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The Love of Three Oranges excerpts: Comedic scenes for drama or speech competitions, classrooms & forensics

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 9, 2011 | My Writing, Uncategorized

You want to perform Three Oranges in some kind of shortened setting, maybe a drama competition, classroom scene practice or 1-Act or scene festival. But where to begin? Let’s talk scenes. You could really use any single scene you wanted for drama class scene...

The Love of Three Oranges excerpts: Competition & classroom friendly comedic monologues

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 9, 2011 | My Writing, Uncategorized

I should have done a post on this ages ago because it’s long been a FAQ. You want to perform Three Oranges in some kind of shortened setting, maybe a drama competition, classroom scene practice or some kind of 1-Act or scene festival. But where to begin? To keep...
The Love of Three Oranges: the fairy tale that became a commedia dell arte scenario that became a play

The Love of Three Oranges: the fairy tale that became a commedia dell arte scenario that became a play

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 2, 2011 | My Writing, Uncategorized

For some reason, people always try to say that my play is based on the Sergei Prokofiev’s opera, The Love for Three Oranges (1919). It isn’t. Both my Three Oranges and his are based on the same source material: Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three...

What’s different in the new version of The Love of Three Oranges?

by Hillary DePiano | May 18, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

Now that the new version of The Love of Three Oranges is street legal, you may be wondering what the difference is between Oranges: Classic and Oranges: New Hotness. To start with, I’m going to let you in on a dirty little secret. There really isn’t any...
Did you know that 2011 is the 250th anniversary of Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three Oranges?

Did you know that 2011 is the 250th anniversary of Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three Oranges?

by Hillary DePiano | May 10, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

I’ve had “2011 is the year of the orange!” written on the dry erase board above my desk for 2 years now so I wouldn’t forget that 2011 marks the 250th anniversary of Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three Oranges, the commedia dell’arte...
The Love of Three Oranges is now available for purchase through Playscripts, Inc!

The Love of Three Oranges is now available for purchase through Playscripts, Inc!

by Hillary DePiano | May 5, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

The new revised edition of The Love of Three Oranges is now available for purchase over at Playscripts, Inc! While you’re over there, you can also see a (mostly) complete performance history of the show from 2004 to today and read almost the entire play for free...
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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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