Margaret Copeland, a native New Yorker, has received acclaim for her honest, fresh and humorous performances in Off-Broadway shows, Improv, Television and Stand UP Comedy. She studied theatre and creative writing at Baylor University and Acting for Film at the Yale University Film Institute. She trained at The Atlantic, Upright Citizens Brigade, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Weist Barron, and Gotham Writers.
At 19 she wrote and performed a comedic one woman show, “My Fake IDs”, Off-Braodway at the Lamb’s Theatre. She then toured “My Fake IDs” sharing her coming of age story with young audiences around the country. She continued with comedy as a member of the Guerilla Comedy Troupe at Baylor University.
Once back in NYC she began improv training at UCB, the Second City training program in NYC, and was a member of “A Slight Change of Pants”, an improv performance troupe. When dared to do Stand Up, she could not back down, and on receiving great feedback she continued to pursue Stand Up as another arena to perform comedy. She did a run of “An Error of the Moon” at the Beckett Theatre receiving great reviews for her portrayal of Edwin Booth’s wife, Mary.
Improvisation then led her to reoccurring roles on ABC’s Primetime series “What Would You Do?” She played various characters improvising scenes in public while hidden cameras were rolling to see how people would react.
Stay tuned for her next performance in “How To Be A New Yorker”, written by her and Stand Up Comedian, Kevin Doyle, opening July 2012.
At 19 she wrote and performed a comedic one woman show, “My Fake IDs”, Off-Braodway at the Lamb’s Theatre. She then toured “My Fake IDs” sharing her coming of age story with young audiences around the country. She continued with comedy as a member of the Guerilla Comedy Troupe at Baylor University.
Once back in NYC she began improv training at UCB, the Second City training program in NYC, and was a member of “A Slight Change of Pants”, an improv performance troupe. When dared to do Stand Up, she could not back down, and on receiving great feedback she continued to pursue Stand Up as another arena to perform comedy. She did a run of “An Error of the Moon” at the Beckett Theatre receiving great reviews for her portrayal of Edwin Booth’s wife, Mary.
Improvisation then led her to reoccurring roles on ABC’s Primetime series “What Would You Do?” She played various characters improvising scenes in public while hidden cameras were rolling to see how people would react.
Stay tuned for her next performance in “How To Be A New Yorker”, written by her and Stand Up Comedian, Kevin Doyle, opening July 2012.
