Who's That Girl?

At a young age, Leah knew that she was passionate about the performing arts. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, she started dancing when she was three years old and was obsessed with old movie musicals, such as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Summer Stock.

Leah eventually started listening to the Wicked soundtrack, which was based off of The Wizard of Oz's story, one of her childhood favorites. She fell in love with the character, Glinda, and every single day after kindergarten, she sang through the entire soundtrack (as every character) for her grandfather. She knew that she wanted to perform and tell stories for the rest of her life when she saw the Broadway musical at the age of five, and watched Glinda's first entrance by bubble in awe. To this day, Glinda is still Leah’s #1 dream role!

Years later, at the age of ten, Leah would play Dorothy Gale in her school’s summer theatre production of The Wizard of Oz, which then prompted her to determination to pursue a career in the performing arts.

Leah's Story!

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, shortly after Leah made her regional theatre debut in Theatre Three's annual production of A Christmas Carol, Leah took every opportunity she could to continue doing what she loved most, which included training online with several prestigious acting studios, such as the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Paper Mill Playhouse. She was also accepted into the musical theatre program at the Long Island High School for the Arts. Throughout the rest of her high school career, Leah received the Teeny Award for Best Leading Role in a Play from East End Arts for her portrayal of Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, received the Long Island Scholar Artist Award for Theatre, made her 54 Below debut, and attended Penn State University's pre-college musical theatre program.

In the summer of 2024, Leah had the privilege to return to the 54 Below stage to perform in Sound Mind, Sound Heart, a benefit concert supporting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. As a vocal mental health activist, Leah was so grateful to have been a part of this project and have the honor of sharing the stage with notable Broadway performers, such as Patrick Page and Paige Davis. In April 2025, she performed at 54 Below, one again, in a staged reading of select musical scenes from The Soprano's Revenge, a developing musical comedy.

Leah currently serves as a teaching artist for Stage 74 Summer Theater, a pre-professional program designed for young artists located in New York. Leah had the opportunity to be a part of Stage 74's adult company, The Star Playhouse, for their 2023-2024 season, where she appeared in their professional productions of The Crucible as Mary Warren, Into the Woods as Rapunzel, and The Music Man as a member of the ensemble, with the additional role of being the production's dance captain. She was then invited back the next year to work closely with their theatre students. As part of her job, Leah develops and teaches choreography for two full-scale musical productions and leads workshops in areas such as audition technique, commercial acting, stage combat, and improvisation.

Currently, Leah is pursuing her B.A. in Theatre Performance (with a minor in Psychology!) at Wagner College in New York City. She most recently appeared in Wagner's main stage production of First Lady Suite as Eleanor Roosevelt. While in school, Leah has pursued several professional opportunities in the city, including cabaret performances at The Green Room 42 and Don't Tell Mama. In May 2026, Leah was entrusted with the task of performing in a New York City staged reading of Out East: A New Musical Comedy at Ripley-Grier Studios as a featured role, ensemble member, and understudy for a principal role. Shortly after, she was cast as a featured dancer in her first television pilot with Green Door Productions, titled Broadcasting 101.

When Leah isn't performing, she's most likely spending time with her friends, shopping for something pink, drinking a strawberry lemon Poppi, cuddling with her two cats, rewatching Sex and the City, reading a rom-com or psychological thriller, or living out her dream of being (working as) a princess at Royal Princess Prep!