People often ask us, “Why do a musical about 24: Season Two?” The answer is simple: It’s our favorite season.

We’re aware that this project may alienate Silence! fans who were waiting for another study of horror, profanity and homo-eroticism, but our love of the musical format extends to many genres. An even greater risk, perhaps, was the decision to approach 24 with the utter seriousness it deserves; you will find very few curses in here, and there are no songs entitled “The Evil Snatch of Nina Myers” or “Fuck You, Sayed Ali.” Fortunately, we knew we’d be tapping into the enormous percentage of 24 fans who also love the Broadway musical genre, a sensibility often lacking in the television show.

We began preliminary work on the musical the night after we finished Silence! in 2003, but our progress was soon stalled by some amazing opportunities in the temping industry. We returned to the project every so often, but set out to complete it in earnest only in late 2007. Now, in April of 2008, we unveil the finished work.

In order to realize the larger scope of 24: Season Two: The Musical, we knew we couldn’t go the Silence! route (i.e., performing all the female vocals ourselves). Thus, we poured into the production of 24 all the hundreds, literally hundreds, of dollars we’ve made from Silence! over the past five years, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome. We would like to again thank Drea Pressley and Secret Women for the fine job they did performing the various female roles.

In the end, we can only hope that this humble musical partially fills the great vacuum left by the delay of 24: Season Seven until 2009.

Jon and Al