About this season
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.
Episodes (4)
1. Romeo And Juliet
Aired 1 May 2020
A tragedy about two teenagers from opposing families in lust and then committing murder/suicide in Verona.
2. Pride and Prejudice
Aired 8 May 2020
Pride 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.
3. Jane Eyre
Aired 15 May 2020
Jane Eyre is the classic tale of a woman's relationship with authority and love.
4. Twelfth Night
Aired 22 May 2020
Viola is shipwrecked and has no choice but to disguise herself as a man in the dreamscape of Illyria.