The Young Shakespeareans 

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SONYA SHEPHERD

Sonya is a credentialed LAUSD teacher as well as a professional actor with wide range of stage, film, and TV credits including Lion King (Broadway), Twelfth Night, Mule Bone, A Chorus Line, Big River,  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,  Shameless,  This is Us, Scandal, and many others.  She received a BA in Theatre and Communications from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sonya joined The Young Shakespeareans in 2018, co-directed and choreographed Romeo & Juliet, and is thrilled to combine her love of the Arts with her passion for educating youth.