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.
Main Cast of Acting for a Cause
Secondary Cast of Acting for a Cause
Sarah Ramos
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Justice Smith
Justice Elio Smith (born August 9, 1995) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Jurassic...
Alex Wolff
Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for...
Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh (born 3 January 1996) is an English actress. She made her acting debut in 2014 in the drama film The...
Madeline Brewer
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Hari Nef
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David Corenswet
David Packard Corenswet (born July 8, 1993) is an American actor. After graduating from the Juilliard School in...
Skylar Astin
Skylar Astin Lipstein (born September 23, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He's best known for portraying...
Michael Gandolfini
Michael Gandolfini is an American actor. He is the son of actor James Gandolfini. Gandolfini made his debut in...
Kathryn Gallagher
Kathryn Gallagher was born on July 23, 1993 and is currently 31 years old.
Jacob Elordi
Jacob Elordi (born 26 June 1997) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles in the Netflix teen film...
Auliʻi Cravalho
Auli'i Cravalho is an American actress and singer. She made her voice acting debut as the title character in the...
Melissa Barrera
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Madelaine Petsch
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Katherine McNamara
Katherine 'Kat' Grace McNamara (born November 22, 1995) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Harper...
Lexi Underwood
Lexi Underwood was born on August 28, 2003 and is currently 21 years old.
Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman was born on June 14, 1981 and is currently 43 years old.
Sophia Lillis
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Sydney Lemmon
Sydney Lemmon was born on August 10, 1990 and is currently 34 years old.
Natalia Dyer
Natalia Dyer was born on January 13, 1995 in Nashville, Tennessee. She is an American actress known primarily for...
Ruby Rose
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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (born 28 December 2001) is a Canadian actor of Sri Lankan Tamil descent known for starring in...
Froy Gutierrez
Froy Gutierrez is an American actor born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He went to Booker T. Washington High School...
Daniel Kyri
Daniel Kyri is an American stage, film and television actor based in Chicago, Illinois. He holds a BA in Theatre...
Zazie Beetz
Zazie Olivia Beetz (born June 1, 1991) is a German-American actress. She stars in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta...
Michael Zegen
Michael Zegen was born on February 20, 1979 and is currently 46 years old.
Pom Klementieff
Pom Alexandra Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school...
Jessica Parker Kennedy
Jessica Parker Kennedy (born October 3, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She played Melissa on the CW series The Secret...
Cameron Monaghan
Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model. He is known for his role as Ian...
Emeraude Toubia
Emeraude Toubia was born on March 1, 1989 and is currently 36 years old.
Wyatt Oleff
Wyatt Jess Oleff is an American actor, known for portraying the role of Stanley Uris in the 2017 supernatural horror...
Alyssa Jirrels
Alyssa Jirrels is an actress, known for Mech-X4 (2016), The Mick (2017) and Alexa & Katie (2018).
Ben Levi Ross
XXavier Lavell
Crew of Acting for a Cause
Full backstage crew list →- Released on March 27, 2020