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Naked Stage returns with the second 24 Hour Theatre Project

By Jonathan Wemette

Katie and Antonio Amadeo, two of the founders of Naked Stage and of the 24 Hour Theatre Project Photo: Mary Damiano

If you didn’t catch the first 24 Hour Theatre Project last November, you missed out on something special. Thirty-six of South Florida’s top playwrights, actors and directors came together at GableStage to conceive, write, memorize and stage six new plays in exactly one day. (And they actually overachieved, producing seven when playwright Marco Ramirez decided to write two short plays in the time allotted.)

But if you weren’t a member of the project’s first, nearly sold-out audience, you’re in luck: the 24 Hour Theatre Project is back on Monday, August 25, this time at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables, home of Actors’ Playhouse. And while the nature of the event won’t allow us to declare it “better” just yet—the plays haven’t even been imagined yet, much less rehearsed—it’s definitely bigger than ever, with eight more actors, two more playwrights and two more directors getting in on the act.