Fernanda Coppel’s Off-Broadway Hit King Liz to Receive Showtime Adaptation

Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz, which made its world premiere off-Broadway earlier this summer, is to be adapted for the small screen. Deadline reports that Coppel will pen the Showtime half-hour dramedy herself.

King Liz follows Liz Rico, a sports agent who, despite money and an elite client roster, must work twice as hard to stay on top in an industry dominated by men. When Freddie Luna, a high school basketball star with a troubled past enters, she seizes the opportunity to skyrocket his career as well as her own.

Directed by Lisa Peterson, the Second Stage Theatre Uptown production officially opened at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on July 27 and starred Karen Pittman, Jeremie Harris, Michael Cullen, Russell G. Jones, Caroline Lagerfelt and Irene Sofia Lucio.