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  • May 2020

Press Releases May 2020

  1. Actors’ Equity Announces Core Principles Needed to Support Safe and Healthy Theatre Productions

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 26 May 2020 20:50:00 GMT – 0

    Equity will continue to work on protocols to further minimize risk of exposure.

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    • Coronavirus
  2. ACTORS’ EQUITY: SENATE SHOULD MOVE WITHOUT DELAY ON COBRA SUBSIDY IN THE HEROES ACT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 18 May 2020 14:26:00 GMT – 0

    Mary McColl, Executive Director of Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement following regarding the HEROES Act, which has now passed the U.S. House of Representatives, and includes a 100% COBRA subsidy for displaced workers.

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    • Coronavirus
  3. THE CLOSING OF DISNEY’S FROZEN ON BROADWAY SHOULD SERVE AS AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION TO SUPPORT THE ARTS SECTOR

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 14 May 2020 19:12:00 GMT – 0

    Local, State and Federal Government Must Take Bolder Action to Support the Arts or Our Entire Economy will be Slower to Recover.

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  4. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION URGES MEMBER SAFETY IN WISCONSIN 

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 14 May 2020 16:31:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association – the national union for professional stage actors and stage managers working in live theater – released the following statement in response to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court rejecting the extension of the state’s stay-at-home order.

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    • Coronavirus
  5. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION URGES PENNSYLVANIA LEADERS TO NOT SLASH ARTS FUNDING THAT WILL HELP THE ENTIRE STATE'S ECONOMY RECOVER

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 13 May 2020 20:11:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association – the national union for professional stage actors and stage managers working in live theater – released the following statement in reaction to media reports that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced he would be retracting grants awarded to arts institutions statewide. Following that, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney proposed the elimination of the city’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.

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    • Coronavirus
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  6. STATEMENT FROM ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION ON BROADWAY’S EXTENDED SUSPENSION

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 12 May 2020 15:56:00 GMT – 0

    Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement regarding media reports that the Broadway League would be refunding Broadway tickets through September 6. 

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    • Coronavirus
  7. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS ANTI-ASIAN BIAS AND HATE During THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 07 May 2020 18:35:00 GMT – 0

    Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement after news reports that Americans are increasingly facing bias-motivated discrimination during COVID-19, including a spike in Anti-Asian harassment and violence and disproportionate death rates among African-Americans due to inadequate health care. 

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    • Coronavirus
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