Upcoming: World Premiere Musical, Love Somebody Now (Music by Andrew Lippa)
Lyla recently made her Primetime TV debut in the latest season of Law & Order: SVU and just wrapped her two first feature films, The Next Play (2026) & Arman Taheri's Cuttlefish (2026). She's currently honing her craft studying Musical Theatre at NYU Tisch, New Studio on Broadway, where she's also double minoring in Classical Civilizations and The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology.
Growing up 5 minutes from Disney World, Lyla was always surrounded by live entertainment and made her professional stage debut as Annie at age 12. Since then, Lyla has worked at all the professional theaters throughout Central Florida, including the Orlando Shakes, Theatre South Playhouse, Garden Theatre, and Winter Park Playhouse’s OUTREACH program (for the 2nd time) bringing Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. to Title 1 schools throughout Central FL. Her performance as Nora in Just Like I Wanted at the Orlando International Fringe Festival earned her the "Best Leading Actress in a Musical" award from Breakthrough Theatre Company.
Beyond the stage and screen, Lyla is the Founder of the Nonprofit Organization letkidscreate.org. She recently published her children's book, I Want To Be On Stage, which, through the organization, is continuously distributed to young students in Title 1 schools in one of the largest school districts in the United States completely free!