Dear Actors Fund Friends,

August marches on as the mercury keeps rising and uncertainty lingers around us. We hope you and your loved ones remain safe and healthy.

While we slowly and carefully welcome back in-person events and performances, we know the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be of great concern for many. With everyone’s safety as our top priority, we're excited to invite you to celebrate The Tony Awards with fellow Actors Fund supporters in Los Angeles in September! We also look forward to new virtual productions from award-winning playwrights, and a chance to visit Brooklyn for numerous play offerings.

Thank you for your unwavering support, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

The Actors Fund 24th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party
Sunday, September 26, 3 pm PT

Candela La Brea

We are thrilled to invite you to our 24th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party!

Join us on the red carpet as we celebrate Broadway’s Biggest Night watching the LIVE broadcast of the 2021 Tony Awards while mingling and enjoying some of the most delicious hors d'oeuvres and craft cocktails that Los Angeles has to offer.

The Actors Fund asks our guests to join us in providing the safest space possible as we resume in person events. Our updated COVID-19 policy requires all ticketholders to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

If I Needed Someone
Thursday, August 12, 8 pm ET–Sunday, August 15

The Reading Series

The Reading Series, a virtual benefit play series, has announced their next production will be the premiere of Neil LaBute's If I Needed Someone starring Lauren Zakrin and Tobias Segal and directed by Alison Tanney.

The play is the real-time story of two people who meet at a party and end up going home together. After their initial hook-up, we watch them spend the next few hours together negotiating the minefield of modern expectations as they try to see if there is any future in their present situation. Can you fall in love these days when society puts up so many romantic roadblocks? Does affection stand a chance in these times of suspicion and contempt? Of course it does. This is a romance. This is a love story. This is how it goes.

Bridge Residency
Tuesday, August 17, 8 pm ET
Wednesday, August 18, 8 pm ET
Sunday, August 22, 8 pm ET

Brooklyn Navy Yards

On August 17, attend A Golden City: a new play/staged reading from celebrated playwright Lyle Kessler (Orphans). Hell and damnation, angels and devils mix in this black comedy about the Great American Pastime. Play ball! The production features Marcus Naylor, Max Samuels, Victor Slezak, Dana Mazzenga, Margaret Ladd and Bridge Resident Artist Christina Toth, with a portion of all ticket proceeds donated to The Actors Fund.

On August 18 and 22, see I Am Your Masseuse (six short digressions) from Pulitzer and Academy-Award winner John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck). These six short plays are designed to aid the digestion and further erode our attention span, performed during The Bridge Residency at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. The production stars Marcus Naylor, Crawford M. Collins, Carlo Alban and Bridge Resident Artist Christina Toth, with a portion of all ticket proceeds donated to The Actors Fund.

More Online Events:
Together Apart: Video on Demand through Friday, August 20
Andrew Polec: Legacy of Love: Video on Demand through Friday, August 27
Crossovers Live!: August 30, September 27, October 25, November 22, December 20, 8 pm ET
Club Cumming on the Coast: Now–September 6
Brickman's Big Break: Now–September 7
The Pack Podcast: New episode every Thursday
Stars In The House: Tuesdays–Saturdays, 8 pm ET