by Hillary DePiano | Jul 24, 2017 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
Here’s another one from the old mailbag about self-publishing a stage play… I recently read your article about self-publishing and wanted to reach out and ask. I recently saw that several contests for schools require schools to perform one-act plays (under...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 13, 2017 | External Stimuli
There was drama in the world of Muppets this week. Steve Whitmire, the puppeteer that Jim Henson himself personally trained and picked to succeed him in the role of Kermit the Frog, one of two original Muppet performers left, is no longer with the Muppets. Kermit has...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 10, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Time is absolutely rocketing by and it is unacceptable. Baby is getting all big and stuff which is very rude when I want her to stay tiny and snuggly forever. But she said, “Mama” a week ago so I forgive her. The other one said just about every word in the...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 27, 2017 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I have a brand new play, The (Completely Inaccurate) Legend of the Mummy Witch House, which has just officially been published by Playscripts. You can read the play for free*, purchase scripts or license productions here. It’s a short, very silly,...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 6, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
I was going to make the title of this post a play on May Day and then fell into a Wikipedia hole about May Day, the spring holiday, vs MayDay, the distress signal, and barely escaped so that’s why you got a boring title instead. The fact that it is already June...