Falmouth, Massachusetts, July 15, 2022, The Cape Cod Theatre Project (CCTP) will present its final show of the 2022 season, A Good Day to Me Not to You by Noor Theatre Founding Artistic Director Lameece Issaq, who will also star in her solo piece. Fellow Noor Theater colleague and Noor Associate Artistic Director, Sivan Battat will direct. Three script-in-hand performances will be held on July 21st, 22nd, and 23rd at 7:30 pm ET at Falmouth Academy.
This is a fictional solo show based on many true things. A Good Day to Me Not to You follows a 40- something dental assistant who gets fired. She then moves into a women’s rooming house run by nuns. There she must ultimately come to terms with the untimely passing of her younger sister. She faces the consequences of her untaken path to motherhood. And all while fending off the verbal assaults of her unpredictable and sometimes deranged co-habitants. The play is developed at Theatre Aspen’s Solo Flights Festival and at NY Theatre Workshop.
Lameece Issaq is an actor and writer and won a Drama Desk Award (Stuff Happens, Public Theatre). She is the Founding Artistic Director for the Obie Award-winning Noor Theatre. A company dedicated to supporting, developing, and presenting the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern descent. Issaq recently appeared in Mike Mosallam’s critically acclaimed film Breaking Fast. She’s also appeared in regional and off-Broadway productions including The Black Eyed (New York Theatre Workshop). And Noor & Hadi Go to Hogwarts (Theater Breaking Through Barriers, Golden Thread Theater).
Issaq’s play, Food and Fadwa premiered off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop, and was praised by Variety as “stunning.” She also co-wrote the feature film Abe, directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade. It premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and starred Noah Schnapp of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
Director Sivan Battat is a theatre artist and community organizer. Battat has developed work with Roundabout Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Atlantic Theater Company, National Queer Theatre, and more. They work alongside Issaq as the Associate Artistic Director of Noor Theatre. Battat was a 2021/22 Directing Fellow at Roundabout Theatre Company and the Drama League Musical Directing Fellow. And a member of TCG’s Rising Leaders of Color Cohort. Their upcoming work includes the world premiere of Layalina (Goodman Theatre, Chicago). And CCTP Alum Will Arbery’s Pulitzer Finalist play, Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Studio Theatre, DC).
Individual tickets to the three script-in-hand performances are available for the cost of $25 (plus fees). A pre-recorded streaming of the July 21st performance, presented on July 23rd, will also be made available as a streaming ticket for $15 (plus fees). To purchase tickets and find more information, including our 2022 Covid-19 protocols, visit CCTP Website.
The Cape Cod Theatre Project’s distinctive and intimate process sets it apart from other developmental theater ventures. For four weekends in July, a new play is presented as an in-person, script-in-hand performance. It features professional actors from Broadway, film, and television at the Simon Center for the Arts at Falmouth Academy. Here, the development of the play is the goal, and performances include a post-show talkback. In which the audience’s thoughtful feedback for the playwright, director, and actors is welcome and encouraged.
About the Cape Cod Theatre Project
The Cape Cod Theatre Project began as an experiment between two actors in 1995. Andrew Polk and Jim Bracchitta sensed that Cape Cod offered the perfect sanctuary. A place for developing new work, combining an idyllic atmosphere with a community that enjoys and engages with the arts. Led by Artistic Director Hal Brooks since 2012, CCTP continues to support established and emerging voices in the American theater.
Each July, four playwrights are invited to develop new plays. They utilize a week of rehearsals with a director and actors that culminates in a series of readings and talkbacks. CCTP also offers a weekly, free, behind-the-scenes StageTalk discussion with the playwright and director. Plays fostered with Cape Cod Theatre Project have achieved great success. 77 of the 101 plays developed have been produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, at regional theaters, and internationally. Several have also been nominated for Pulitzers, Oscars, Tonys, Obies, and more.
2018 CCTP alum Will Arbery saw his Heroes of the Fourth Turning become a Pulitzer Finalist, and win Obie Awards. 2017 Writer-in-Residence Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me was also a Pulitzer Finalist. It is a Tony Nominee, and is currently on Amazon Prime. And Lucas Hnath’s Hillary and Clinton developed here in 2015, had a Broadway production starring Laurie Metcalfe and John Lithgow.
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