Lea ROY

Lea Roy received a Creative Writing and Theatre degree from Florida State University. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina but raised in Miami Beach—Lea is a playwright, director, ukulele player, guitarist and vocalist who has collaborated with South Florida artists and musicians on a broad range of creative projects.

She worked as a teaching artist at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts for over ten years—and served as a founding faculty member of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Professional Training Program.

Her original performance adaptation of Macklemore’s White Privilege II was presented in the 2017 Orlando Fringe Festival.

Lea served as directing mentor for many Youth Artists’ Chair productions including The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mockingbird and Romeo and Juliet.

Some of her Conservatory directing credits include: Oklahoma!, Schoolhouse Rock Jr, Sweet Charity, Anything Goes, West Side Story, 42nd Street and Cats. She also ran an after-school bilingual drama club at Jupiter Elementary School.

In January of 2020, Lea and her husband had boy/girl twins, Johnny and Juliet!

She is passionate about arts education and believes in nurturing authenticity and self expression in young artists.