Press Releases Funding

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has partnered with hundreds of producers across the country to demand billions in emergency funding for arts institutions.

Congress should pass the HEROES Act and make unemployment provisions retroactive.

Actors’ Equity Association – the national union for professional stage actors and stage managers working in live theatre – released the following statement in response to media reports that Oregon legislators voted to distribute $50 million in federal relief funds to arts and cultural organizations in crisis during the coronavirus pandemic.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement following the Broadway League’s announcement extending Broadway’s closure through at least January 3, 2021.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement following the new jobs report, which reported that 2.5 million Americans have gone back to work. 

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

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.

Bill Boosts Weekly Unemployment Benefit by $600 and Includes New Triggers to File for Unemployment for Those Who Accepted Offers for Productions Postponed by COVID-19 Before Work Started

Senate Bill Boosts Weekly Unemployment Benefit by $600 and Includes New Triggers to File for Unemployment for Those Who Accepted Offers But Productions Were Postponed by COVID-19 Before They Started Work

In response to the public health crisis brought on by COVID-19 (coronavirus), members of the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) issued the following statement.