AVA: The SEcret Conversations

WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY ELIZABETH MCGOVERN
DIRECTED BY MORITZ VON STUELPNAGEL
Based on the book “The Secret Conversations” by PETER EVANS & AVA GARDNER

“I either write the book or sell the jewels. I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.” So says legendary Hollywood icon Ava Gardner (Elizabeth McGovern, Once Upon a Time in America, Downton Abbey) to her ghost writer Peter Evans as they begin work on her tell-all biography that will shock Tinseltown. But as Peter attempts to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes, an altogether different and unexpected journey unfolds in this theatrical glimpse into the private life of Hollywood's original femme fatale.

Age Recommendation: 12+

“All eyes are naturally on McGovern’s Ava… Not many contemporary actors could summon to the stage Gardner’s radiance and decrepitude simultaneously… the audience can’t help falling into a romantic trance”
Los Angeles Times

Touring considerations: Herbal cigarettes, profanity and discussions of sex and sexual assault.

Length: 90 minutes, no intermission