About
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 work includes commissions from Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dramatic Publishing, TYA/USA National BIPOC Superhero project and Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Her plays have been developed at Ojai Playwrights Conference, SparkFest, Chautauqua Institute, Purple Crayon Players at Northwestern University, NYU Steinhardt and Native Voices at the Autry and have been produced at Atlantic Theater, Chicago’s Filament Theater, Arena Stage and in theaters across the Hawaiian islands. She was a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill award. Her play Home of the Brave has been performed by school children around the country.
She writes plays for children as well as general audiences, and has written for digital theater and television. Many of her plays are about people and things that are not easy to love, and the magic found in everyday life. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside. She is of Native Hawaiian descent and lives in Honolulu.
