Broadway.News: Actors’ Equity Starts Fund for Actors, Stage Managers as Strike Continues

Actors’ Equity has approved a fund for members who may lose out on work during the strike against developmental work, according to a letter sent to its members Tuesday.

In the letter, Equity said it had conducted “a full day” of negotiations with the Broadway League last week and had not yet reached a deal on an updated lab agreement, but had scheduled future talks. The union’s strike, which bars any Equity member or potential Equity member from participating in developmental work produced by the Broadway League, has been in effect since Jan. 7. READ MORE