THE DISAPPEARANCE OF EZRA CLYBOURNE…?
by David Taylor Little
It’s time for Jake Mitchell, Devon Bennet, and Ezra Clybourne’s favorite time of the year…their annual trip to Red River Ridge Summer Arts Camp! But things are different this year. Ezra and Devon have broken up, Devon is angry with Jake, and Ezra is nowhere to be found! Things really go haywire when a stranger, calling himself Ezra Clybourne, shows up. Without access to phones, the internet, or the outside world, Jake takes it upon himself to find out what has happened to Ezra and mend the rift that has occurred between him and his two best friends. This fun mystery can be produced as either a fully staged play, or a radio production with scripts in hand and Foley sound effects.
- Cast Size: 2M, 2W, 5+Any
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
David Taylor Little has worked all over the United States as a director and playwright. He recently wrote a new book for the 1927 operetta The Desert Song which premiered with the St. Louis Winter Opera in March of 2023. He was invited back in 2024 to premiere a new book for 1910’s Naughty Marietta. His play, Shades of Gay, had a developmental reading at Ball State University in April of 2023. He has had short plays performed in The Short Play Festival with The Players Theatre, Blurring Boundaries with The New Ambassador’s Theatre, and The Winter Fest with The Chain Theatre, all in New York City. His 10-minute play Podunk, won best play for its evening at The Players Theatre Summer Short Play Fest and is published in the Smith & Kraus anthology of Best Plays of 2024. David’s plays Christmas Gifts and All Out for Christmas, written for Indiana Public Radio, appeared live on their radio station in 2019 and 2023. Christmas Gifts also appeared live online for The Theatre Factory and Speranza Theatre Company, both in 2020. He was commissioned to write Arlo Whittaker and the Viola Verdict for The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company. This play also received a full production at Ball State University as well as developmental readings at The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Additional commissions for Pigeon Creek Shakespeare include new plays in the Arlo Whittaker series: Arlo Whittaker and the Petruchio Problem, produced live online in 2021, and Arlo Whittaker and the Mackers Mistake produced in 2023. His young adult play, The Disappearance of Ezra Clybourne appeared on stage at The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp professional company in the Summer of 2023 as well as on Blue Lake Public Radio. His newest play…currently called The Consulting Detective…and Me…will premiere at The Theatre Factory in Pittsburgh, PA in June 2025. He teaches directing and acting at Ball State University in Muncie, IN.
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