Who's That Girl?
At a young age, Leah developed a deep passion for performing. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, her journey began in the dance studio when she was three years old. She became an avid lover of old movie musicals, such as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Summer Stock, and The Wizard of Oz.
Leah eventually started listening to the original Broadway recording of Wicked. She instantly connected with the character of Glinda, and every single day after kindergarten, she sang through the entire soundtrack in her living room (as every character) for her grandfather. She saw the Broadway musical at the age of five and watched Glinda's first entrance by bubble in awe. Leah knew she wanted to be a part of the magic of live theatre and tell stories for the rest of her life. To this very day, Glinda is still Leah’s #1 absolute dream role!
Years later, at the age of ten, Leah played Dorothy Gale in her school’s summer theatre production of The Wizard of Oz, which then prompted her 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, including the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Long Island High School for the Arts, where she was a Musical Theatre major. Throughout the rest of her high school career, Leah notably received the East End Arts Teeny Award for Best Leading Role in a Play for her portrayal of Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Long Island Scholar Artist Award for Theatre, where her story and performance highlights were featured in a Newsday article.
In the summer of 2024, Leah had the privilege to perform on the 54 Below stage 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 returned to the 54 Below stage to perform in a staged reading of select musical scenes from The Soprano's Revenge, a developing musical comedy.
Leah 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. At Wagner, she is over the moon to serve as a teaching assistant for Broadway veteran John Scacchetti's Tap I class. While in school, Leah has pursued several professional opportunities in the city, including Annie at Spotlight Repertory Theatre, the NYC staged reading of Out East: A New Musical Comedy (where her voice was subsequently featured on the project's original cast recording!), and numerous cabaret performances at The Green Room 42 and Don't Tell Mama. At the end of summer 2026, she wrapped filming in the New York metropolitan area as a featured dancer in her first pilot of a television series, 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 with her boyfriend, reading a rom-com or psychological thriller, or living out her dream of being (working as) a princess at Royal Princess Prep!