A veteran of experimental and feminist theatre as an actor and director, Leanna is also a playwright and member of the Northampton Playwrights' Lab, a producing company of professional playwrights in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Plays

The In-Between, an existential comedy about family secrets, art, and the afterlife (first public reading April 26, 2026 at the Northampton Arts Trust Workroom Theatre)

New Soul, a two-act drama about adoption, race, and motherhood that alternates between 1960s Paris and the present day in Boston (Silverthorne Theatre, Play by Play Festival)

Grimm Women, a one-act feminist play in monologues that retells three classic fairy tales from the witches and stepmothers’ point of view (Play by Play Festival)

Curtain Call, a two-act drama about the backstage lives of aging Shakespearean actors (Unicorn Theater/Berkshire Theatre Group, Play by Play Festival)

The Wendy Chronicles, a devised theater piece based on work of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, commissioned by Mount Holyoke College (Rooke Theatre)

TKO I, II, III, IV, autobiographical ensemble plays developed with teen addicts in recovery, which toured high schools and community centers throughout California

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