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Acting for a Cause
Overview
Acting for a Cause is a live read series of classic plays and screenplays created, produced, directed and hosted by Brando Crawford featuring young Hollywood actors such as Academy Award Nominee Florence Pugh, Emmy Nominee Margaret Qualley, and 80 other young Hollywood stars. Each reading is organized to raise money for a specific charity. The readings garnered over 500,000 viewers between the first play read on March 27, 2020 and the last announced read on July 31, 2020. The reading series was a direct response to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and launched Brando Crawford's career as a director and producer.
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Director: Brando Crawford
Seasons
Season 1 (2020)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Importance Of Being Earnest
2020-03-27Jack and Algernon pretend to be named Earnest in order to charm Gwendolen and Cecily, respectively into marrying them. All while Lady Bracknell threatens their potential pairings by reserving her approval. This classic comedy is sure to make even the stern laugh, with razor sharp dialogue that drives the charming plot forward.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: This is our Youth
2020-04-10Warren appears at his friend, Dennis's New York apartment with $15,000.00 cash stolen from his Lingerie Tycoon father - the lines between love, lust, arrogance and confidence are all blurred in this exploration of what it meant to be a youth in 1982.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Hamlet
2020-04-24Season 2 (2020)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Romeo And Juliet
2020-05-01A tragedy about two teenagers from opposing families in lust and then committing murder/suicide in Verona.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Pride and Prejudice
2020-05-08Pride and Prejudice motivate all of us when it comes to life choices - but more so for Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, in the perfect story of love and negotiation in Regency England.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Jane Eyre
2020-05-15Jane Eyre is the classic tale of a woman's relationship with authority and love.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Twelfth Night
2020-05-22Viola is shipwrecked and has no choice but to disguise herself as a man in the dreamscape of Illyria.
Runtime: N/A minSeason 3 (2020)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Hit The Wall
2020-06-19Hit the Wall by Ike Holter originally premiered at Steppenwolf in 2012 as an honest portrayal of the Stonewall riots. This re-imagining brings prominent actors to 1969 in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Up in the Air
2020-06-30Ryan Bingham is a happily, unmarried man who fires people for a living, flying all over the world on contract to do so. His views are challenged by Natalie, a young graduate who brings his boss an idea: firing people over video conference.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2020-07-10Ferris Bueller takes a day off of school and enjoys the city of Chicago, in a live reading of the screenplay with an all star cast.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2020-07-31"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare follows the enthusiastic but aloof, Bottom, a kingdom of the fairies and four lovers as they encounter the chaotic but brilliantly fun, Puck.
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