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  Lameece Issaq

LAMEECE ISSAQ


ACTOR / WRITER / PRODUCER
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"Picture a foodie, as talkative and as obsessed with EVOO as Rachael Ray, only Palestinian and living in Bethlehem, and you've got a bead on the title character of Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader's compelling new play Food and Fadwa." - New York Daily News

​Film

ABE
Full length feature film about a half Palestinian, half Israeli boy growing up in Brooklyn who uses his passion for cooking to bring his warring family members together. Starring Noah Schnapp, Mark Margolis and Seu Jorge. Directed by Fernando Andrade Grostein, and co-written with Jacob Kader.
​Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

plays

A GOOD DAY TO ME NOT TO YOU
Full length play, 1 woman
This solo play centers on a 40-whatever dental lab tech who gets fired, loses her apartment, and moves into St. Agnes Residence, a woman's rooming house run by nuns. While there, she must come to terms with her unfulfilled path to motherhood and waning fertility as well as the untimely death of her sister – all while fending off her unpredictable and sometimes deranged cohabitants.
FOOD AND FADWA
Full length play, 4 women, 3 men
A thirty-something single Palestinian woman living in Bethlehem pretends to have her own cooking show to cope with daily life in the West Bank. Co-created with Jacob Kader.
​English and Arabic versions available.
NOOHA'S LIST
Short play, 2 women
An Arab Muslim mother comforts her daughter Nooha through her first menstruation while contemplating a mysterious list of items. ​Part of the compilation play, "Motherhood Outloud."
NOOR AND HADI GO TO HOGWARTS
Short play, 1 man, 1 woman
Two kids in a bombed out house in Aleppo read Harry Potter while awaiting rescue. Commissioned by Theater Breaking Through Barriers.
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