Dear Actors Fund Friends,

Storytelling is what unites all forms of art: dance, singing, writing, photography, acting, painting and so much more. We all chose different mediums to share our story, but the important part is finding outlets to make our voices heard.

This is no different when it comes to completing the 2020 United States Census. This is your chance to make sure you and your family members are reflected in your community. Your life and your story count. The results of the 2020 Census will help determine how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding flow into communities every year for the next decade. This includes money for public transit, schools, natural disaster responses, senior care and so much more.

Learn more and complete the Census at my2020census.gov. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete, and the impact will last for the next 10 years. The deadline was just changed too, so you only have until September 30 to make your voice count…and you won’t have this chance again until 2030. Act now.

Once your Census is complete, we hope you enjoy these upcoming productions! As always, we’re so pleased to share these virtual performances with you, and thank you for your ongoing commitment to the performing arts and entertainment community.

Dinner With Friends
Friday, September 4, 7 pm ET

PlayReadingFridays.com

Join Ben Davis (Dear Evan Hansen), Kenita Miller (Once On This Island), Jackie Burns (Wicked, If/Then) and Chad Jennings (Wicked) for Play Reading Fridays's production of Donald Margulies's dark comedy Dinner With Friends, benefiting The Actors Fund.

The play is a funny yet bittersweet examination of the married lives of two couples who have been extremely close for dozens of years. Although it seems to be treading on familiar ground, the play keeps changing its perspective to show how one couple's breakup can have equally devastating effects on another's stability.

Invisible
Thursday, September 10, 8 pm ET

Online Event

Watch Oscar winner Jim Rash (Community, Downhill), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones, Knives Out), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth, MacGruber) and Tony Cavalero (The Righteous Gemstones, School of Rock) lend their talents to help the performing arts and entertainment community.

The stars are headlining a new feature comedy titled Invisible (written by Laura Carson and Krista Gano) that tells the story of Pam Perdue, a researcher for PharmaTek, who awakes on her 40th birthday to find she is literally invisible. She soon discovers that the CEO has an evil plot to rule the world. Armed with her newfound power, her bestie, and PharmaTek’s cute lead scientist, Pam must find the strength to stand up, speak up and save the world.

Let Us Entertain You
Wednesday, September 23, 7 pm ET

Playbill.com

Brave Hearts for Broadway and The Actors Fund present Let Us Entertain You, a very special event that will bring together a performance from frontline and essential workers to support The Fund as they give back to the theater industry and celebrate the performing arts.

Michael E. Merritt, a registered nurse, playwright and producer, united over 120 people from 11 different countries to support and uplift theater professionals across the globe by organizing “The Frontline Choir and Friends,” a company made up of frontline workers, a dance group and theater professionals. The Frontline Choir will sing and dance to original songs written especially for this event by Matt Cusson, Terron Brooks, Elisa Nicholas and Andrew David Sotomayor. The event is choreographed by Kathleen Brazie and John Scott.

Among the many amazing performers taking part are Jelani Alladin, Annaleigh Ashford, Shoshana Bean, Annette Bening, Alexandra Billings, Tommy Bracco, Kristin Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Mandy Gonzalez, Ann Harada, Ruthie Henshall, Judy Kuhn, Linda Lavin, Andrea Martin, Laurie Metcalf, Jessie Mueller, Bebe Neuwirth, Bernadette Peters, Conrad Ricamora, Chita Rivera, Krysta Rodriguez, Lea Salonga, Stephen Schwartz, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Allyson Tucker, with special performances by Billy Porter, Megan Hilty and Brian Gallagher, and Lorna Luft.

More Online Events:
Stars in the House: Mondays-Saturdays at 8 pm ET
Legion M: donating 100% of the NET proceeds from their face mask program—check out their inventory!