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The comedy of a well placed marching band

The comedy of a well placed marching band

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 20, 2013 | External Stimuli, Uncategorized

I wrote The Love of Three Oranges as part of my honors thesis on comedy my senior year of college. As you could imagine, I spent a lot of time doing research on comedy that year and my friends had all heard me go on about it at one point or another. I tried to resist...
Celebrating over 100 productions of The Love of Three Oranges

Celebrating over 100 productions of The Love of Three Oranges

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 3, 2013 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

People often ask how different writing prose is from stage plays and, to me, the biggest difference is what happens once they are finished. Whenever you finish any writing and publish it, it goes out into the world without you and that’s always a strange...
Polar Twilight featured for Middle School, High School and Community theaters in Playscripts 2013-2014 Play Catalog

Polar Twilight featured for Middle School, High School and Community theaters in Playscripts 2013-2014 Play Catalog

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 9, 2013 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

The 2013-2014 Playscripts Catalog will be coming to a subscriber’s mailbox near you soon but, in the meantime, you can grab an electronic copy right now here. Though Polar Twilight was actually released before the 2012-2013 catalog was released, it was out just...
Christmas in July: Happy 1st Birthday to Polar Twilight!

Christmas in July: Happy 1st Birthday to Polar Twilight!

by Hillary DePiano | Jul 17, 2013 | My Writing, Uncategorized

While it was sort of random that my Christmas play, Polar Twilight, was published in the middle of the summer, I will never forget its publication date. That’s because today is also my parent’s wedding anniversary! They were married on 7/17/71… How...
The Love of Three Oranges: just your typical “fairy tale on crack”

The Love of Three Oranges: just your typical “fairy tale on crack”

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...
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...
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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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