The vaccine mandate for Broadway performers and other crew members will remain in place, despite an exemption announced Thursday by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
The union urges the city to strengthen worker protections in public arts funding.
SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association are praising the passage Friday of the CROWN Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.
This bill is crucial to protecting workers from racial discrimination.
Actors’ Equity announced protocols for a return to in-person auditions starting this week.
In its third-ever diversity and inclusion hiring bias report, Actors' Equity found "incremental progress" compared to previous studies but overall concluded that "the rate of change is glacial."
Despite theater industry pledges to improve its track record on diversity and inclusion in hiring, the follow-through has fallen “far short” of the promises, says a new report by Actors’ Equity Association.
The 11 artists for the Atlanta Opera voted to join IATSE Local 798.
The Arts and Music in Schools measure seeks to increase funding for arts and music education in all PreK-12 public schools in California.
Actors’ Equity has hired a new team of public health consultants to advise the union on COVID-19 health and safety protocols.