Atlantic Theater Company Opens CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT, 6/3

Atlantic Theater Company today announced the world premiere of Fernanda Coppel's new play CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT featuring Teddy Cañez, Zabryna Guevara, Alfredo Narciso, Xochitl Romero, and Carmen Zilles, directed by Jaime Castañeda.

CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT will begin previews Wednesday, May 23; officially open Sunday, June 3; and play a limited engagement through Sunday, June 24 off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street).

Suffering from a profound sense of disappointment after her 40^th birthday, Sonia (Guevara) flees her family and goes on a binge of prescription Zoloft and greasy chimichangas.  Sonia's rebellious daughter Jackie (Zilles) and her best friend Penelope (Romero) hatch a plan to lure Sonia back home, while their fathers (Cañez, Narcisco) struggle with a secret association of their own. This irreverent story examines the search for happiness and the mysteries of sexuality through the eyes of two brazen teenagers. 

Director Jaime Castañeda staged new plays by David Mamet and Edwin Sanchez for Atlantic's 10x25 play festival. He has directed for the Atlantic Theater Company, The Old Globe, American Theater Company, Summer Play Festival, Perseverance Theatre, INTAR, Ontological, Circle Theatre, and Amphibian Stage Productions. 

Fernanda Coppel's plays include Sinaloa Cowboy, Emma Zapata, Pussy, The Leak and That Douche Bag's Play. Her plays have been developed at Atlantic, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, INTAR Theatre, The Juilliard School, The Lark Development Center and at the Old Vic in London. She is a member of INTAR Theatre's Maria Irene Fornes Hispanic Playwright's Lab and is a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at The Juilliard School.

The design team for CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT will feature scenic design by Lauren Helpern, costume design by Jessica Wegener Shay, lighting design by Grant W.S. Yeager and sound design by Broken Chord. 

Teddy Cañez (Ricardo Martinez). New York: Post No Bills (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre); Nights Over Erzinga (The Lark Barebones); The Blessing of the Animals (Drama League); Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue (Page 73 Productions); Regional: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Hartford Stage); Mister Roberts, The Light of Excalibur (The Kennedy Center); Our Lady of 121st Street, Homebody/Kabul (Woolly Mammoth); The Comedy of Errors, Richard II, Don Carlos, Timon of Athens, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, King Lear (The Shakespeare Theatre); All's Well that Ends Well (The Folger Theatre) Film: Now You See Me, Untitled Noah Baumbach short, Mike Birbilgia's: Sleepwalk with Me (Winner of Best of NEXT Audience Award Sundance 2012), The Feed,Red Butterfly, Man with Van, Passing Harold Blumenthal, Pervertigo, Last Night at Angelo's, Independence, Enduro. Television Series: "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU," "Law & Order: C.I.," "Conviction," "The Wire," "The War That Made America," "Bar Karma," "How to Make it in America." Mr. Cañez is a member of HERO Theatre. 

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