SEEN & HEARD ON:
Thinking Cap Comedy
Stand-Up at Its Finest
Smart, sexy, savvy, and funny, Leighann Lord’s "heads up humor" is stand-up comedy at it’s finest. Inspired by the brilliance of George Carlin, the smooth jazz style of Franklyn Ajaye, and the elegance of Rita Rudner, Leighann has crafted her own unique brand of Thinking Cap Comedy. It’s no wonder she received the NYC Black Comedy Award for "The Most Thought Provoking Black Female Comic."
A New York City native who’s entertained around the world, Leighann Lord’s stand-up style is not urban; it’s urbane. She has performed for audiences in North America, Europe, the Carribean and for U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Leighann is a regular on the Fox News online show, The Strategy Room, where she gives her informed and funny take on politics, world news and current events. Her popular weekly humor column, Leighann Lord’s Comic Perspective is featured on StageTimeMagazine. She is also a frequent contributor to FoxNew.com’s Team Washington Blog and The Huffington Post.
Leighann is heard often on XM Sirius Satellite Radio and has appeared on numerous stand-up comedy shows including Girls Night Out (Lifetime), The Original Def Comedy All Star Jam (HBO), The View (ABC), Premium Blend (Comedy Central), The World Stands Up (Comedy Central) and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. It’s not hard to see why Improper Magazine named Leighann Lord one of New York’s 10 Hottest Comics. Her web site, VeryFunnyLady.com, says it all! DOWNLOAD_THIS_BIO_NOW.pdf
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TV APPEARANCES
ABC’s The View
Apollo Comedy Hour
The Charlie Rose Show, PBS
Premium Blend, Comedy Central
The World Stands Up, Comedy Central
Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen
Def Comedy All Star Jam (The Original)
Good Morning America
Gospel Music Channel HA! Comedy
Lifetime’s Girls' Night Out
NBC’s Comedy Showcase
New Joke City with Robert Klein
SiTV: Comic Quickies
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
VH1Stand-Up Spotlight
VH1's 40 Most Shocking Hair Moments
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Bob & Tom
National Public Radio
Star Talk Radio
Strategy Room, Fox News.com
INTERNATIONAL TV SHOWS
Blouse & Skirt, United Kingdom
The Comedy Factory, The Netherlands
Raymaan is Laat! (Rayman is Late!), The Netherlands
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
AUDELCO Award Nominee – Best Solo Show
Best Actress – Riant Theatre Play Festival
CaB Magazine’s Promising Comedic Personalities
Harlem Week (Official Comedian)
Hilarious Housewives Contest Winner, ABC’s The View
Key to the City of Savannah
Ladies of Laughter Runner Up
(Mary Jo Comedy Show Award)
NYC Black Comedy Award: The Most Thought Provoking Black Female Comic
NY’s 10 Hot Comics (Improper Magazine)
COMEDY FESTIVALS
Black Comedy Experiment
Boston Comedy Festival
Detroit International Comedy Festival
Halifax Comedy Festival
Harlem Meer Performance Festival
International Laugh Festival, Trinidad
Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival
Long Island Comedy Festival
Marshall’s Women in Comedy Festival
NYC Underground Comedy Festival
Toyota Comedy Festival
Winnipeg Comedy Festival
OPENED FOR
Bobby Collins
Bobby Slayton
Brian Regan
Chris Rock
David Allan Grier
D.L. Hughley
George Wallace
Joey Kola
Kathy Ladman
Margaret Cho
Paul Mooney
Susie Essman
The Commodores
Tommy Davidson
COMEDY CLUBS
Acme Comedy Club, Mpls., MN
Bananas Comedy Club, NJ, NY
The Borgata, Atlantic City
The Brokerage Comedy Cabaret, NY Caroline’s, NYC
Charlie Goodnight’s, Raleigh, NC
Comedy Cabaret
Funny Bone, Pittsburgh, Omaha
The Comedy Store, London
Gotham Comedy Club
Governor’s Comedy Club, NY
Hilarities Comedy Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Ice House, Pasadena, CA
Laugh Factory, NYC
Laugh Lounge, NYC
Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, Detroit, MI
Morty’s Comedy Joint, IN
New York Comedy Club, NYC
Rascals Comedy Club, NJ
The Stress Factory, NJ
The Tree House, CT
The Triad
Times Square Arts Center
Wise Cracker’s Comedy Club, PA
Wise Guys, Syracuse, NY
The World Famous Comic Strip, NYC
Zanies, Chicago, IL
CORPORATE SHOWS
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Carnival Cruise Lines
Colgate
First Night Lake Placid
First Night Mobile
First Night Newark
Food & Drug Administration
Ford Motors
The Greenhouse Destination Spa
Merck
Panasonic
GOVERNMENT SHOWS
Armed Forces Entertainment
(Operation Enduring Freedom)
Food & Drug Administration
Queens Borough Public Library
NOT FOR PROFIT SHOWS
American Cancer Society, NY
Armed Forces Entertainment, Middle East
Bobbi & The Strays
CASA of NJ
Comic Relief for Kids, NJ
Community Mental Health Assoc., PA
Concerned Women of Brooklyn, NY
Dress for Success
Harlem Week, NYC
Intl. African Arts Festival, Brooklyn NY
Make A Wish Foundation, Boston, MA
Kiwanis Club, Queens, NY
Mutual Housing Association, CT
NY Women in Communication, NYC
Relay For Life, CT, NYC
Ronald McDonald House, CT
Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, NYC
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., National
The Three Tomatoes, NYC
United Nurses & Allied Professionals, RI
We Care, NYC
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical
Leadership, NYC
Women’s Way, PA
YWCA - Hartford & Topeka, KS
Zonta, NJ
CHURCHS
Christ Church, Montclair, NJ
Concord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY
Dix Hills Evangelical Free Church, NY
Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD
Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Harlem
St. Clement Pope Church, Queens, NY
THEATERS
Aaron Davis Hall, Harlem, NY
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
The Billie Holiday Theater, Brooklyn, NY
The Black Spectrum Theater, Queens, NY
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, NY
The Johnny Carson Theater, Lincoln, NE
National Comedy Theater, NYC
The New Candlelight Theatre, DE
The Pantages Theatre, Winnipeg, CAN
The Palace Theater, Troy, NY
Pax Amicus Castle, Budd Lake, NJ
Sage Theater, NYC
Seven Angels Theater, Waterbury, CT
Theater Three, Port Jefferson, NY
Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
Westchester Broadway Theater, Elmsford, NY
COLLEGES
Agnes Scott College (3)
Augusta State University
Austin Peay State University
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Bainbridge College
Bowdoin College
Bridgewater College
Bucknell University
Cayuga Community College Christopher Newport University
College of Charleston
College of William & Mary
Culinary Institute of America
East Tennessee State Univ.(2)
Eastern Connecticut State Univ.
Ferrum College
Finger Lakes Community College
Florida Atlantic Univ/Davie (2)
Florida International Univ./South
Fordham Univ./Lincoln Center
Georgia College & State Univ.
Hamilton College
Harcum College
Harvard University
Herkimer County Comm. College
Iona College
Ithica College
Illinois State University
Jacksonville University
Johnson & Wales University
Lenoir - Rhyne College
Lane College
Miami Dade Community
College/Kendall
Mount Saint Mary College
Muhlenberg College
Muskingum College
Middle Tennessee State Univ.
Mount Saint Mary College
Mount Union College
Muhlenberg College
Muskingum College
Newberry College
New Jersey Institute of Tech.
Olivet College
Penn State University/Behrend
Penn State University/Berks
Penn State University/Capital
Penn State University/Fayette
Penn State Univ/McKeesport
Penn State Univ./Mont Alto
Penn State University/Schuylkill
Penn State University/Shenango
Penn State University/York
Pratt Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Russell Sage College
Rutgers Univ./Camden Campus
Saint John’s University/SI
Saint Joseph’s College/Maine
Saint Peter’s College
Salisbury State University
Sienna College
Southwest Texas State University
SUNY/Brockport
SUNY/Buffalo State College
SUNY/Institute of Tech. at Utica
SUNY/Oneonta
Texas A&M Univ./ Commerce
Tiffin University
Univ. of Alabama/Birmingham (2)
University of Arkansas
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
University of NM, Portales
Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte
Univ. of N. Carolina/Wilmington
University of Richmond
Univ. of South Carolina/Aiken
University of the South
University of Virginia
Ursinus College
Virginia Wesleyan College
Wesleyan College
W. Virginia Univ. Inst. of Tech.
Winthrop University
Young Harris College