24 Hour Musicals runs May 23 at Los Angeles's Bourbon Room, bringing together a group of artists from stage and screen. Presenting four original musicals are Rebecca Naomi Jones, Grammy winner Lisa Loeb, Mary Faber, and more.
Performers include Faber and Jones, along with Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead), Kether Donohue (Pitch Perfect), Andrew Leeds (Barry, The Dropout), Angelique Cabral (Life in Pieces), Erica Chamblee (House of Cards) Gracie Gillam (Teen Beach Movie), Mary Chieffo (Star Trek: Discovery), Mina Sundwall (Lost in Space), Rena Strober (Wicked), Shannon Purser (Stranger Things), Timm Sharp (Enlightened), Lily Brooks O'Briant (Matilda), Paravi, and John Arthur Hill (The Good Shepherd).
Participating writers and composers are Loeb, Lindsey Kraft, J. Holtham, Brad Silnutzer, Joey Orton, Steve Yockey, and Rachel Axler. Directors consist of Gordon Greenberg, Jaki Bradley, and Michael John Garcés. John Carrafa choreographs with direction by Mark T. Evans, Dwight Rivera, Elizabeth Curtin, Jennifer Lucy Cook, and Angela Parrish.
The 24-hour process begins the night before the performance when performers, composers, directors, choreographers, music directors, musicians, and production staff gather for a brief orientation before beginning to create their musicals at 11 PM. The following morning, actors receive their roles, and directors, choreographers and musicians begin rehearsing—and in the evening, the musicals are performed in front of an audience.
