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, as well as participating in readings and workshops of new musicals written and directed by Broadway's Taylor Louderman. 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 East End Arts Teeny Award for Best Leading Role in a Play for her portrayal of Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Mount Sinai Performing Arts, 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 written by Meg Loy.
Leah started teaching and choreographing in 2025 for Stage 74 Summer Theater, a pre-professional program designed for young artists located in Commack, 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 teen ensemble, as well as 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 choreographs 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 BA 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, and previously performed in their productions of Fun Home as Helen Bechdel, To Be Seen as the one-and-only dance swing, and Wagner College Opera's The Magic Flute. 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 NYC. 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 an understudy for a principal role.
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, listening to Noah Kahan, reading a book, watching a rom-com or psychological thriller, or living out her dreams of being (working as) a princess at Royal Princess Prep Entertainment!