←Recommendations of Big Brad Wolf

Change is good, right? Giving up bacon is good for your health, right? Fairy tales have truths. Even if you knock them upside down and simmer them in butter - you’ll find a truth. Ava Love Hanna found a whole lot of new truths in this delightful twist of a pig’s tail. Join the fun, read it, produce it and you decide if it needs buttering up. A delight from head to tail.

I love the title, and I love plays that take familiar tales and turn them on their head. I got to see this at Madlab Theatre Roulette 2023, where it got lots of laughs. My favorite line is when the Little Pig describes her smokey flavor. I also loved the Little Red Riding Hood character, who is not as sweet and innocent as she is usually portrayed. I'm a big fan of Ava Love Hanna (and roasted pig meat) so I enjoyed this play immensely.

It is a fun play until we hit the song and dance number...and then it becomes a GREAT play. I want to see this staged!

Big Brad Wolf is a start-to-finish hilarious play which will make you rethink some very familiar characters. This play has a heart, a brain, and a sense of humor. As all great comedy does, the script even asks a few questions that will stay with you a while.

Just read Ava Love Hanna's adorable Big Brad Wolf. The play practically produces itself; I could hear all the performances in my head as I read. The characters are so engaging and entertaining you might not realize something deeper--and possibly darker--is at stake. A fable about free will and exploration, presented by familiar players faced with an unfamiliar dilemma. Loved it!

A fairytale with a twist! The modern fairytale characters are so prevalent and add new unexcepted twists.

Even folk tale characters grow up and evolve. Ava Love Hanna fills this short play with a lot of contemporary references -- including a few subtle, adult ones that are guaranteed to produce guffaws. Funny, thoughtful, and pleasantly upbeat.

Ava Love Hanna is sure-footed and hilariously funny in her approach to this take on fairy tales and the stories we tell ourselves. Unlike many broad comedies about fairy tale characters, this piece finds real depth in the characters and their relationships, while still delivering wonderfully bizarre twists and comedic moments. The audience was in stitches when I saw the play performed at Playwright's Round Table in 2020, and there was an audible gasp at the twist ending!