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Boston New Playwrights Expo

The Boy And The Ear

Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont Street

August 7 – August 9 2025

A boy befriends a severed ear in the woods and as they join the circus, his friend begins to grow into a full sized person.

Henry is a teenage runaway in 1950’s Arkansas living in the woods when he comes across a severed ear. Curious, as all young boys are, he keeps it and begins to speak to the ear, even calling it “Rae” when one day it talks back. Before he knows it, the ear begins to grow. Follow our daring protagonist as he joins a circus to show off his newfound friend as they fully grow into a person live on stage!

A boy befriends a severed ear in the woods and as they join the circus, his friend begins to grow into a full sized person.

Henry is a teenage runaway in 1950’s Arkansas living in the woods when he comes across a severed ear. Curious, as all young boys are, he keeps it and begins to speak to the ear, even calling it “Rae” when one day it talks back. Before he knows it, the ear begins to grow. Follow our daring protagonist as he joins a circus to show off his newfound friend as they fully grow into a person live on stage!

Duration

2 hours with ONE intermission

SUITABLE AGES

14+

 

Tickets are $20 each or 2 for $30. This $10 discount applies at checkout!

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Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St

The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.

Directions and parking for the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

Google Maps directions to 527 Tremont St, Boston MA 02116

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