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Cape Cod Theatre Project

The Cape Cod Theatre Project brings together playwrights of new American plays with professional directors and actors—often straight from Broadway—for staged readings at Falmouth Academy each summer. This is an opportunity to experience the birth of an exciting new play before it moves on to major stages around the country.

2011 Season: Celebrating 17 years!

Four plays will be developed in July at The Cape Cod Theatre Project, culminating in three performances of each play as staged readings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. through the month of July at Falmouth Academy:

July 7, 8, 9
The Dark Pines by David West Read, Directed by Ian Morgan
A young pop star returns home to Canada after another stint in rehab, and finds that her family’s snowy cabin in the woods is no longer the safe haven she imagined.

July 14, 15, 16
23 Feet in 12 Minutes by Mari Brown, Director TBA
This is a one-woman tour-de-force that follows six real-life New Orleans characters whose lives were irrevocably changed by Hurricane Katrina. The raw and poignant stories that comprise this gripping documentary theater piece are based on over 60 interviews, which author Mari Brown and actress Deanna Pacelli conducted with Katrina survivors and New Orleans transplants between 2006 and 2010.

July 21, 22, 23
Pookie Goes Grenading by J.C. Lee, Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Pookie and her teenage gang of high school misfits are determined to make their movie a reality.  Once they become the center of a national terrorist manhunt, there’s no telling how far they’ll go in the name of art.

July 28, 29, 30
And When We Awoke There Was Light and Light by Laura Jacqmin, Director TBA
Katie has pledged to help her online pen pal David – a refugee from the LRA in Uganda – escape to the United States.  It’ll give her an edge with Harvard. But when she learns that her new friend hasn’t been completely honest about his past, she must decide whether to abandon her ideals or trust a veritable stranger.

Now in its 17th season, The Cape Cod Theatre Project has produced 58 plays, 31 going on to full productions in New York and at prestigious theaters across the U.S. The Cape Cod Theatre Project continues to contribute to the vitality of the American Theater through its reading series by focusing on developing plays with top caliber talent and an enormously supportive audience. Each performance is followed by lively discussions with the audience which contributes to the further development of the finest emerging playwrights in America.

For more information and to buy tickets, please visit the Cape Cod Theatre Project Web site.