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Tony Award-winning actor Brian Stokes Mitchell sits down with Frank Dilella to talk about The Actors’ Fund’s decision to change its name to the Entertainment Community Fund after 140 years.

The Actors Fund is now the Entertainment Community Fund

The Actors Fund announced at its Annual Gala on May 9, 2022 that, effective immediately, they have changed their name to Entertainment Community Fund.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, fund president and CEO Joseph Benincasa explains why the name change happened now — and why it better represents the organization’s century-old mission.

The Actors Fund announced the Spring return of The Actors Fund Gala on Monday, May 9, 2022, with a simultaneous live broadcast at events in New York City and Los Angeles and a national private stream for people to watch around the country.

Since April 2020, Elliott Masie and Broadway Star Telly Leung have co-hosted over two dozen one-hour Empathy Concerts.

The Actors Fund and Playwrights Horizons announced today that Obie award-winning actress and theater maker L Morgan Lee is the 2021 recipient of The Mark O’Donnell Prize, an annual prize presented to an emerging theater artist in recognition of their talent and promise.

The Actors Fund announced today that last night’s 2021 Virtual Gala raised over $1 million to support their programs and services.

The Actors Fund announced today that the original cast from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Spring Awakening, will reunite for a special, one-night-only benefit concert.

The Actors Fund announced today performers and presenters for their Virtual Gala on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 7 pm ET.