Chimichangas and Zoloft
by Fernanda Coppel

"Ms. Coppel, a young playwright with an intriguing comic voice, has built the play quite neatly, and her two-person scenes have the snap of very good sketch work."

— New York Times

"Coppel, a clever writer, flavors her characters' conversations with humor or sarcasm as well as genuine emotion. She has smart things to say about parenting, love and communication, and definitely knows how to create theatrical tension. Serious social issues like homosexuality, teen pregnancy, and use and abuse of both recreational and prescription drugs come in for their share of laughs, but worthwhile points are made about the need for love and understanding amid the complexities of modern life."

— Associated Press

"There is something refreshing about the young playwright Fernanda Coppel's approach, informed as much by the Latino culture she writes through as by the questions she addresses about parenting and sexuality."

— The New Yorker

"The Mexican-American writer, only 26, brings lively energy and a couple of nice twists to situations we've seen a million times before. She treats all her characters, no matter their faults, with sympathy. And refreshingly, the show takes place in a milieu we rarely see on local stages: Mexican-American middle-class families in LA."

— New York Post

"Fernanda Coppel writes with the whip-smart humor and world-weary disdain of a 16-year-old schoolgirl, which is precisely the persona she adopts for Chimichangas and Zoloft, her raunchy domestic comedy about how two best friends deal with their parents’ massive mid-life crises... walks that fine line between the characters’ outrageous comic dilemmas and the messy but honest emotions underlying their coarse and infantile behavior."

— Variety