The 24 Hr. Plays - April Fools Day Edition!

The 24 Hr. Plays, one of the most popular kamikaze events in Atlanta theatre history, is returning. It’s presented by Working Title Playwrights, with producing partner Onstage Atlanta. On Sunday, April 1, 2012, at 8:00pm, about 100 brave artists will convene at Onstage Atlanta perform eight short plays, written, rehearsed, and performed in the span of 24 hours.

It's bold. It's risky. The mantra of the 24 Hr Plays has always been: This ain't theatre for crybabies.

On Saturday, March 31st, 16 writers will meet at 10pm at Onstage Atlanta. Paired randomly, they will have until dawn to come up with eight 12-minute scripts. Eight directors arrive at 9am, are randomly assigned a script, and cast their plays from sixty headshots submitted by our brave thespians. Then it's a marathon day of rehearsing, staging, costuming, and setting tech for an 8:00 p.m. curtain on Sunday, April 1st. The show ends at 10pm, exactly 24 hours after the writers first convened.

Join us on Sunday night at Onstage Atlanta in Suburban Plaza, 2597 North Decatur Road, Decatur (next to Big Lots)- and see what we've cooked up. The show starts, ready or not, at 8:00 pm.