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eBooks, printed books and the format details of selling a self-published stage play

eBooks, printed books and the format details of selling a self-published stage play

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 22, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

Should you publish your play as a printed book or eBook only? What formats should you use? What platforms? Dipping back into the mailbag today for another one of the questions I got on my big post about self-publishing a stage play.  Thanks for your helpful post on my...
Tips for getting a self-published play out there and produced

Tips for getting a self-published play out there and produced

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 17, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

Once you self-publish a play, how do you get it produced? That’s what we’re talking about with this question from the Mailbag. (In this series, I’m answering some of the questions I got in response to my big post about self-publishing a stage play.)...
Adapting Giambattista Basile’s The She Bear from The Tale of Tales

Adapting Giambattista Basile’s The She Bear from The Tale of Tales

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 26, 2016 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

Yes, siree, only the highest quality Photoshopping is good enough for my blog… If you thought The Revenant would have been better if Leonardo DiCaprio & the bear fell in love HAVE I GOT A PLAY FOR YOU! The second of my Tale of Tales plays is now available...
School friendly TYA plays by Hillary DePiano, a guide for drama teachers and other theatre educators

School friendly TYA plays by Hillary DePiano, a guide for drama teachers and other theatre educators

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 27, 2015 | Announcements, Evergreen, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre

The end of summer is coming up and teachers other educators are looking for plays to do in the coming school year. Many of my plays are school friendly, The Love of Three Oranges is even a bestseller for high school theatre, so here’s a quick overview of...
Adapting the Tale of Tales aka the Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile

Adapting the Tale of Tales aka the Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 11, 2015 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre

The follow up to my adaptation to The Green Bird was already well underway when I finished that project and, while I’ve referred to it generally a few times before, it’s time to really introduce you to my next adaptation.  In college, when I was working on...
Keep your writing on track and balance multiple projects with a simple project priority list

Keep your writing on track and balance multiple projects with a simple project priority list

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 16, 2015 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

One very simple writing tool I recently added to the mix was a dry erase board next to my computer monitor that’s a priority list of all my projects. The board used to be a list of every project I wanted to write someday and it took me until recently to realize...
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