LeKeya Shearill, CASTJr. Director

LeKeya runs the wildly successful CAST Jr. program in Julian’s feeder elementary schools. She worked in the Chicago area as a professional actress after earning a BA in Theatre from Illinois State University.  A former company member of Imagination Theatre and New Branch Theatre Company, she was part of the cast of the Jeff-nominated show Josephine Tonight! at Theatre Building Chicago.  In addition to her work on stage and in print, she also graced stages in Corporate America with the companies Legal Acts and Dramatic Diversity.  Keya was a second-grade teacher at Holmes School here in Oak Park before founding her own educational theatre organization, Keys2Broadway.