bio

Leah Kayajanian has never wanted to do anything normal with her life. Moving to a small town in Oklahoma when she was eleven years old jumpstarted her odd imagination as a way of dealing with the boredom of dirt roads and uninteresting white people. Despite her penchant for making up weird stories, Leah’s early years were spent planning to become a pro football player, a pro baseball player, and an Oscar-winning actress for her role in the yet-unreleased action/drama, called Hurricane Blast, which she co-wrote with her gay best friend Scott.*

Leah’s obsession with stand-up started with the sitcom Seinfeld. Though her act differs greatly from Seinfeld’s everyday observational style, Leah fell in love with Jerry’s life as a comic. She became fascinated with Jerry’s freedom to enjoy the ridiculousness of the world and characters that surround him. Leah later designed her act in a way that made her the storyteller, the person who aptly relays the interactions she has with the interesting people she has met over the course of her life. Years after Seinfeld went off the air, Leah stepped on stage at the Loony Bin in Oklahoma City and immediately realized that it was home.

Leah Kayajanian’s act marries devil-may-care recklessness with a sick wit and a love for the absurd. Recently named the Funniest Person in Oklahoma City, Leah’s ability to tell engaging stories shines through most in her act; this ability comes naturally out of her background in fiction writing. Before she started performing, Leah wrote three novels, one of which, Learning to Run, is currently on the market and in consideration with several publishing house editors.

Though her background in fiction drastically influenced her ability to write for the stage, her anecdotal style, inspired by her off-color friends and skewed, yet optimistic perspective and the true-to-life ridiculous situations she gets into can pull any audience into the world she creates, a world where few would dare live. "My life is like watching a reality T.V. show get into a train wreck," Leah has said.

Music/art critic Danny Marroquin (Adequacy.net) has called Kayajanian "a natural storyteller, one who can charm you into the absurd." Joshua Boyston (Oklahoma Daily) called Kayajanian “remarkably fresh.” Leah looks to have a busy fall in 2010. In addition to her upcoming performances, the comedy label Robot Saves City will be releasing her full-length debut comedy album, Megatron Story 3000—Can I Call It That? In anticipation of the release, Marroquin said, "I'll probably laugh until I pass out, or offend someone with loud laughter."

*The only scene ever filmed for the movie Hurricane Blast consisted of Leah and Scott pointing at the camera, screaming “Hurricane!” and rolling down the tiny hill in Scott’s front yard.