AUDITIONS SET FOR KUMU KAHUA’S PRODUCTION OF Folks You Meet in Longs by Lee Cataluna

AUDITIONS SET FOR KUMU KAHUA’S PRODUCTION OF Folks You Meet in Longs by Lee Cataluna, directed by Alvin Chan.

Sunday, March 26 and Monday, March 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Kumu Kahua Theatre

From a lip gloss smacking hickey-necked teenager to a creepy uncle, a pickled-mango-craving hāpai mom and everything in between, Lee Cataluna's raucous collection of monologues highlights the wide and wild range of characters that frequent the aisles of Hawaiʻi's favorite drug store. This hit play premiered at Kumu Kahua in 2003 before becoming an award-winning book.

Sponsored in part by CVS and HMSA.

Auditions: Sunday and Monday March 26 and 27, 6:30-9:30 pm.
Possible Callbacks: Tuesday March 28 from 6:30-9:30 pm.

Rehearsals begin immediately.  Performances will be from May 25th - June 25th, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm. There will be a Saturday matinee performance on June 3rd at 2pm. There is the possibility of one week extension.

Director, Alvin Chan, is looking to cast 8 actors to play as an ensemble. Auditions will consist of movement exercises and cold readings from the script. Sides will be provided. Actors can prepare a monologue from the script if they desire to but it is not required.

You can read the script by CLICKING HERE.

Call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office 536-4222 or email officemanager@kumukahua.org  if you need more information.

​​Born on Maui and raised in Hawaii, Lee Cataluna’s stories reflect the cultural acuity of an island artist who grew up in an international crossroads. Her work is often uproariously funny, deeply emotional, and tightly wrought.

Her plays include commissions from Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Dramatic Publishing, Honolulu Theatre for Youth and San Francisco Playhouse. Her play Home of the Brave  has been produced in schools around the world, and her scripts have had dozens of performances in Hawaii. Her work has twice been supported by NEA grants.

She writes TYA plays as well as scripts for general audiences, and has written expressly for digital theater and television. She has worked on historically-based plays and theatrical pieces based on interviews. As a journalist, she writes a popular metro column in Honolulu. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside. She is of Native Hawaiian descent and lives in Honolulu.