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When am I going to write a follow-up to The Love of Three Oranges, you ask?

When am I going to write a follow-up to The Love of Three Oranges, you ask?

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...
Reviewers say, consider The Love of Three Oranges, even though you’ve never heard of it

Reviewers say, consider The Love of Three Oranges, even though you’ve never heard of it

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...
Why aren’t there more stage plays with sequels and prequels?

Why aren’t there more stage plays with sequels and prequels?

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...
“You can sleep when you’re in heaven.”

“You can sleep when you’re in heaven.”

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...
The “Super Cold” and a lesson about life

The “Super Cold” and a lesson about life

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...

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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.

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