"Uptown, and far more simple in scope at the Summer Smorgasbord at the Lamb's Theatre, audiences will find Margaret Gallo Copeland's one-woman show, My Fake IDs. Copeland, only 19, takes audiences on a whirlwind tour of her life to date, but what a life. It's already been filled with nannies of every possible background, a Southern father with a penchant for changing religions, and show-tune whistling mom from Staten Island. As Copeland unfurls her 60-minute biography, she plays each of these characters and a few more (including one terribly blonde school chum who mistakenly replaces 'deja vu' with 'rendezvous') with deft specificity in body language and accent.
Under Robert Ross Parker's careful direction, she never condescends to her characters (with perhaps the exception of the aforementioned school friend), but rather brings them to life with good humor and genuine warmth."
"Copeland's physical presence - a slight figure, wavy blonde hair, sparkling eyes, and a terribly ingratiating smile - might have something to do with her ability to charm as she tells of first crushes, squabbling siblings and such. More than her presence, though, it's the performer's willingness to depict herself with irony that makes IDs feel so compellingly intimate."
----American Theatre Web
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