DELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

2025 - 2026 Season

JAY ALPERIN

President

OCCUPATION: Retired Dentist
PREVIOUS BOARDS & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: President or Chair: Old School Square, Sandoway House Museum, Chamber of Commerce, Delray Beach Drug Task Force, Delray Beach Cultural Arts Committee, Mayor of City of Delray Beach. Board Member: Creative City Collaborative/Arts Garage, City of Delray Beach, County, and Federal Boards.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: Experience in building sets, music, sound effects, lighting, and stage managing at Hollywood Little Theater.

Ron Nyhan

RON NYHAN

Vice President

OCCUPATION: Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University
PREVIOUS BOARDS & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Spirit of Giving Network, Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, Creative City Collaborative, and the Nonprofit Resource Institute.

MARIANNE REGAN

Secretary

OCCUPATION: Legal Secretary for 35 years for Large National Law Firm
PREVIOUS BOARDS & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: President of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists – “AFTRA” before it merged with Screen Actors Guild “SAG” – (1990-1994), Director on Public Arts Advisory Board of Delray Beach (2017), Director on Coco Wood Lakes Homeowner’s Association (Present).
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: Member Actors Equity Association (“AEA”); Member SAG-AFTRA; Theater Critic for the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine (2000-2014); 2010 Winner of Coronado Playhouse New Playwright’s Grant for original musical, “Actions Most Ridiculous” with Sven Salumma; Director, Choreographer and Teacher for San Diego Junior Theater (1985-1987); and, Director for Hampton Playhouse Children’s Theater (Summer 1984).

DAN BELLANTE

MEMBER

  • OCCUPATION: Operated an Art and Lecture Center in Fort Lauderdale and has led Art Lecture tours to Museums and Galleries all over South Florida. He led a select group of students on Art tours in Paris, Venice, and Florence.
  • PREVIOUS BOARDS & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Former President of the Delray Beach Playhouse Board of Governors and Director of Arts Programing.
    He is the past Chairman of the Delray Beach Public Art Advisory Board, and a former Instructor in Art History at Broward College.
  • ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: Operated several business over the years; including an Environmental Restoration Company, two Arts and Antiques Shops, and a Real Estate Investing LLC. Currently He is involved in helping to develop the Playhouse Playwrights Project Festival, which is now in its fourth year. In conjunction with the Playwrights Festival He is helping to develop new Arts Programing at the Playhouse. 

LINDA SANDELMAN

MEMBER

  • OCCUPATION: Retired from Marketing & Promotions Field
  • PREVIOUS BOARDS & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: Board of Trustees for the Boca Raton Museum of Art (two years), ___ at Museum (6 years – current), Advocacy Board Member at Lynn University’s School of Business (current), and Activities Committee at Harbour’s Edge.
  • ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: Worked for Parade Magazine, Look Magazine, McCall’s Magazine, and JCPenney’s Production and Promotions Department. Also served as the Vice President of Marketing and Promotions at Robert Brian Associates.

JACK SCHULMAN

MEMBER

JOHN MCKENNA 

TREASURER

PATRICIA WAKELY WOLF

MEMBER

REMEMBERING

George “Tony” Allerton | 1928 – 2025

George “Tony” Allerton was a longtime leader in Delray Beach. He was a tireless advocate for the recovery community having founded the Crossroads Club and sponsored numerous awareness and fundraising activities. Equally impactful was his leadership at the Delray Beach Playhouse. Tony began volunteering and “treading the boards” at the DBP beginning in 1958 appearing in such productions as Stalag 13, A Thousand Clowns and The Rainmaker. However, Tony’s greatest contributions were in his roles as Board member and frequent President over the past 50 years. He spearheaded the three major renovations and additions to the existing facility, expanded programs to include children and young adult theater training and initiated professional management that ensured the continued financial and cultural success of the DBP. His calm and consistent presence, commitment and dedication to the Playhouse will be sadly missed by the many people he touched, encouraged and mentored.