"If you’re searching for a book that not only entertains but challenges, this is a must-read." - Gold Award, Literary Titan.
"An engaging interplanetary cross-genre story that's only just getting started." -Kirkus Reviews.
"This is one of those science fiction novels that fans of the genre simply cannot afford to miss." -Reader's Favorite
"An engaging interplanetary cross-genre story that's only just getting started." -Kirkus Reviews.
"This is one of those science fiction novels that fans of the genre simply cannot afford to miss." -Reader's Favorite
"Copeland’s writing is sharp and effective... an inspiration to playwrights everywhere." LIGHT OF NIGHT - 5 Stars DC Metro Arts
Rolling World Premiere IATI Theater and VENUS Theater
Rolling World Premiere IATI Theater and VENUS Theater
Writer
Founding Artistic Director NYMadness
CECILIA COPELAND is a Jewmanian (Jewtina, Latina via Panamá) Midwestern, American, Israeli, Non-Princess and Permanent 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 café. She wrote her first short story in preschool 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 Workshops at the University of Iowa BA with Honors and a Minor in Dance and Ohio University MFA. She graduated from Stella Adler Studio in New York where she was invited back to teach Playscript Analysis.
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 Theatre Hall of Fame and Person of the Year, WINNER BEST DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY Female Eye Film Festival (FEFF), OFFICIAL SELECTION HorrorHaus FF, BEST TV PILOT La Femme Int. Film Festival, BEST COMEDY TV PILOT Boom Productions, VAN GOGH AWARD Amsterdam Film Festival, BEST DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY Queen Palm Film Festival, and a National New Play Network Featured Writer among others.
She climbed Masada at five years old, studied classical ballet and martial arts, was a dancer for MTV and owned her own café. She wrote her first short story in preschool 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 Workshops at the University of Iowa BA with Honors and a Minor in Dance and Ohio University MFA. She graduated from Stella Adler Studio in New York where she was invited back to teach Playscript Analysis.
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 Theatre Hall of Fame and Person of the Year, WINNER BEST DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY Female Eye Film Festival (FEFF), OFFICIAL SELECTION HorrorHaus FF, BEST TV PILOT La Femme Int. Film Festival, BEST COMEDY TV PILOT Boom Productions, VAN GOGH AWARD Amsterdam Film Festival, BEST DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY Queen Palm Film Festival, and a National New Play Network Featured Writer among others.
PUBLISHING NEWS:
Taltrix (Book 1) Surviving the Gauntlet wins recognition
Taltrix (Book 1) Surviving the Gauntlet wins recognition
Two Plays by Cecilia Copeland are included in the following collections:
"The Next Time" in 24 Gun Control Plays was written in response to the Sandy Hook massacre of school children. The shooter's mother took her son to the range and made sure he was well-armed. The play is about safe gun storage and has been covered by HuffingtonPost, Wallstreet Journal, Washington Post (WaPo), and others. It is performed around the world along with the plays in the second collection.
"Where the Hope Goes" in the After Orlando collection was written following the Pulse nightclub shooting. Those plays including, "Where the Hope Goes" were staged in a political action in D.C. at the Arena in a massive protest
"The Next Time" in 24 Gun Control Plays was written in response to the Sandy Hook massacre of school children. The shooter's mother took her son to the range and made sure he was well-armed. The play is about safe gun storage and has been covered by HuffingtonPost, Wallstreet Journal, Washington Post (WaPo), and others. It is performed around the world along with the plays in the second collection.
"Where the Hope Goes" in the After Orlando collection was written following the Pulse nightclub shooting. Those plays including, "Where the Hope Goes" were staged in a political action in D.C. at the Arena in a massive protest
"13th St Scare"
(Unpublished Novel with Award-Winning Screenplay)
(Unpublished Novel with Award-Winning Screenplay)
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.
13th ST SCARE
WINNER
Toronto Int. Women Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Oaxaca FilmFest PitchFest
SEMI-FINALIST
Renegade Film Festival
SEMI-FINALIST
NYC Horror Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
HorrorHaus Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Hollywood Horrfest
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Underground Indie Film Festival
QUATER FINALIST
Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition
SEMI-FINALIST
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards
SEMI-FINALIST
Renegade Film Festival
More on TALTRIX the Award-Winning Book and Award-Winning TV Pilot (long arc)
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.
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.
TALTRIX (Book 1) SURVIVING THE GAUNTLET
by Cecilia Copeland
Now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target in Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook.
To order library copies, click image.
Paperback edition $25.99
Kindle $2.99
Audiobook $21.99 (Recommend you listen at 1.5 or 2.0 or if you're a fast listener 3.0)
by Cecilia Copeland
Now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target in Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook.
To order library copies, click image.
Paperback edition $25.99
Kindle $2.99
Audiobook $21.99 (Recommend you listen at 1.5 or 2.0 or if you're a fast listener 3.0)
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)
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)
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.
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.
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
(bases for her award winning TV Pilot TALTRIX)
has been selected for ROADMAP AUTHORS
TOP TIER Writers On the Verge
Run by Selene Castrovilla
ATHENA LIST FINALIST
THE COPELAND CASE
Cecilia Copeland Named
National New Play Network Featured Writer!
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United Solo Fest
WINNER BEST PREMIERE PRESENTED BY MICHAEL MOORE
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.
WINNER BEST PREMIERE PRESENTED BY MICHAEL MOORE
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.
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
(Download Resume)
Photo by Emily Lerer
Caption
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
Caption
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
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.
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.