https://deadline.com/2021/03/sarah-drew-greys-anatomy-return-season-17-1234713549/

Drew will appear in an upcoming episode reprising her Dr. April Kepner role. And as showrunner Krista Vernoff has teased, other Grey's alums might return in dream beach sequences.

Sarah Drew and Jesse Williams reunite on the Grey's Anatomy set (http://www.justjared.com/2021/03/16/sarah-drew-jesse-williams-reunite-on-greys-anatomy-set/)

Drew and Williams each posted Instagram videos of their on-set reunion three years after her exit. Drew is filming a guest appearance on Grey's Anatomy.

Sarah Drew shares the first look at Dr. April Kepner's return to Grey's Anatomy (https://twitter.com/sarahdrew/status/1383189761217597441)

"We have a date! April is back on @GreysABC Thursday, May 6 at 9|8c on ABC!" the actress tweeted.

Sarah Drew had to keep her Grey's Anatomy return a secret "for a little while" (https://www.etonline.com/greys-anatomy-sarah-drew-teases-april-and-jacksons-juicy-reunion-exclusive-164728)

"I didn't fully believe it was happening until I literally signed the contract, which didn't come until a while after the initial conversations," Drew tells ET. "It started with an initial conversation, and I was like, 'This sounds interesting, the story sounds interesting.' But you never know if the storyline is going to change or they're going to change their mind, so I didn't really settle into the reality that it was happening until I knew 100 percent it was happening. Then, by that point, I was about to show up on set and so it was like, 'I can't wait to see everyone!'" ALSO: Drew would be willing to return again: “I felt so loved and so missed.” (https://tvline.com/2021/04/28/greys-anatomy-sarah-drew-japril-closure-more-episodes/)

Sarah Drew is still amazed by the Grey's Anatomy fandom over "Japril" (https://hollywoodlife.com/2021/05/06/sarah-drew-jackson-april-reunion-greys-anatomy-interview/)

When Drew posted an Instagram photo (https://www.instagram.com/p/CMe_1xVlecL/) with Jesse Williams on March 16, previewing tonight's Jackson and April reunion, they were both stunned by the reaction. “You can’t not see that after seeing the internet reaction when we posted a picture where you can’t even see our faces,” she tells HollywoodLife. “We were both on set after posting that looking at one another and showing each other tweets just being like… I mean, the Japril fan power is big. It feels so great. The honor of getting to play a role that means so much to so many people is such a gift. I’ve been so happy these last few weeks just interacting with fans and stuff about it.” ALSO: Drew says of tonight's episode: “You could say there are elements of closure, but..." (https://tvline.com/2021/04/28/greys-anatomy-sarah-drew-japril-closure-more-episodes/)