by Hillary DePiano | Jun 8, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I don’t share every review of The Love of Three Oranges because there are just too many of them but, every now and then, one catches my eye and this one by Margaret McNamara may be my new favorite. It’s just peppered with jokes and references from the show...
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 | Apr 23, 2013 | In Their Words, My Writing, Uncategorized
Today, April 23rd, back in 1616 was the day that famed playwright William Shakespeare died.* To celebrate, here’s the famed Fakespeare scene from The Love of Three Oranges. CREONTA: Rope! My rope! Hang those two thieves by the neck until they are dead. THE ROPE:...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 27, 2013 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
As we discussed at length last week, Script Frenzy has been cancelled and I was annoyed but I’ve come to peace with it. But when one door closes, another opens and I’m excited to keep the Screnzy alive unofficially through Camp NaNoWriMo. But before we get...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
