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"Copeland’s writing is sharp and effective... an inspiration to playwrights everywhere." 5 Stars DC Metro Arts
"An engaging interplanetary cross-genre story that’s only just getting started." - Kirkus Reviews
"If you’re searching for a book that not only entertains but challenges, this is a must-read." - Literary Titan

Writer 
Founding Artistic Director NYMadness

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CECILIA COPELAND is a Midwestern, Latin-American, Israeli, Non-Princess and legal resident of Australia who chooses to live in her adopted home, New York.
She climbed Masada at five years old, studied classical ballet and martial arts, was a dancer for MTV and owned her own cafe.  She wrote her first short story in kindergarten about a snowflake, her first poem about hating vacuum cleaners, and in 1999 she wrote her first futuristic sci-fi short film about a female bomber blowing up amusement parks brought down by a female cop. That script won her a SPECIAL EFFECTS GRANT from METRO SCREEN AUSTRALIA and answered the nagging call of uncertainty over her life's path. She is still writing sci-fi-horror-fantasy and strong female protagonists all these years later. 

​Copeland is an Alumna of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa BA with Honors and a Minor in Dance and the Ohio University MFA. She graduated from Stella Adler Studio in NY where she was invited back to teach Playscript Analysis for Actors. 
 

Copeland is an Athena List Finalist with THE COPELAND CASE, a Member of the New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), an inductee into the INDIE THEATER HALL OF FAME, WINNER BEST DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY Female Eye Film Festival, BEST TV PILOT La Femme Int. Film Festival, VAN GOGH AWARD Amsterdam Film Festival, BEST DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY Queen Palm Film Festival, and a National New Play Network Featured Writer among others.



​"An engaging interplanetary cross-genre story that’s only just getting started." - Kirkus Reviews
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PUBLISHING NEWS: TALTRIX WINS LITERARY TITAN BOOK AWARD
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The Literary Titan Book Award honors books that exhibit exceptional storytelling and creativity. This award celebrates novelists who craft compelling narratives, create memorable characters, and weave stories that captivate readers. The recipients are writers who excel in their ability to blend imagination with literary skill, creating worlds that enchant and narratives that linger long after the final page is turned.

TALTRIX BOOK ONE SURVIVING THE GAUNTLET joins an illustrious list of novels to be recognized. In addition to receiving the Literary Titan Book Award, TALTRIX holds a 5 STAR Rating on Amazon and Reader's Favorite. 

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TALTRIX BOOK 1 SURVIVING THE GAUNTLET
by Cecilia Copeland
Now available in Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook. 

​Paperback edition $25.99
Kindle $2.99
​Audiobook $21.99

​Audiobook will be available in July 2024.
Paperback, Kindle, & Audiobook

NEWS: FILM & TV

13th ST SCARE
WINNER
Toronto Int. Women Film Festival
FINALIST
Oaxaca FilmFest PitchFest
SEMI-FINALIST
Renegade Film Festival
SEMI-FINALIST
NYC Horror Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
HorrorHaus Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Hollywood Horrfest
Underground Indie Film Festival
QUATER FINALIST
Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition
SEMI-FINALIST
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards
SEMI-FINALIST
Renegade Film Festival


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THE COPELAND CASE named FINALIST for the ATHENA LIST 
ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL 2023


​Based on the true story of the Copeland Kidnappings. 

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More Film Success

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TALTRIX named FINALIST for GISFSA
Geneva International Science in Fiction Screenplay Awards

Logline: In 5514, ​RT, begins her first day at TALTRIX University and must navigate the politics that tore apart her world, while learning to control her powers to prep for her gauntlet run on Keplar Neptune. When her criminal father rigs the gauntlet against her, surviving proves him right but failing means death.

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WINNER BEST TV PILOT
TALTRIX
by Cecilia Copeland


LA Femme International Film Festival

LOGLINE: Clara is an intern at 13th St. Scare Theater where she is offered the role of a lifetime, but the starring part comes with a permanent pair of fangs.


In the long tradition of vampire legends, 13th Street Scare is a combination of old lore with a modern twist. The seductive vampiress, Stella who leads The 13th St Scare Theater was cursed to darkness in 576 BC. Now that Stella lives in the new world, she takes on a fresh crop of interns each year hoping to find the best, brightest, most brutal and beautiful. Clara dreams of being a star, but in order to achieve her dreams it will cost more than just her talent and dedication. Stella demands her eternal soul.​

Cecilia Copeland Named
​National New Play Network Featured Writer!


​​THE COPELAND CASE

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by Cecilia Copeland
Based on the true story of the Copeland kidnappings, origins of the Uniform Child Custody Act.

WINNER BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE SCREENPLAY
FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL

QUEEN SUPREME WINNER
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT QUEEN PALM INT FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER VAN GOGH AWARD BEST FIRST TIME WRITER
​AMSTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL

FINALIST SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL
SIDEWRITE
​SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

FINALIST INROADS SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP
FINALIST FILMMATIC DRAMA SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
FINALIST THE GREAT AMERICAN SCRIPT CONTEST
​FINALIST SCREENCRAFT PUBLIC DOMAIN COMPETITION

WINNER PINNACLE FILM AWARDS​
FINALIST LA LIVE FILM FESTIVAL


FOR MORE INFO GO TO COPELAND CASE PAGE IN HEADER


TALTRIX
by Cecilia Copeland
Sci-Fi TV Pilot Script
WINNER BEST TV PILOT
LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL


SEMIFINALIST CREATIVE WORLD AWARDS
WINNER PRESENTED BY NYWIFT
New York Women and TV (NEW WORKS LAB)

SEMI-FINALIST NEXT TV WRITING & PITCH COMPETITION
QUARTER FINALIST SCREEN CRAFT SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP
QUARTER FINALIST MADE IN NY FELLOWSHIP
FINALIST LA INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
WILDSOUND FESTIVAL (BEST SCENE TV SHOW)


ROADMAP WRITERS ROADMAP AUTHORS

Cecilia Copeland's novel THE GAUNTLET
(bases for her award winning TV Pilot TALTRIX)
has been selected for ROADMAP AUTHORS
TOP TIER Writers On the Verge
​Run by Selene Castrovilla





INDIAN BILLY ICE
by Jerry Ice
Script Contributor
​Cecilia Copeland

WINNER BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY LA LIVE FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY EIFA AWARDS 
WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY LOS ANGELES FILM AWARDS
WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY PINNACLE AWARDS
WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY ROYAL WOLF FILM AWARDS
FINALIST BEST SCREENPLAY MOONDANCE INT. FILM FESTIVAL
​FINALIST IMAGINARIUM AWARD
FIRST RUNNER UP BEST SCREENPLAY SNOWDANCE FILM AWARDS
OFFICIAL SELECTION QUEEN PALM


The story of a real life American Hero....
Forest Gump meets Last of the Mohicans. 

More script information available HERE

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United Solo Fest
WINNER BEST PREMIERE

ONE WOMAN
by Cecilia Copeland
directed by Joan Kane
​PRODUCED BY EGO ACTUS (photos and info available at link)


​STARRING POOYA MOHSENI


Description
​We are virgins or whores, good or bad, cis or trans. If you're good you have to dress like it, act like it, and you better not swear or have sex! If you're bad, then you deserve every bad thing that happens to you! Choosing which kind of woman to be is the precarious path women walk before seeing we are all One Woman.


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THE NEXT TIME
by Cecilia Copeland
Published in
24 Gun Control Plays
Available on Amazon

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 (Download Resume)

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Photo by Emily Lerer




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Participating in Write Out Front in the Drama Bookshop in Times Sq. Featured in the NYTimes and Time Out.



Contact details: ceciliacopeland(at)gmail.com

Audio Excerpt: Light of Night Produced by Necessary Exposure

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Featuring Cecilia Copeland as Isabelle and
Jody Christopherson as Stephanie 

Directed and Designed by Natalie Johnsonius Neubert

Excerpt Available Here on ITunes
Excerpt Available Here on Soundcloud

From BroadwayWorld.com
The lack of gender diversity in American theatre has been a controversial topic for decades. While non-profit Off-Broadway companies have seen a steady rise in the number of plays produced that are written by women, there is a definite lack of equal representation in commercial Broadway.

A new art installation at Dixon Place, NECESSARY EXPOSURE: THE FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT PROJECT, aims to bring visibility to playwrights who identify as female in a series of portrait and sound installations created by Jody Christopherson, with sound design by
Natalie Johnsonius Neubert
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Video: Inside by Cecilia Copeland, Directed by Leta Trembly 
Produced by Caps Lock Theatre