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Lee Cataluna

LEE CATALUNA  

 Nationality:    Asian American
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Keables Chair holder Lee Cataluna brings a writing voice to Iolani School that is, in Horace's words, non audita prius (not heard before). In addition to being a short story writer, a Dramatist and playwright, Ms. Cataluna is probably best known to the general public for her thrice weekly column for The Honolulu advertiser. Born on Maui and raised in plantation houses in Wailuku, Koloa and Ka'u, she is keiki o ka aina ha'aheo (proud child of the land) who matriculated at Baldwin High School before graduating magna cum laude from the University of the Pacific in Stockton California in 1988, majoring in Psychology and Dance. In 1999, the University named her a Distinguished Young alumna of the University. Following a notable 10 year career in local television and radio, Ms. Cataluna became a columnist for The Honolulu advertiser in 2000. Her column covers all aspects of modern life, from altruism to political commentary, from real biography to Sonny from Kapolei. Her writing is disciplined and coherent, purposeful and coordinated and is marked by common sense and clear analysis with an underlying sympathy and a wry, satiric yet mature humor. Ms. Cataluna brings these same qualities to her Dramatic writing. She has studied playwriting with Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, Y York and at the David Henry Hwang Playwriting Institute at the East West Players in Los Angeles. She is a 2004 winner of the Cades award for Literature for her body of work. Her favorite stories, both fiction and non-fiction, are about ordinary people struggling to live lives of dignity and purpose..
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below is a list of Lee Cataluna's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Da Maya         Folks You Meet In Longs         Half Dozen Long Stem         Super Secret Squad         Ulua: The Musical

Da Maya

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When Da Mayah debuted at Kumu in 1998, it broke box office records, drew rave reviews and inaugurated for playwright Lee Cataluna the creation of what would become a string of hit comedies. Now Da Mayah is back in all its wacky hilarity. The newly-elected mayor of Hilo, Lester Perez (campaign slogan: "Do What He Sez!"), is not too bright, but his administrative assistant, second in command and mistress Sandralene Leialoha Ferreira, manages fairly successfully to keep him from making a complete fool of himself. When Lester is blackmailed by a childhood friend, Derek Pang, Sandy enlists the aid of her gangster cousin Dukie and his hit man Stanton, who has "a rap sheet thicker than the Bible" and a crush on Sandy. The action takes us from the mayor's office to Jazzmin's Karaoke Bar and Washerette ("Karaoke solo $1.50, duet $4.00"), bringing to play assassination attempts, betrayals and bad plate lunches.
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Kumu Kahua    1998

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Folks You Meet In Longs

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In a series of sometimes comic, sometimes somber monologues set inside a Hawai'i Longs Drug Store, Cataluna continues her theatrical exploration of the human condition with an emphasis on local color. Customers and employees alike take turns onstage discussing everything from product purchases to boyfriends and girlfriends, abusive spouses and mortal enemies. Some two dozen characters, including Verna ("Waipahu's answer to Martha Stewart"), Rhondalei alvarado, Rogelio "D.J. Stankmaster" Cabingabang, Crazy aunt Cookie, Officer Wolverton Kahaunaele and Uncle Choochie Nawai, tend inadvertently to reveal their own personalities while discussing the character flaws of others-all against the backdrop of Hawaii's preferred shopping destination. as character Cheryl Moana Marie Sakata says, This is my whole life. This is the rest of my life. Zippys, Foodland, Longs.
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Kuma Kahua    2003

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Half Dozen Long Stem

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Local Hawaiian humor in a Honolulu lei and flower shop.
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East West Players, La: Paper Or Plastic    1999

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Super Secret Squad

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a comedy focussing on five University of Hawaii students who question the deeds of bureaucrats who banish the name "Rainbows" from UH athletics and turn the Duke Kahanamoku statue in Waikiki away from the ocean. In trying to make things right again, the students find their pranks get them into serious trouble.
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Kuma Kahua    2002

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Ulua: The Musical

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With book and lyrics by Lee Cataluna and music by Sean T. C. O'Malley Ulua deals with life, love, and fishing on Maui. Local boy Kayden asiu leaves his job, his Soloflex, and his fiancee Lylas on O`ahu to explore life's options on Maui. Butchie and Clyson, two co-workers, introduce him to the joys of all-night ulua fishing. But Lylas follows him to Maui, Butchie's fiancee gets upset, and eventually the women follow their men to the ulua, and the sea. First staged by Kumu in 1999, this musical comedy comes to the intimate KKT stage for the first time. Ulua: The Musical opens in January 2006.
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