The annual event, which benefits the Urban Arts Partnership, features actors Justin Bartha, Leslie Bibb, Katrina Bowden, Mark Consuelos, Laverne Cox, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ealy, Ray Fisher, Melanie Griffith, Taran Killam, Justin Long, Aasif Mandvi, Stephen Merchant, Adrienne Moore, Diane Neal, Rosie Perez, Jay Pharoah, Leven Rambin, Sam Rockwell, Amanda Seyfried, Pablo Schreiber, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, Tracie Thoms and Michael Kenneth Williams.
Ari Edelson, Peter Ellenstein, America Ferrera, Leigh Kilton Smith and Kathy Najimy are directors. Writers include David Lindsay Abaire, Christina Anderson, Bekah Brunstetter, David Cross, Jiehae Park and Jonathan Marc Sherman, and musical guests are Andra Day and Bryan Terrell Clark. DJs include Samantha Ronson and Mike Strick.
Playwrights began writing a 10-minute play Nov. 16 at 10 PM and finished writing by 7 AM Nov. 17. The actors rehearse for 12 hours before performing the plays Nov. 17.
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