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Acting for a Cause is a live read series of classic plays and screenplays created, produced, directed and hosted by Brando Crawford. The script is typically announced days before the event alongside a playbill featuring the cast and an animation on Instagram. The actors have one rehearsal ahead of time. Each reading is organized to raise money for 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.
Original Release
03/27/2020 on YOUTUBE
US Release
03/27/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Brando Crawford | Master of Ceremonies / Bottom / Cameron Frye / Cop / Lord Capulet / Queen Gertrude / Sir Toby Belch / Mr. Bennet |
Auli'i Cravalho | Gwendolen / Jeannie Bueller / Lady Catherine / Laertes |
Justice Smith | Dennis Ziegler / Jack |
Brandon Flynn | Mercutio / Ophelia |
Alex Wolff | Algernon / Warren Straub |
Mason Alexander Park | Bob / Maynard Finch / Rosencrantz |
Ronen Rubinstein | Horatio / Mr. Collins |
Sydney Lemmon | Bertha / Charlotte Lucas |
Lenez | Wilmy |
Florence Pugh | Jessica Goldman |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Hit the Wall | Friday, 19 June 2020 |
2 | Up in the Air | Tuesday, 30 June 2020 |
3 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Friday, 10 July 2020 |
4 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Friday, 31 July 2020 |
5 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Wednesday, 27 January 2021 |
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Directors
Brando Crawford, Xxavier Lavell
Writers
William Shakespeare, Ike Holter, Christina Calvit, Michael Halberstam, Kenneth Lonergan, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Frank, Sheldon Turner
Cast
Name | Character |
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Brando Crawford | Master of Ceremonies / Bottom / Cameron Frye / Cop / Lord Capulet / Queen Gertrude / Sir Toby Belch / Mr. Bennet |
Auli'i Cravalho | Gwendolen / Jeannie Bueller / Lady Catherine / Laertes |
Justice Smith | Dennis Ziegler / Jack |
Brandon Flynn | Mercutio / Ophelia |
Alex Wolff | Algernon / Warren Straub |
Mason Alexander Park | Bob / Maynard Finch / Rosencrantz |
Ronen Rubinstein | Horatio / Mr. Collins |
Sydney Lemmon | Bertha / Charlotte Lucas |
Lenez | Wilmy |
Florence Pugh | Jessica Goldman |
Margaret Qualley | Juliet |
Jacob Elordi | Mr. Darcy |
Willa Fitzgerald | Hamlet |
Zazie Beetz | Natalie Keener |
Cameron Monaghan | Ferris Bueller |
Ruby Rose | Viola |
Natalia Dyer | Jane Eyre |
Julia Fox | Titania / Hippolyta |
Jan Luis Castellanos | Tano |
David Corenswet | Romeo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Brando Crawford | Executive Producer |
Brando Crawford | Producer |