Brandyn,
I received your latest missive and I am so happy to hear from you again, and this time with such an enticing and surprising offer. Technical Animator – PROMINENT Gaming Company! Me? At first, I thought, oh, poor Brandyn must have sent this email to the wrong person, but as I reread your words, something inside me stirred. Continue reading
I made you a thing! A Gravity Falls loser candy thing!
We are a pale, geeky, indoor, air conditioning-loving bunch around here, so summer holidays are not highly anticipated in this house — but even the palest members of Team Hanna get excited about the best summer holiday ever, Summerween!
Every June 22nd we carve the jack-0-melons, don our favorite costumes, and hand out loser candy. It’s THE BEST.
I’m excited to announce that my newest comedy, BIG BRAD WOLF, is part of ScriptWorks’ Out of ink 2018: Lost & Found.
Out of Ink is a fun showcase of 10 minute plays that were written with specific rules or “ingredients” that had to be included in each script. This year’s rules included: Continue reading
I’m super excited to announce my FronteraFest show this year — Haggis!
A couple’s search for adventure at a desert nudist resort lands them in rural Scotland with an inscrutable groundskeeper and inadequate wardrobe. A new comedy by Ava Love Hanna; starring Anne Hulsman, Weldon Phillips, and Travis Dean.
Join us for the fun: January 24th, 8pm, Hyde Park Theatre.
Tickets are available here: http://hpt.buyplaytix.com/hpt/index_right.html
(Shows sell out quickly, so get your tickets now!)
Remember that time I was attacked by peacocks at Mayfield Park and wrote an essay about it? Because I like to live on the edge, I returned to the scene of the crime and told a live version of the story, surrounded by the very same peacocks, for the Night of the Peacock Benefit organized by Max Langert and Cinnamon Path Productions.
My husband recorded my performance (probably in case we needed evidence for a peacock-attack related insurance claim) and it’s available to watch from the comfort of your peacock-free home.
I’m super excited to be participating in Camp NaNoWriMo this April. I’m primarily an essayist and poet, so I’ve never participated in NaNoWriMo (the attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in November). But, I stumbled across the Camp NaNoWriMo website and saw that it offered the flexibility to work on a variety of writing projects including poetry, and I was intrigued. It’s free, fun, summer camp-themed, the t-shirts feature a Storysquatch, I’ll have an excuse to eat “working” s’mores — there’s nothing that could make me love this more.
I’ve been thinking about Hestia lately, the virgin goddess of home and hearth. Basically, her story goes like this: she was pursued by both Apollo (the god of the sun) and Poseidon (the god of the sea), but rejected both of them and chose to remain a perpetual virgin in order to keep the peace.
Last weekend I was sitting in the drive thru of a fast food restaurant (attempting to salvage our weekend after our son hated the South American food we had for lunch) when across the parking lot I noticed a hurt pigeon. One of its wings was stretched out at a weird angle like it was broken and it seemed to be in distress. Before I knew what was happening, I had my hand on my seat belt and was screaming to my husband, “Do I need to go help that bird?!”
It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, the skies were clear, there was a slight breeze, but the peacocks… the peacocks were angry that day, my friends…
A few weeks ago, my son and I picked up lunch at the grocery store and went to Mayfield Park for a picnic. It’s a popular Austin park known for its historic cottage and brilliant peacocks that wander the grounds. I’d never been, but this seemed like the perfect way to spend an afternoon with my son. Peacocks are awesome, right?
Wrong. I would soon learn that peacocks are scary and Mayfield Park is full of them.
**UPDATE: We were selected as a Best of Week performance! Thanks to everyone who came to see us!
My play, Gender Tsunami, is playing at FronteraFest this Wednesday, January 20th at 8pm! If you’ve ever wanted to see me swap clothes with my husband and talk about gender fluidity, now’s your chance. The script was commissioned by the awesome folks at ScriptWorks.
Ava Love Hanna is an an award-winning writer, storyteller, and performer living in Austin, Texas. She vividly remembers the night her husband asked her if she wanted to go to Istanbul, but she thought they should have a baby instead. She stands by her choice, but is now very tired and still hasn’t had a decent cup of Turkish coffee.
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I just donated to Beto’s campaign for president. https://t.co/hd82bsBgaP
Kai turns 11 tomorrow and I’m totally fine. Time doesn’t move too fast and rob us of our youths and tiny children. That would be a ridiculous thing to say.
*Punches a clock and screams at a calendar before running off clutching a baby photo and sobbing loudly*
I’m writing a musical comedy. It’s a big project. Anytime I’m working on it and I start to think that musicals are too hard or my sense of humor is too weird for this, I just remind myself that Spongebob Squarepants is a Broadway musical now and I get back to writing.
Me: I need to go to the craft store today to pick up one small thing. It’ll just take a minute.
Narrator: It would not take a minute and Ava would not get only one small thing.
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