A starry group of actors has joined the lineup for the upcoming 2024 iteration of The 24 Hour Plays On Broadway, which will take the stage at NYC's Town Hall October 21. The annual gala performance sees theatre, TV, and film stars converging to write, rehearse, and perform brand-new plays and musicals about the world we live in—in just 24 hours.
This year's acting company will feature Brett Azur, Ato Blankson-Wood (Cabaret), Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), David Burtka (How I Met Your Mother), Catherine Cohen (Only Murders in the Building), Rachel Dratch (POTUS), Dylan Gelula (Unbreakably Kimmy Schmidt), Morgan Siobhan Green (Hadestown), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade), Rachel Hilson (Love, Victor), David Krumholtz (Leopoldstadt), Elizabeth Marvel (House of Cards), Jaime Neumann (The Deuce), Larry Owens (A Strange Loop), Jen Tullock (Severance), and Constance Zimmer (Entourage).
Writers will include Mario Correa (N/A), Josh Koenigsberg (High Fidelity), Meredith Scardino (Girls5Eva), and Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant). The team of directors will include Sherri Eden Barber (Hamilton), Will Frears (Misery), Victor Malana Maog (Her Portmanteau), Pippin Parker (Betrayed), and Gaye Taylor Upchurch (The Last Match). Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
This year's event will honor the inaugural 2007 class of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals with The 24 Hour Plays Creative Community Award. Barber and Koenigsberg, both 2007 alumni, are co-chairing.
"The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals program has become the lifeblood of our organization, growing to include over 500 alumni over 13 summers and it all started with this extraordinary group,” says Artistic Director Mark Armstrong and Managing Director Madelyn Paquette in a joint statement. “The inaugural class of 2007 planted a seed that grew into something beyond our wildest dreams, demonstrating how creative communities rise together, a pillar of our mission in all of our work at The 24 Hour Plays. Year 24 is a big one for The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, so we decided to go big with our honoree list too."
Tickets are available at 24HourPlays.org.
