Montblanc and Urban Arts presented the highly-anticipated return of The 24 Hour Plays Saturday night in Santa Monica, CA, now in its second year in Los Angeles. Some major Hollywood actors joined forces to participate in this one-night-only live performance. What is truly unique about this event is that the entire creative process, from writing to directing and finally putting on a performance, takes place in under 24 hours!
The 24 Hour Plays were a total crack up this year. Montblanc couldn’t be more of the most incredible brand partnering with such an incredible cause, Urban Arts. Their support raised over $200K but what gets me most is that the CEO Jan Patrick Schmitz actually goes to each of the schools through Urban Arts!
Cast Included: Jason Biggs (American Pie series, Mad Love), Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time, Thor), Brooklyn Decker (What to Expect When you’re Expecting, Just Go With It), Ashley Greene (Twilight), Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games, Race to Witch Mountain), Lamorne Morris (New Girl, The Guild), Diane Neal (Law and Order: SVU), Rosie Perez (Gods Behaving Badly, Pineapple Express), Jason Ritter (Parenthood, The Event), Ramon Rodriguez (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Battle Los Angeles) Tracie Thoms (Cold Case, Rent), and Wilmer Valderrama (Awake, That ’70s Show), Joshua Jackson (Fringe: FOX), Edi Gathegi (X-MEN: First Class), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Larry Crowne, Touch), Constance Zimmer (The Babymakers, Entourage), David Eigenberg (Sex and the City), Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory), David Krumholtz (A Very Harold & Kumar 3d Christmas), Gabriel Mann (Revenge), Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), and Mircea Monroe (Episodes, The Change Up), Charity Wakefield (Mockingbird Lane NBC, The Raven), Collins Pennie (In Time, Stomp the Yard).
Writers included: Wendy West (Law and Order: SVU, Dexter), Rachel Axler (Emmy Award Winner for The Daily Show, New Girl, Parks and Recreation), Stephen Godchaux (Lifetime’s FIVE, Dead Like Me), Samantha McIntyre (Bored to Death), Kayla Alpert (Confessions of a Shopaholic). Directors include: Leigh Kilton Smith (Acting Consultant to the Stars), Andy Fickman (Jewtopia, You Again), and Victor Nelli, Jr (GCB, Once Upon a Time), Michael Peretzian (Dramalogue Award and Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director), Gail Mancuso (Modern Family), Lee Tolan Krieger (Celeste and Jesse Forever)
