Every year The 24 Hour Plays Off-Broadway, features six new plays all written within a day's span. This years event will be hosted July 13 at the Atlantic Theater.
24 Plays Off-Broadway will feature the talents of Laura Breckenridge ("Gossip Girl"), Joey Slotnick ("Nip/Tuck"), Julie Halston (Hairspray, "Sex and the City"), Patrick Heusinger (Next Fall, "Gossip Girl"), Max Casella ("The Sopranos"), and Russell Jones (Ruined) will perform with the At Play ensemble in this annual Off Broadway theatrical production.
Nikki Blonsky, who was famously plucked from relative obscurity to play Tracy Turnblad in the film version of
"Hairspray," will host the event.
In press notes, the speedy process of The 24 Hour Plays, "begins at 9 PM the night prior to the performance. The group of theatre, film and television artists, which includes playwrights, directors, actors and designers, meet and are briefed on the upcoming 24 hours. The writers are then left to create a ten-minute play overnight. In the morning, the directors read the scripts and then the actors are called for 8 AM. Everyone rehearses throughout the day. Doors open at 7:45 PM, and curtain rises at 8 PM and there it is: six shows, all in a day's work."
The producing team consist of Lindsay Bowen, Kurt Gardner, Philip Naude and The 24 Hour Plays creator Tina Fallon.
The Atlantic Theater is located in Manhattan at 48 West 20th Street. For tickets call (212) 868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com. For more information go to www.atplayproductions.com.
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