Press Releases May 2022

Actors’ Equity Association announced that Equity’s National Council has voted to endorse Kathy Hochul’s campaign for Governor on behalf of the more than 20,000 members living in New York State.

In total, 41 council seats across all three regions and representing four categories (principal actor, chorus actor, stage manager and at-large) were filled, effective immediately. All terms are four years except where noted.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has released the following statement in response to Senator Bernie Sanders reintroducing his “Medicare for All” bill in Congress.

Union to set stricter boundaries around permitted uses for NDAs

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, today issued a request for proposal (RFP) for certified public accountant firms to audit Equity’s financial statements for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, as well as to assist in the preparation of the LM2 form, conduct a financial core audit, complete the 990 information return and audit the staff pension plan.

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 news of a leak of photos and videos of a Second Stage Theater production featuring Equity members performing naked.

Union withdraws election petition from NLRB as it pursues this course of action.

The leaked SCOTUS decision would prove catastrophic for workers