Stories Found features funny stories, plays, and sketches from some of the most talented humorists in the country. Every other week, we offer a new hilarious episode featuring the work of an emerging comedy writer and we chat with them about their background, their writing process, and how they find their stories. Stories Found offers comedy fans and an opportunity to peek behind the curtain to hear how a script came to life and then a chance to sit back and enjoy a high-quality audio production of the script performed by professional actors and recorded and edited by a professional audio engineer. We're elevating audio theater and offering a digital stage for comedy performances. About Your Hosts Ava Love Hanna is a professional writer, published playwright, and award-winning speaker and storyteller. She is continually amazed by how often she is mistaken for a real grown-up. Paul Hanna is an audio engineer, musician, and performer in Austin, Texas. About Stories Found Stories Found is a theatrical production company located in Austin, Texas focused exclusively on producing comedies and creating opportunities for emerging voices in comedy writing...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 hours 43 minutes
episode 10: Picky Zombies - Clinton Festa
About This Episode In this special Halloween edition of , we’re talking to the fantastic playwright and author, and then listening to his super funny ten-minute play, Picky Zombies. Picky Zombies – Tragedy strikes at the...
episode 9: Going Home - Dr. Christina L. Ivey
About This Episode In this episode of , we're chatting with one of our favorite scholar/poet/storytellers, Dr. Christina L. Ivey. We discuss family, autoethnography, and the importance of storytelling. We then listen to her story, Going Home, about...
episode 8: The Summer We Built a Pool - Sophia Valera Heinecke
About This Episode In this episode of , we’re chatting about art, life, and family with the award-winning writer of screen and stage, and then listening to her read her beautiful story, The Summer We Built a Pool. About the...
episode 7: What's in the Basement, Honey? - Bethany Dickens
About This Episode In this episode of , we’re talking to the phenomenal playwright and creative polymath, and then listening to her ten-minute comedy, What’s in the Basement, Honey? About the Playwright Bethany Dickens...
episode 6: Personality Test - Max Langert
About This Episode In this episode of , we’re chatting with Austin-based playwright, and hearing his ten-minute comedy, Personality Test. Take a About the Playwright Max Langert is a playwright, producer and storyteller...
episode 5: The Interview - Mark Harvey Levine
About This Episode In this episode of , we hear the hilarious ten-minute play, The Interview by . The Interview is about a completely normal job interview — during a zombie apocalypse. About the Playwright has had...
episode 4: sixteen17 - Jason Rainey
About This Episode In this episode of , we hear the humorous ten-minute play, sixteen17 by . sixteen17 is a funny play about the quirky relationship between a mother and her daughter as the daughter turns 17 -- a birthday that's an important milestone...
episode 3: The Vagina-Mommy Incident - Ava Love Hanna
In this episode of Stories Found, we feature the story, The Vagina-Mommy Incident by . In hindsight, this is one of my favorite parenting moments - the first time my four year old asked me about genitals. I thought I would simply answer him in a...
episode 2: The First Time I Got Naked in Front of a Bunch of People I Didn't Know - Max Langert
In this episode of , we hear the hilarious story, The First Time I Got Naked in Front of a Bunch of People I Didn't Know by Max Langert. Max takes it all off and describes his first experience at a spa in Amsterdam. has had plays produced in...
episode 1: Am I Willing to Punch a Peacock - Ava Love Hanna
In this episode of Stories Found, we hear the story, Am I Willing to Punch a Peacock? by Ava Love Hanna. Ava's story was recorded live at Mayfield Park and the actual gang of rowdy peacocks that tried to ruin lunch with her son that day can be...