Press Releases

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, is asking all Equity producers temporarily postpone all of their required Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) and Equity Chorus Calls (ECCs). 

Gov. Cuomo has taken an important step; now New York and Congress must focus on protecting thousands of arts workers who will be displaced.

Kate Shindle, President of Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement in reaction to the District of Columbia, the Bay Area and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee limiting public gatherings:

Actors’ Equity Association released the following statement in regards to concerns about coronavirus and safety and health in the workplace.

Actors’ Equity Association released the following statement after a report in the New York Times that members of West Side Story have become concerned about safety and that the producers have retained a cybersecurity consultant to prevent online harassment.

Actors’ Equity Association is officially commemorating the “Year of the Stage Manager” on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 – 100 years after a landmark decision that encoded the place of stage managers in the union. To mark the occasion, Equity is inviting members to share their stories working as or with a stage manager on social media.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, has released the following statement in reaction to reports that Rep. Lorena Gonzalez and Rep. Christy Smith will seek $20 million in additional public arts funding for small nonprofits in the next budget.

More than 80 percent of nonunion actors and stage managers in California have been misclassified as independent contractors and asked to work for less than minimum wage

Actors’ Equity Association has announced that Andrea Hoeschen has been named the new central regional director/assistant executive director for the union. 

Actors’ Equity Association is excited to celebrate its fifth annual Swing Day on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, honoring the hard-working performers who stay ready to go on at a moment’s notice, for multiple roles.