Our Team
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Ryan Duncan-Ayala is a Latine Producer and theatre maker based in Brooklyn and from Laredo, TX. He aims to foster new work development and create spaces and access for minoritized communities. They were the recipient of the 2019 Kennedy Center/LORT ASPIRE Arts Leadership Award and has previously worked with Colt Coeur, National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), The O’Neill, Syracuse Stage. Ryan is also the Founder/Lead Producer of El Centro Productions and has most recently worked on ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ at New York Theatre Workshop (CM) and the ‘RENT 25th Annual Farewell Tour’ (ACM/CSM). Off Broadway: ¡Americano! The Musical @ryanduncanayala

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Jake Beckhard is a creative producer, freelance director and dramaturg, and proud alum of The 24 Hour Plays Nationals. He is the Operations Co-Chair of the Fled Collective and the former Director of Performance at Chinatown Soup. He loves to help people find their people.
Board of Directors

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Michael Schloss lives in Muttontown, New York, a wonderful village on Long Island that despite its strangely bucolic name is only 25 miles from NYC. He has raised his two young adult sons there with his wife, Julie. He is actively involved in local government currently serving as a member of the village board of trustees.His involvement with the 24 Hour Plays has been constant over the past 15+ years helping produce programs and other materials under the same deadline and spirit of the plays. Ensuring that the printed pieces always look their best and arrive at the theater just in time always presents an event day challenge for his team.He studied Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California and still finds himself often in Los Angeles where his company LDI Connect has a west coast office and he is involved in numerous charitable organizations affiliated with USC.Michael has worked in the digital imaging and office technology industry for over 30 years and is an expert in the field of on demand print technologies and the constantly evolving marketing communication industry.
He enjoys his active participation in numerous organizations advancing the performing arts and education. Michael is an avid skier, die hard New York Mets fan, and enjoys traveling as much as his schedule permits.

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Beth Wishnie is a theatre producer. On Broadway she co-produced Once On This Island (Tony Award), and Lifespan of A Fact with Daniel Radcliffe. Off-Broadway, she co-produced the award-winning Accidentally Brave. She was the producing director of Ovation award winning
The Hidden Theater Company in Los Angeles. During the Pandemic, Beth produced Together Apart, a virtual piece consisting of 10 original mini-musicals all written, composed and directed by Brown University Alumni to raise money for The Actors Fund. Before embarking on a
theatre career, she worked in Original Programming at HBO.
Additional staff
Rotating Video Editors: Aubrey Ashlyn Rye, Kristina Teschner, and Matthew Kozak.
Viral Monologues Social Media Team: Mackenna Goodrich, Monika Orzelowski, Jane Lindstrom, Katherine Benitez, Ana Webb
Music supervisor: Mark T Evans.
Benefit Manager: Laura Vogel
Education and Outreach Ambassador: Anna Strout