by Hillary DePiano | May 27, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Back in this post, I mused about the nature of sequels in the theatre and when, if ever, do they work. Believe it or not, this wasn’t just a random rant. It’s actually something I’ve been struggling with several years now. See, in my play, The Love of...
by Hillary DePiano | May 25, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
Someone brought this great review of The Love of Three Oranges to my attention and, while the whole thing is both raving and well written, I especially loved the last line from the reviewer: “The Episcopal Academy Domino Club proved that audiences...
by Hillary DePiano | May 19, 2013 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, Playwriting and Theatre
I’m not going to lie to you guys, I wrote a sequel to Guys and Dolls in high school. It will never see the light of day because it’s terrible but I wrote it because I wanted to see more of those characters and see where they ended up after the curtain fell. I guess...
by Hillary DePiano | May 13, 2013 | External Stimuli, Personally...
When I was very little, my mother was trying to take a nap and I wanted her to play with me. She tried to explain to me that she was very tired and needed some rest and I stood in the doorway of her bedroom and responded, “You can sleep when you’re in...
by Hillary DePiano | May 7, 2013 | Personally...
Back on April 12th, Long Suffering Husband came home sick. Four days later, I had it. It was one of those really cruddy head/chest colds. We were both completely miserable, coughing, junk in our lungs, stuffed nose, stuffed head, etc. I couldn’t take any...