‘24 Hour Plays’ Launching In L.A.: Kickoff To Feature Plays With Tatiana Maslany, Jon Cryer, Justice Smith, Pauline Chalamet & More

The 24 Hour Plays, a 31-year old nonprofit, is opening a permanent home in Los Angeles for the first time. The organization’s mission is to bring creative communities together to produce plays and musicals written, rehearsed, and performed in 24 hours.

Each summer, the 24 Hour Plays brings together early-career actors, directors, playwrights, producers, composers, designers and stage managers for their annual free professional intensive, culminating in their own production of the plays in an Off-Broadway theater.

“Over the past few years, we’ve seen an incredible surge in energy from the Los Angeles community around The 24 Hour Plays, which prompted us to look for ways to solidify our presence here,” said artistic director Mark Armstrong. “Today, we mark a new era for The 24 Hour Plays on the West Coast, with the announcement that both our popular celebrity events and our flagship professional development program The 24 Hour Plays Nationals will have…