Leviathan Lab Presents a Staged Reading of

THURSDAYS COME AT MORNING

By Lee Cataluna
With an original story and additional materials by Les J.N. Mau
Directed by John FitzGibbon
Starring Chris Chinn and Les J.N. Mau with Brian Tong
Stage Management by Mars Juno Bartolome Neri

Audience talkback led by CQ Quintana immediately following reading.

Official Selection, Ojai Playwrights Conference New Works Festival 2024; Finalist, Sparkfest 2024; Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference 2024; Semi-Finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2024.

ABOUT THE PLAY
Howard and Sam, two American Asian men in their 60s meet in a Honolulu cemetery, with Howard visiting the gravesite of his mother and Sam visiting the gravesite of his husband. They strike up a conversation and share their experiences as primary caregivers. Will it lead to a possible relationship? They still have love to give, but Howard is still the caregiver for his father and Sam is still grieving the loss of his husband. Are their best days behind them?

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Lee Cataluna’s plays include Heart Strings (Atlantic Theater, NYC; Filament Theatre, Chicago), Flowers of Hawaii (Native Voices workshop; Chautauqua Institute; University of Hawaii), and Home of the Brave (La Jolla Playhouse; Honolulu Theatre for Youth.) Current commissions include Emalani for Arena Stage, Super Aunty for the national BIPOC Superhero project, and Sons of Maui, which was a Eugene O’Neill 2023 finalist. Her work has been supported by NEA grants and the ReImagine TYA/USA grant. She was a member of the inaugural Oregon Shakespeare Festival Indigenous Playwrights Cohort and was part of the 2024 Ojai Playwrights Conference and 2025 SparkFest New Play Festival.

ABOUT LES J.N. MAU (“Howard” and Original Story & Additional Material) is a fourth-generation American, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii of Chinese descent. An actor in New York City for over 40 years, he has appeared in Off and Off-Off Broadway theatres and on the regional stage at Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, and Baltimore Center Stage among many others. He has also performed at the Young Vic, London, UK in Wild Swans, a play based on the autobiography of Jung Chang. He has appeared in numerous independent films and TV movies and many other television dramas filmed in New York City. He performed the role of “Howard” in THURSDAYS COME AT MORNING at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in 2024.

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