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Leana is a first generation Filipina-American actor + singer. Leana was born and raised in California and relocated to New York City to attend Pace University and graduated in 2019 with her BFA in Musical Theatre.
Growing up, Leana had ambitions to attend West Point and continue a career in the military until her Junior Year of High School when her life took a complete 180. She traded her military ambitions and combat boots for artistic ones and has never looked back.
Credits: Katie/Annie Oakley in Rattlesnake Kate (World Premiere) at Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Mal in Descendants: One Act edition (Workshop); Michele in Romy and Michele (Workshop); Joanne in Rent (Paper Mill Playhouse); Namsoon Lee in Comfort Women (Off-Broadway).
Currently you can catch Leana making her Broadway debut in Merrily We Roll Along where she's in the ensemble and understudies Beth.
On this episode I talked with Leana about going to military school for six years, joining a dance conservatory during her sophomore year of school which led her to audition for a production of Hairspray and falling in love wi...