The Young Shakespeareans

OUR TEACHING ARTISTS
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.