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Presenting Daddy Issues: a brand new one act drama from the author of The Love of Three Oranges

Presenting Daddy Issues: a brand new one act drama from the author of The Love of Three Oranges

by Hillary DePiano | Jul 4, 2011 | Announcements, Uncategorized

A young woman comes to terms with her relationship issues while facing the ghost of her past. So, I have some exciting news. At long last, I am pleased to announce that I have a new play coming out. Well, technically, it’s already out in eBook but the acting...

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 photos from Southhampton University Students’ Union

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

These are from a December 2010 production but they were only just sent to me so I thought you might like to check them out. Some really great stuff! 🙂 See the full website here. Click any photo below for the full sized version. Thank you to the cast and crew for...
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...
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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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