The 2024 iteration of The 24 Hour Plays On Broadway took 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 roster of performers included Avantika (Mean Girls), Ignacio Diaz-Silverio (Primo), Henri Esteve (Grown-ish), Ari Graynor (The Sopranos), Margarita Levieva (Spread), Delaney Rowe (The Everything Pot), Faith Salie (Approval Junkie), Lois Smith (The Uninvited), Sarah Steele (The Good Fight), 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), Dylan Gelula (Unbreakably Kimmy Schmidt), Morgan Siobhan Green (Hadestown), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade), Rachel Hilson (Love, Victor), David Krumholtz (Leopoldstadt), Jaime Neumann (The Deuce), Larry Owens (A Strange Loop), and Jen Tullock (Severance).
Writers included Rachel Bonds (Jonah) and Douglas Lyons (Table 17), joining Mario Correa (N/A), Josh Koenigsberg (High Fidelity), Meredith Scardino (Girls5eva), and Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant). Directors will comprise David Auburn (Proof), Satya Bhabha (Shameless), Sherri Eden Barber (Hamilton), Will Frears (Misery), Victor Malana Maog (Her Portmanteau), and Pippin Parker (Betrayed).
See photos from the event in the gallery below.
Lois Smith, Peggy J. Scott, Sarah Steele, and Dylan Gelula in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Colin Cosell in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Honorees of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Honorees of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Jake Beckhard and Serena Berman in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Mark Armstrong and Madelyn Paquette in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Larry Owens in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Neil Patrick Harris in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Sherri Eden Barber and Josh Koenigsberg in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Vinny DePonto in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Catherine Cohen and Josh Hamilton in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Catherine Cohen, Josh Hamilton, and Delaney Rowe in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
David Iacono in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Henrietta Hamilton, Josh Hamilton, and Catherine Cohen in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Morgan Siobhan Green, Henri Esteve, and Brett Azur The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Lois Smith and Peggy J. Scott in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Rachel Hilson and David Krumholtz in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Ato Blankson-Wood in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Faith Salie and David Krumholtz in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Devon Bostick and Ignacio Diaz Silverio in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Jen Tullock and Devon Bostick in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Jen Tullock, Devon Bostick, and Larry Owens in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Ari Graynor in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Ari Graynor, David Burtka, and Margarita Levieva in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Margarita Levieva, Avantika, and David Burtka in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Jamie Neumann and Morgan Siobhan Green in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
Jamie Neumann, Morgan Siobhan Green, Henri Esteve, and Brett Azur in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway
The evening also included special appearances by Colin Cosell (the voice of the New York Mets) and mentalist Vinny DePonto (Mindplay).
This year's event honored 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.
“Gathering as young peers for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals in 2007 was a formative experience for us all, leading to lifelong friendships and continuing artistic collaboration,” Barber and Koenigsberg said in an earlier joint statement. “Since then, the members of our class have become artistic directors in theatres across the US and UK, starred in plays, television, movies, have had work produced all over the country and been nominated for Tonys, Emmys, Golden Globes, Drama Desks and once a Golden Basement Award from an old Edinburgh man who claimed to work for The Fringe. We’re honored to be celebrated as a group and support The 24 Hour Plays in their ongoing important work of bringing the next generation of talented theatre artists together.”
Tickets are available at 24HourPlays.org.
