Fernanda Coppel
Born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Fernanda Coppel moved to New York to pursue an MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU on a full scholarship and received the University’s John Holden Playwriting Award upon ... Read more
Born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Fernanda Coppel moved to New York to pursue an MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU on a full scholarship and received the University’s John Holden Playwriting Award upon graduation. Shortly after, Fernanda was accepted into the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellowship Program at The Juilliard School. Her play King Liz received its world premiere at Second Stage Theatre in an acclaimed, extended run over the summer of 2015, and her professional NY debut, Chimichangas and Zoloft, premiered at Atlantic Theater Company in 2012.