PRESS RELEASES
Actors’ Equity Association Endorses Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris for Reelection
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, joins the other unions of the AFL-CIO in its endorsement for the 2024 presidential campaign, supporting President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their second term.
Phoenix Drunk Shakespeare Production Is the Second to Unionize with Equity
This effort comes only weeks after the successful unionization of the unit in Chicago
D.C. Makes Three: Washington Production of Drunk Shakespeare to Unionize with Equity
Chicago, Phoenix and D.C. Have Formed Drunk Shakespeare United
Actors’ Equity Association Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Ending Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued the following statement in response to the news that the Supreme Court has put an end to affirmative action in higher education.
Actors' Equity Association Thanks California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon for His Service, Welcomes Robert Rivas
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued the following statement in response to the news that the Assemblymember Robert Rivas will succeed Anthony Rendon as California speaker of the Assembly.
Actors' Equity Association Stands in Solidarity with Striking SAG-AFTRA Workers
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued the following statement from President Kate Shindle in in response to the news that the members of SAG-AFTRA have formally begun their strike:
Actors’ Equity Association Again Urges Passage of the Equality Act
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement in response to the reintroduction of the Equality Act in Congress.
The Basement Escape Room Organizes with Actors’ Equity Association
The Los Angeles–based interactive experience will become the first unionized escape room in the United States.
New York Drunk Shakespeare Joins Three Other Cities to Unionize with Actors’ Equity Association
This is the fourth city to join Drunk Shakespeare United
California Bill Invests in Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations
Actors’ Equity Association commends California for language in SB 104/AB 104 trailer bills that would reallocate $11.5 million in unused arts funding for the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund.
Portland Strip Club Unanimously Unionizes with Actors’ Equity Association
NLRB conducts union representation election for Magic Tavern Dancers
Actors’ Equity Association Applauds California Bill Providing Striking Workers with Unemployment Insurance
Equity urges Governor Newsom to sign bill into law as soon as possible.
Gov. Newsom Signs Bill That Makes Critical Investments in California Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations
Actors’ Equity Association released the following statement applauding Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing the SB 104/AB 104 trailer bills, which reallocate $11.5 million in unused arts funding for SB 1116, a measure introduced by Senator Anthony Portantino (D – Burbank), that creates a payroll fund to support small nonprofit performing arts organizations (SNPAOs).
Actors’ Equity Association Unionizes Production Assistants on Broadway
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has announced that it has organized the production assistants (PAs) who work as part of stage management teams on Broadway and sit-down productions produced by members of The Broadway League.<
Actors’ Equity Association Files with the NLRB on Behalf of Broadway Production Assistants
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has announced that it has filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for recognition as the bargaining representative of the production assistants (PAs) on Broadway and sit-down productions produced by members of The Broadway League.
Actors' Equity Association Mourns The Passing of Alan Eisenberg (1935–2023)
Alan Eisenberg, the longest-serving executive director of Actors’ Equity Association, died October 7, 2023 at the age of 88 in Rhinebeck, NY.
Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League Announce Settlement of Waitress Grievance
Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, and The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, released the following statement:
Actors’ Equity Association Stands with the Association of International Comedy Educators at Second City Chicago
Second City leadership must reach a fair agreement with the faculty, facilitators and music directors who make the Chicago theatre a world-class institution.
Nation’s Only Unionized Strippers to Stage Unfair Labor Practice Strike in LA December 7 - 9
North Hollywood’s Star Garden dancers will be on the strike picket line this weekend to protest violations of federal labor law by club owner.
Actors’ Equity Association Endorses Lateefah Simon for Congress
Actors’ Equity Association announced that the union has endorsed Lateefah Simon for Congress in California’s 12th Congressional District, which is home to over 750,000 people across Alameda County and includes Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont and San Leandro.