Theatre gala aims to get out the vote

Playwright and “The Walking Dead” star Danai Gurira, Tony Award-winning director Stephen Daldry and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner playwright Lynn Nottage are spearheading a night of music and short monologues as part of a national get-out-the-vote effort.

The hour-long, non-partisan event will be performed by Yvette Nicole Brown, Ryan J. Haddad, Brian Tyree Henry, Lloyd Knight, Sandra Oh and Ephraim Skyes. It will be available to stream for free at ActOutVote2020 on Oct. 29 at 9 p.m. and then on YouTube.

“Voting matters for every election,” said Nottage, “but this Nov. 3 is even more important. We believe that if the entire theatrical community — a community that has been shut down for six months … — voted, we could help make real, necessary change.”