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Three Padded Walls goes Off Off Broadway at The Bridge Theater this February 20th – 21st

Three Padded Walls goes Off Off Broadway at The Bridge Theater this February 20th – 21st

by Hillary DePiano | Feb 9, 2016 | Announcements, Uncategorized

Three Padded Walls, a play I originally wrote in high school and rewrote last year, will be a part of Dimensions presented at The Bridge Theater on February 20th and February 21st. This is the first production of one of my shows in NYC since Columbia Prep did The Love...
The Green Bird (one-act version) is now available for productions and perusal

The Green Bird (one-act version) is now available for productions and perusal

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 28, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

I honestly didn’t think it was possible but I pulled it off! After finishing a big revision of The Green Bird at the very end of December, I spent the beginning of January chopping the two-hour full length play down to about half an hour. It was such an...
Synopsis & plot summary for Carlo Gozzi’s The Green Bird, as adapted by Hillary DePiano

Synopsis & plot summary for Carlo Gozzi’s The Green Bird, as adapted by Hillary DePiano

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 14, 2016 | Evergreen, My Writing, Uncategorized

There’s been a lot of traffic to this post, What’s different in Hillary DePiano’s adaptation of The Green Bird vs Carlo Gozzi’s commedia dell’arte original?, so I figured I’d do you one better and share the full synopsis. I had to...
“You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” -Hillary DePiano, New Year’s Thieve

“You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” -Hillary DePiano, New Year’s Thieve

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 4, 2016 | Evergreen, In Their Words, Uncategorized

I had some experience with a quote from The Love of Three Oranges going somewhat viral a few years ago but it was nothing like what happened with this line from my play, New Year’s Thieve. Shortly after the play was released last year, I was seeing it...

Rethink how you think about your writing time and give yourself permission to write

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 10, 2015 | Evergreen, Uncategorized

Give yourself permission to write. Sounds simple, right? Sometimes it’s the hardest thing of all. If you’d rather read than watch, the original pep talk can be found...

Let yourself hit the sour notes

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 3, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized

Is it me or do I look incredibly stupid in every thumbnail? This one might be the worst yet! Anyway, if you’d rather read than listen, you can find the original...
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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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