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  • August 2020

Equity in the News August 2020

  1. BACKSTAGE: FIRST INDOOR THEATER PERFORMANCES SINCE COVID SHUTDOWN GET EQUITY GREENLIGHT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:34:00 GMT – 0

    After almost six months of nationwide shutdowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Actors’ Equity Association is allowing three theater companies to mount indoor shows using union members.

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    • Backstage
    • Coronavirus
  2. NEW YORK TIMES: IN A PANDEMIC FIRST, 3 AMERICAN THEATERS WILL DO INDOOR SHOWS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:40:00 GMT – 0

    The venues, all small nonprofits in New England, will be permitted by Actors’ Equity to put on work with union actors.

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    • Coronavirus
    • New York Times
  3. BROADWAY WORLD: EQUITY SIGNS OFF ON INDOOR PRODUCTIONS IN CONNECTICUT, VERMONT, AND NEW JERSEY

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:38:00 GMT – 0

    Indoor productions at East Lynne Theatre Company, Music Theatre of Connecticut, and Northern Stage have been approved by the actor's union.

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    • BroadwayWorld
    • Coronavirus
  4. BACKSTAGE: HOW THEATER ACTORS ARE SURVIVING DURING THE PANDEMIC

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:03:00 GMT – 0

    The COVID pandemic has hit many industries hard, but theater artists have had more trouble than most getting back on their feet, and many are facing dwindling options with no federal safety net to fall back on.

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    • Backstage
    • Coronavirus
  5. MIC: DISNEY WORLD'S NEWEST ATTRACTION IS A CORONAVIRUS TESTING CENTER FOR EMPLOYEES

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 14 Aug 2020 14:37:00 GMT – 0

    When Disney World reopened last month, it wasn’t entirely clear how a theme park could operate safely during a global pandemic, or if anything resembling a normal crowd would even be willing to take the risk. Earlier this week, the park announced plans to reduce its hours starting in September, after the company reported reduced turnout and “adversely impacted” earnings. Now, Disney has announced plans to open a coronavirus testing center on Walt Disney World property.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Mic
  6. BACKSTAGE: WALT DISNEY WORLD AND EQUITY SETTLE COVID-FUELED FEUD

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:18:00 GMT – 0

    Walt Disney World in Orlando announced Aug. 12 that it will be providing an on-site COVID testing center for employees and their families. This announcement came after more than a month of back-and-forth between the mouse and Actors’ Equity Association, which had called for Disney to provide its employees with COVID testing, in order to ensure the safety of Equity members who work in the park. Disney World initially reacted to that request by not re-hiring the 750 union members it normally employs.

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    • Backstage
    • Coronavirus
  7. ASSOCIATED PRESS: ACTORS AND DISNEY WORLD REACH DEAL AFTER VIRUS TESTING FIGHT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:15:00 GMT – 0

    Walt Disney World and the union for its actors and singers reached an agreement on Wednesday that will allow them to return to work, more than a month after they said they were locked out of the reopening of the theme park resort for publicly demanding coronavirus tests.

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    • Associated Press
    • Coronavirus
  8. REUTERS: DISNEY WORLD ACTORS READY TO WORK AFTER COVID TESTING DISPUTE RESOLVED

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:14:00 GMT – 0

    Walt Disney World actors, who argued that the Florida theme park’s proposed coronavirus safeguards were inadequate to protect them, have resolved a dispute over COVID-19 testing, a union statement said on Wednesday.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Reuters
  9. USA TODAY: DISNEY WORLD EMPLOYEES GAIN ACCESS TO COVID-19 TESTING SITE ACTORS' UNION REQUESTED

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:11:00 GMT – 0

    Florida will begin providing coronavirus testing for Disney World cast members this week, ending a nearly two-month dispute with a union that represents stage actors at the park.

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    • Coronavirus
    • USA Today
  10. DEADLINE: ACTORS’ EQUITY REACHES AGREEMENT WITH WALT DISNEY WORLD OVER COVID TESTING: ACTORS CAN RETURN TO PARK

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:09:00 GMT – 0

    Walt Disney World and Actors’ Equity Association have reached an agreement over COVID-19 testing that will allow actors to return to work at the resort following a two-month stand-off.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Deadline
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