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Tag: Venus Theatre

Alum Cecilia Copeland News: Published Plays, Howlround, Awards & Productions

  • February 13, 2014
  • by rpdolan
  • · Awards · Events · New York · News · Productions

OU Alum Cecilia Copeland has been very busy in New York.

She was named a “Person of the Year” for 2013 by Indie Theatre Now!  OU MFA Playwright, Qui Nguyen, also held this distinction in 2004.  (Link to Indie Theatre Now Announcement.)
Indie Theater Now has also published her play “Light of Night,” and it’s available to purchase. Other plays by OU Playwrights available on Indie Theater Now include: Jeni Mahoney and Qui Nguyen.
“Light of Night” will also be produced by Venus Theatre in Laurel, MD this coming spring.  It is the second production of this play that was first penned at OU and the first regional production.  (Youtube Promo Video.)
NoPassport’s 30/30 Scheme will have Cecilia’s play, “Tiene Duende (It Has Soul)” Read on March 31 in Texas, and it’s directed by OU MFA Director Vanessa Mercado-Taylor. ( Interview with NoPassport Press.)
Cecilia Copeland’s play, “Light of Night” was named one of the 101 Plays by the New Americas, Latino Plays in the American Cannon you should know on HowlRound, by Tlaloc Rivas. (HowRound Article.)
Her article “Contradiction & Compromise: My Uncle & The Next Time” was published in HowlRound in conjunction with her play, “The Next Time” in the Gun Control Plays Collection.  (HowlRound Article.)
She was Interviewed and Featured in the Huffington Post for her play, “The Next Time” along with Neil LaBute, Caridad Svich and others.  (Link to Huffington Post Article.)
Congrats Cecilia!

 

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