"The 24-Hour Plays"

Details for Troy Heard's "The 24-Hour Plays" have been finalized. It will be at 8 p.m. June 7 in the Liberty Theatre, 821 Eighth Ave.

This is how it will work:

10 p.m. June 6: 10 playwrights are randomly paired into five teams.
5 a.m. June 7: Five new 10-minute plays are compiled.
7 a.m. June 7: Five directors arrive. They blind pick a script and cast from a pool of actors.
9 a.m. June 7: 20 actors arrive, bearing props and costumes from their closets and rehearsals begin. Tech occurs throughout the day.
7:30 p.m. June 7: The audience arrives.
8 p.m. June 7: "The 24-Hour Plays" premieres.
10 p.m.: June 7: Collective sigh of relief. Gear up for the next one.

Troy needs 10 writers, who will be working 10 p.m. June 6 until 5 a.m. June 7. Five directors, who will be working from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. June 7. Five stage managers who will be working from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. June 7. Twenty actors who will be working from 9 a.m.-10 p.m. June 7.

Besides these people, Troy needs assorted technicians, go-fers, sound and light operators.

Overnight coffee and donuts, lunch and dinner will be provided.

To apply for any of these positions, contact Troy at chattshakes@gmail.com or call him at 702-423-6366.

Unfortunately, I'll be out of the country when this one is happening. I'll have to wait to turn in my script for "The Second 24-Hour Plays" in Columbus. I hate that because I always want to take part in the first of anything!

But I know this will be great fun and I urge you to go see it. Or participate!