Press Releases

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

New York - 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.

LOS ANGELES – Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, has released the following statement in reaction to Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal. Released today, Newsom’s budget is limited to one-time increases for the California Arts Council.

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 response to reports that the new spending deal approved by the House and Senate this week raises funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to $162.5 million in the new government funding bill.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, is now advising all non-union actors and stage managers – including Equity Membership Candidates -- that moving forward they will be prohibited from joining the union in the future if they agree to take work at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in Kansas City, MO while it is on the DO NOT WORK list.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, has announced that members have voted to ratify the Production Contract with the Broadway League – the last step required to approve new terms for the agreement used on Broadway and for some tours.

Actors’ Equity Association has presented the company members of Head Over Heels with the 12th Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award for the 2018-2019 season. 

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, has reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League for a new contract.

Actors' Equity Association has announced that Aaron Thompson has been named Eastern Regional Director.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA). This new bill would ensure that actors, stage managers and other performing artists are not unintentionally hit with tax increases after the passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.