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Stand-Up Comedy At Its Finest

Smart, sexy, savvy, funny! Leighann Lord has appeared on numerous stand-up comedy shows including Lifetime’s Girls Night Out, The Original HBO Def Comedy All Star Jam, ABC’s The View (where she won the Hilarious House Wives Contest), Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, The World Stands Up; Comics Unleashed and VH1's 40 Most Shocking Celebrity Hair Moments.

Leighann performed for U. S. troops stationed in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. She won the New York City Black Comedy Award for the Most Thought-Provoking Female Comic and Improper Magazine named Leighann one of New York’s 10 Hottest Comics.
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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
HBO Def Comedy All Star Jam (The Original)
Lifetime’s Girls' Night Out
NBC’s Comedy Showcase
New Joke City with Robert Klein
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
VH1Stand-Up Spotlight
VH1's 40 Most Shocking Hair Moments


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
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
The Borgata, Atlantic City
The Brokerage Comedy Cabaret, NY Caroline’s, NYC
Charlie Goodnight’s, Raleigh, NC
Comedy Cabaraet
The Comedy Store, London
Gotham Comedy Club
Governor’s Comedy Club, NY
Hilarities Comedy Theatre (Pickwick & Frolic), Cleveland, OH
Ice House, Pasadena, CA
Laugh Factory, NYC
Laugh Lounge, NYC
Morty’s Comedy Joint, IN
New York Comedy Club, NYC
Rascals Comedy Club, NJ
The Stress Factory, NJ
The Tree House, CT
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
Concerned Women of Brooklyn, NY
Dress For Success, NJ
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
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 & RELIGIOUS GROUPS
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 Johnny Carson Theater, Lincoln, NE
National Comedy Theater, NYC
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
Rutgers Univ./Camden Campus
Saint John’s University/SI
Saint Joseph’s College/Maine
Saint Peter’s College
Salisbury State University
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
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
Wesleyan College
W. Virginia Univ. Inst. of Tech.
Winthrop University
Young Harris College