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  • April 2020

Equity in the News April 2020

  1. NPR: THE SHOW MUST GO ONLINE: THEATERS CLOSED BY COVID-19 GET CREATIVE

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:08:00 GMT – 0

    When states and municipalities across the country began banning large gatherings, theaters — from regional stages to Broadway — shut down. But, in a creative solution to a difficult problem, some theaters made archival videos of the closed productions available online, for the cost of a ticket.

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    • Coronavirus
    • NPR
  2. BACKSTAGE: EQUITY CALLS FOR HEALTH CARE PROTECTIONS AND RESOURCES FOR PERFORMERS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:02:00 GMT – 0

    There’s no way to sugarcoat it: for actors, the COVID-19 job losses are stark. New York state, a global epicenter of the performing arts industry, reported that job losses in arts and entertainment are up by 3,880% from last year. With theaters shut down, the sector has one of the highest increases in unemployment claims along with food services, a traditional side-industry for performers. 

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    • Backstage
    • Coronavirus
  3. DEADLINE: ACTORS’ EQUITY CALLS FOR FEDERAL COBRA SUBSIDIES AS UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS BY NEW YORK ARTS WORKERS SKYROCKETS 3,880%

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:14:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association is calling for federal COBRA subsidies for health insurance as a new report shows skyrocketing unemployment claims by arts and entertainment workers in New York because of the COVID-19 shutdown.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Deadline
  4. BROADWAY NEWS: ACTORS’ EQUITY CALLS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDIES

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:13:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity is calling on the federal government to provide health insurance subsidies to members of the entertainment community who have lost coverage due to the impact of COVID-19. 

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    • Broadway News
    • Coronavirus
  5. BROADWAY NEWS: ACTORS’ EQUITY EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR DUES PAYMENT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:12:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity has extended its dues deadline to July 31, 2020 in light of the economic hardships facing its members.

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    • Broadway News
    • Coronavirus
  6. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ACTORS' EQUITY GRANTS DUES EXTENSION AMID WIDESPREAD INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:26:00 GMT – 0

    The union, which represents actors and stage managers, has extended the traditional May deadline for spring dues to July 31.

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    • Coronavirus
    • The Hollywood Reporter
  7. DEADLINE: ACTORS’ EQUITY OFFERS DUES RELIEF TO MEMBERS IN NEED AMID CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWN OF LEGIT THEATERS NATIONWIDE

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:23:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity, whose membership has been jobless since the COVID-19 shutdown of live theaters across the country, is offering dues relief to those members who need it. The union’s $87 spring basic dues payment, customarily billed in May, has been extended to July 31, and late fees for basic dues and initiation fees that are accrued after April 1 will be waived through Nov. 30.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Deadline
  8. VULTURE: LIVESTREAMING AND LABOR: A COLLISION OF GOOD INTENTIONS AT RED BULL THEATER

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:10:00 GMT – 0

    On Monday of this week, Red Bull Theater, the New York group that specializes in Jacobean bloodbath dramas (think Shakespeare, but gleefully less tasteful), was supposed to be online. The company had announced that they would be reconvening their company from their 2015 production of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore to read the play — unproduced, unrehearsed, Zoom-style aesthetic — and livestream it. Their normal Monday night series, Revelation Readings, was on indefinite suspension because of the coronavirus, and this free Facebook and Vimeo teleconference event was meant to engage their audience, revive spirits, and honor John Ford’s zippy, 400-year-old incest plot. “Love me or kill me, brother!” That sort of stuff.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Vulture
  9. PLAYBILL: RED BULL CANCELS SCHEDULED LIVE STREAM READING FOLLOWING DISPUTE WITH ACTORS' EQUITY

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:51:00 GMT – 0

    The March 30 free online reunion reading of 'Tis Pity She’s a Whore was called off at the final hour.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Playbill
  10. WASHINGTON POST: PERFORMERS ARE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE VICTIMS OF OUR NEWLY SHUTTERED WORLD

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:39:00 GMT – 0

    Actor Evan Casey was two weeks into the run of “The Amateurs” at Olney Theatre Center — a play set during a 14th-century plague — when the Maryland venue closed because of coronavirus concerns. His actress wife, Tracy Lynn Olivera, was deep into her duties as assistant director of “Guys and Dolls,” the spring production at Ford’s Theatre, when that musical was shut down. It has been rescheduled for next spring.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Washington Post
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