​As an actor, Leah has worked regionally at Front Porch Theatricals (Bandstand, Grand Hotel), Mountain Playhouse (A Year with Frog and Toad), Saint Vincent Summer Theatre (Songs of the Season), and South Park Theatre (Why Do Fools Fall in Love), as well as a singer/dancer contract with RWS Entertainment at Waldameer and Waterworld in Erie, PA. She has also sung in various cabarets in New York City at Feinstein's/54 Below and Sid Gold's Request Room.

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Swings and understudies have always been important to any production, but especially now in our post-pandemic world, they are needed more than ever. In Leah's last two productions with Front Porch Theatricals she was given the opportunity to perform her covered roles, one being an emergency cover! In Grand Hotel, she understudied the role of the Countess/Bolero Dancer and performed 4 out of the 7 shows. Then when hired for Bandstand, she was only contracted as the Associate Choreographer, but at half hour call of final dress, she was asked to swing into an ensemble track and perform the show for the entire opening weekend, and thus became the official ensemble swing for the production!

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Throughout her experience as a dance captain and dance teacher, Leah has also found a love for choreography. In college, she co-choreographed a production of Anton Chekov's The Seagull (d. Robyne Parrish). Professionally, Leah was the Associate Choreographer for Bandstand at Front Porch (d/c. Joe Jackson), an assistant/intern for Big Fish also at Front Porch (c. Mara Greer), and the Choreographer for the 48-hour Woodland Hills PAG production of The Rocky Horror Show. 

 

Leah received her BFA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Entrepreneurial Studies from Seton Hill University in 2020. Throughout her time at Seton Hill, Leah performed in many mainstage productions, as well as student works, in both the theatre and dance departments. Some of her favorite roles at SHU include Janet Van De Graff in The Drowsy Chaperone, Jenny in Company, Julia Melville in The Rivals, and the "Bless the Lord" soloist in Godspell. 

 

Leah is very passionate about helping students stay involved in the arts, especially in their elementary and high school years, where it is most important. While at SHU, she was a theatre teacher in the Seton Arts program, a program designed to bring the arts to underprivileged communities. Her senior honors capstone project, Combating Audition Anxiety through Preparation and Experience, was a masterclass series for the high schoolers at Woodland Hills used to help prepare them to the best of their ability for their upcoming spring musical auditions. Whenever she can, Leah continues to be a part of the vast Woodland Hills alumni community and the Woodland Hills Performing Arts Guild and has performed in their annual Alumni Cabaret, as well as 48-hour alumni musicals that raise money for the performing arts department and the next generation of Woodland Hills students. Most recently, she Choreographed the 2024 alumni production of The Rocky Horror Show and performed the role of Columbia.