opera House, Connecticut

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Steven Taliaferro – Shrek the Musical". Landmark Community Theatre (AudienceAccess)(2025).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 David de Hilster.""Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca". luanda.dehilster.com(2019-12-24).
  3. ↑ "Matilda The Musical "Revolting Children" - February 2019 - Showtime Performing Arts Theatre". YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre)(2019-10-18).
  4. ↑ David de Hilster."Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast". luanda.dehilster.com(2018-10-22).
  5. ↑ "Steven Taliaferro". IMDb.
  6. ↑ "Shrek the Musical". Town of Thomaston, Connecticut(2025-07).
  7. ↑ "Steven Taliaferro". LinkedIn.

External links

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