It took a dash of good fortune for Los Altos Stage Company to be able to present a one-night-only, live-streamed reading of Harold Pinter’s “Old Times” featuring three renowned film, stage and television actors.

The Nov. 8 event, “Old Times with New Friends,” features Tony Award winner Tony Shalhoub, Shalhoub’s wife actress Brooke Adams and award-winning actress, writer, producer and director Polly Draper.

This special fundraising presentation took shape when LASC board member Vivian Lufkin asked her famous friend Draper to drop in on the theater’s July board meeting via Zoom. Draper invited Shalhoub and Adams to join her during the impromptu gathering. LASC’s board was both surprised and a little starstruck by the onslaught of famous faces beaming in on them virtually.

According to artistic director Gary Landis, the idea for the fundraiser developed as the three actors talked with the board about how to use their theatrical talents to benefit the theater company as it remains dark due to the pandemic.

The threesome chose “Old Times,” Draper explains, because “we all love the play, and we recognized it’s a perfect fit for the three of us.”

Considered one of Pinter’s memory plays, “Old Times” premiered in 1971 at London’s Aldwych Theatre as a production of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The three-character domestic drama is overlaid with typically Pinteresque ambiguity and mystery.

“Old Times” was Pinter’s first full-length play since his Tony-winning “The Homecoming” in 1965, and it received generally favorable reviews.

Draper and Shalhoub met when they performed a scene from “Old Times” while attending Yale School of Drama. Draper had also performed with Adams in a local Connecticut production during that time, and the three say they’ve maintained a close friendship for the past 40 years.

“Obviously, LASC is thrilled to have these amazing actors lend their talents to an event to help our theater company during these challenging times,” says Landis.

Shalhoub has been nominated for four Tony Awards, winning in 2018 for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in “The Band’s Visit.”

Draper first became known to television viewers for her role on “Thirtysomething.” She also starred off-Broadway in “Four Dogs and a Bone” for which she won a New York Magazine Award for Best Broadway Actress.

In 1998, she wrote and starred in “The Tic Code,” a film about a jazz musician who has Tourette’s Syndrome. The movie is based somewhat on her husband, Michael Wolff, who is afflicted with the disorder.

Adams started her career on stage, with credits including “The Heidi Chronicles” and “The Cherry Orchard,” as well as a Broadway run of “Lend Me a Tenor” co-starring Shalhoub. Her films include “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Cuba” with Sean Connery and “The Dead Zone” opposite Christopher Walken.

“Old Times” starts at 5 p.m. Tickets are $50 per household. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $750 per household. With this donation, viewers get access to a virtual post-show reception with the featured artists, and a special wine-and-cheese basket will be delivered to their home.

Event details and ticket information are available at www.losaltosstage.org or 650-941-0551.