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Donate NowThe Actors Fund E-News
October 24, 2012 

In this issue...

Upcoming Events

Brian Stokes Mitchell Simply Broadway October 31

The Actors Fund helps…Dori in Los Angeles

WGAW Donates Nearly $1,000,000

Five Nights to Benefit HOWL! H.E.L.P.


Financial Tips for Everyone

Photocall: Pics & Vids from Recent Events

Upcoming Events

Brian Stokes Mitchell Simply Broadway, 10/31, New York

The Lion King, 15th Anniversary, 11/18, New York


My Gift of Thanks, Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, 12/09, New York


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Limited $65 tickets now available! Don’t miss Chairman & Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell’s premiere of Simply Broadway, a fresh concert series introducing a collection of Broadway classics from his new album!

Click here for today’s NY Daily News interview with Stokes!

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The Actors Fund Helps...

Dori,
a resident of the Palm View in Los Angeles

In 2005, after a brush with death, Dori was in dire need of assistance, and through word of mouth he learned about The Fund. He received emergency financial aid and ongoing counseling, but later, The Fund really started to come through for him--especially when it came time to apply for Social Security Disability. Read Dori’s story.

Join today and support programs and services that help people in entertainment in need.





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Writers Guild of America, West’s recent donation of more than $977,000 will support our emergency financial assistance program. The funds were held by the WGAW’s Foreign Levies Program, which has successfully distributed over $121 million to writers and their heirs. Read more.


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Five Nights to Benefit HOWL! H.E.L.P.

Thank you to LA MAMA and HOWL! Arts Inc for their upcoming Five Night Benefit to support HOWL! H.E.L.P., a safety net for artists in crisis in New York City’s East Village that is administered by The Actors Fund. See this amazing line-up of performances from October 27 – November 4, featuring productions of Harold Rome’s Pins and Needles, the solo show Michael Pope is Gay for Pay, a dark enchanted evening of Dance Butoh from Vangeline Theater: Dance Macabre 2, Brandon Olson’s Homage to Jack Smith “Jack and Maria in Hell” and Rachel Klein’s The Tragedy of Maria Macabre! Click here for tickets
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Financial Tips for Everyone


Regardless of your economic or political leanings—(remember to vote November 6!)—we can all use good tips on planning for retirement, preparing a will, or even getting a head start on your 2012 taxes. Click here for financial news & information links compiled by Fund Director of Planned Giving Wally Munro—a great place to start. To learn about the rewards of estate gifts to The Fund (beyond the tax benefits), call Wally at 212.221.7300 or email wmunro@actorsfund.org. Partner with us in changing lives and it just might change your life!



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Photocall




Standing ovation for The Book of Mormon Broadway company for their September 13 Special Performance! Watch Tony Winner Nikki M. James’s curtain speech or view photos.











Hundreds gathered at LA’s Hollywood Museum on September 20 to pay tribute to renowned publicist and beloved Trustee Dale Olson. Read more on our Blog or this remembrance from The Hollywood Reporter.










In the Spotlight members joined us at a Sardi’s pre-reception and an incredible Special Performance by Broadway’s Once on September 30. View photos!







Rita Wilson performed an electrifying October 10 benefit concert of songs from her AM/FM album for Geffen Playhouse and The Fund. Thanks to SAG-AFTRA Co-President and Trustee Ken Howard who kicked off the show with Geffen Artistic Director Randall Arney to speak about our partnership. View photos.






We believe! The third Book of Mormon Special Performance (this one in Los Angeles on October 10 at the Pantages Theatre) makes the show’s total raised more than $540,000! Trustee Annette Bening thanked stars Gavin Creel, Jared Gertner and the company! Watch their inspiring curtain speech and view photos.








On October 22, members on both coasts enjoyed a sneak preview screening of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, followed by a Q&A with actors from the film; In Los Angeles, Janelle Riley spoke with Sally Field, James Spader and Hal Holbrook, while in New York, actor Colman Domingo welcomed our guests, and Seth Rudetsky interviewed Stephen Spinella and Michael Stuhlbarg. Special thanks to Disney and Dream Works Pictures for making this possible! View photos.


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