DEADLINE: ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS ARE READT WORKFORCE TO VACCINATE AMERICA AGAINST COVID-19, PLEDGES ACTORS’ EQUITY PRESIDENT KATE SHINDLE – GUEST COLUMN

Earlier this week, IATSE president Matthew Loeb informed President Joe Biden that the union’s members “stand ready to help build vaccination sites across the country, or to convert existing entertainment venues and convention centers into vaccination sites in order to get shots into the arms of Americans as rapidly as possible.” The Broadway League also promised support for the effort, joining other owners and operators of live venues in offering locations and staff to assist in the vaccination process.

In this exclusive column for Deadline, Kate Shindle, president of Actors’ Equity Association, pledges support from another theater sector: The actors and stage managers in her union, she writes, could put their highly specialized skills and talents to effective use in the drive to provide Covid-19 vaccines to as many Americans as possible, as quickly as possible.

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