Lester is an actor, writer and director whose works have been seen in New York, Los Angeles, regional theatre, film and television. His award-winning production, MORTAL COIL Voices from the Hospice, was inspired by his decade long experience as a hospice volunteer.
Lester’s tour-de-force performance
is a labor of love and respect, combining
rigorous honesty, profound compassion
and surprising humor. It conveys the gamut
of human emotion revealed in this intensely
personal stage of life.
one actor • thirteen characters • an infinite journey
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may
come when we have shuffled off that mortal
coil, must give us pause.” …Hamlet
MORTAL COIL offers a refreshing, non-
clinical window into a world rarely seen
by most but ultimately faced by all.
In a series of compelling
monologues, Lester Thomas
Shane presents a single night
on a hospice unit, portraying
thirteen characters: patients,
caregivers and staff, each
facing the challenges of life
in the midst of imminent death.
