Ashton Kutcher will scramble to make his Broadway debut later this month in The 24 Hour Plays - the actor will star in a production written and rehearsed in a single day.

Kutcher is among an ensemble of actors, writers and directors who will produce six short plays for the ninth annual event.

The production will raise money for actress Rosie Perez' Urban Arts Partnership, an organisation that brings arts education programs into New York City public schools.

Perez, who will also star in the series, risked upsetting show producers by revealing Kutcher's involvement on Monday, while chatting with U.S. talk show host Wendy Williams.

She said, "I'm going to break the news here. I know the producer's going to be p**sed off at me. We are going to have a wonderful actor making his Broadway debut November 9th - and that's Ashton Kutcher."