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Acting for a Cause

Season 3 2020
NR

  • 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 42m
  • 2h 48m (4 episodes)
  • English
  • Drama
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.

4 episodes

Season Premiere

2020-06-19T00:00:00Z

3x01 Hit The Wall

Season Premiere

3x01 Hit The Wall

  • 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z42m

Hit 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.

2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

3x02 Up in the Air

3x02 Up in the Air

  • 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z42m

Ryan 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.

2020-07-10T00:00:00Z

3x03 Ferris Bueller's Day Off

3x03 Ferris Bueller's Day Off

  • 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z42m

Ferris 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.

2020-07-31T00:00:00Z

3x04 A Midsummer Night's Dream

3x04 A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • 2020-07-31T00:00:00Z42m

"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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