ANNA LEA

Born

• February 22

Gender

• Female (uses they/she pronouns)

Occupation

• Musician

As Seen in Musical

• Roles: Penelope, Sirens in EPIC: The Musical

Biography

Anna Lea is a musician and vocalist who joined the EPIC cast in 2021 as Penelope. Since then, they have become more involved in music, releasing original work and lending their voice to various creative projects. Anna lives with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). They have also experienced anxiety, depression, and an unspecified trauma disorder, though they are more private about their mental health online.

Discography

Studio Albums

• Therapy (2024)

Extended Plays (EPs)

• The Dark Between the Stars (2024)

Trivia

• Anna uses they/she pronouns.

• Originally auditioned for Calypso before being cast as Penelope.

• During a trip to Ithaca to celebrate the release of The Ithaca Saga, their connecting flight was canceled midair due to weather.

  • Despite the delay, they made it to Greece and joined the cast.

  • They shared a humorous video of struggling to find the toilet, which was in a separate room from the rest of the bathroom.

• Anna has posted mini covers of every EPIC song and full covers of The Challenge and Would You Fall In Love With Me Again on their YouTube channel: musicalannalea.