Acting for a Cause

Acting for a Cause

2020 3 Seasons 11 Episodes ⭐ 6.2 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Importance Of Being Earnest

Jack and Algernon pretend to be named Earnest in order to charm Gwendolen and Cecily, respectively into marrying them. A

EP 2

This is our Youth

Warren appears at his friend, Dennis's New York apartment with $15,000.00 cash stolen from his Lingerie Tycoon father -

EP 3

Hamlet

EP 1

Romeo And Juliet

A tragedy about two teenagers from opposing families in lust and then committing murder/suicide in Verona.

EP 2

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice motivate all of us when it comes to life choices - but more so for Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, in the p

EP 3

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is the classic tale of a woman's relationship with authority and love.

EP 4

Twelfth Night

Viola is shipwrecked and has no choice but to disguise herself as a man in the dreamscape of Illyria.

EP 1

Hit The Wall

Hit the Wall by Ike Holter originally premiered at Steppenwolf in 2012 as an honest portrayal of the Stonewall riots. Th

EP 2

Up in the Air

Ryan Bingham is a happily, unmarried man who fires people for a living, flying all over the world on contract to do so.

EP 3

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller takes a day off of school and enjoys the city of Chicago, in a live reading of the screenplay with an all

EP 4

A Midsummer Night's Dream

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare follows the enthusiastic but aloof, Bottom, a kingdom of the fairies

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