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 an actor, 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 is also Program Director for the Grace Notes Foundation, an organization that funds music scholarships and community outreach programs to children in need. Through Grace Notes, Lea is a Music Together in School Specialist at Thelma B. Pittman Preschool and also runs an after-school chorus at Edna Runner Education Center.

Lea has been directing musicals for a long time. Some of her credits include: Oklahoma!, Pippin, West Side Story, Anything Goes, CATS and 42nd Street. Lea also serves as part of the directing team here at PAAJ! She helped Miss Jessica with the junior musicals, Frozen Jr. and Beauty and the Beast Jr.—and directed the senior musicals Godspell and Into the Woods.

Lea lives in sunny Jupiter with her husband and 5-year-old boy/girl twins, Johnny and Juliet.

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