Friday, October 7, 2016

A Reading of The Raven with a cast of CW'ers and More

When Hilarie Burton and her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan called for help, their former and present co-stars came a 'runnin'.  On October 1, they starred in "Ghostories", a spooky story reading event produced by Families for Astor and benefiting Astor Services for Children & Families. Astor Services provides a wide variety of assistance to children in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx by providing mental health and child welfare services, as well as early childhood development programs.  Hilarie and Jeffrey Dean along with Paul Rudd, have a special connection to the community where Astor House is located, as they all 3 together own a candy and coffee shop in Rhinebeck, NY.  The benefit reading event took place at nearby Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson.

Where the cast of former and present co-stars come into play is in a reading of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, which was shown via video at the Ghostories Reading event. Participation was high for these actors who were unable to attend Ghostories, but wanted to contribute.  The Raven poem featured animated reading by Austin Nichols, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Antwon Tanner, Bethany Joy Lenz, Tyler Hilton, Norman Reedus, Matt Dallas, and many others.  

Jared begins reading at about 7:00.  He is followed by Austin and later on, Jensen.




Enjoy!  It's interesting to watch how each actor approached their reading.  And a special thank you to Peyton94 for her heads up and tip of the YouTube video! 


Source:  astorservices.org, hudsonvalleyservices, YouTube
song:  Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
           The Ones You Love - Rick Astley

5 comments:

prairiegirl said...

It was great to see this video. Several folks did really well. I thought Matt Dallas brought a lot to his reading, and also Jared, Austin and Bethany.

Look who is up and at 'em this morning!

austinnichols Hello #NYCC

Where's the morning coffee?

prairiegirl said...

AUSTIN NICHOLS Verified account ‏@AustinNichols 2h2 hours ago

Very proud to be a part of this great story. Hope to meet you today at #NYCC

Mr. Austin tweet


And Mr. Jake is in NYC as well? The planets have aligned and we're all tipping with them. I think I'm going to skip down the street today. I'm going to skip and sing a song. :-)

prairiegirl said...

@austinicholssource found this nice pic of Austin with a fan.

Austin looking fine yesterday


Destiny, go find him!!!!! lol. I'm just kidding.

No, seriously, go find him!!!!!!

Nah, I'm kidding.

prairiegirl said...

That should be @AustinNSource, instead of the way I spelled it.

Well, wrapping up my time with Danny and Mercy today here in Brookside, part of the ol' haunts. It was good to be back - I did love this area. You're so close to everything - Johnson County, Waldo, downtown KC, you name it. It's an awesome location. We're just waiting for their Mamas to get home. The dogs are nervous because they see you packing up stuff and I tore down the bed, tidying up, whatnot. They know what that means. So just trying to keep them happy and afraid that I'm leaving them.

Hope folks are out and about in this awesome fall weather, well except for the coast. We hope that Tom and Clarity are faring well and safe.

prairiegirl said...

Austin with the other members of TWD cast meeting with media:

While Jake roams the streets of NYC outside waiting for Austin

FOX Intl Channels Verified account
‏@FOXIntChannels

Members of the press are now meeting the #TWD cast. #FOXComicCon
1:22 PM - 8 Oct 2016