President Biden celebrated the role of the arts and artists in American society on Friday, using the Kennedy Center Honors as a moment to reflect on the arts’ powerful contributions, which he said were especially evident this year.
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Shindle joined MSNBC's Morning Joe today to discuss The American Rescue Plan Act and more.
Actors’ Equity has condemned President Donald Trump’s “outrageous” proposal to freeze $110 million in the 2021 budget for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
President Trump said he will stop negotiations on another stimulus package until after the election.
Donald Trump has instructed Senate Republicans to block all coronavirus relief until after the election.
Kate Shindle, president of Actors' Equity Association, has issued a statement.
Equity will continue to prioritize relief for members and the industry.
Three area theater groups have joined hundreds of others from around the country in an appeal to Congress for $9 billion in emergency arts funding.
More than 260 theaters representing producers in 37 states and the District of Columbia have signed the letter.
But there will not be an industry to save unless attention is paid to the people who make theater possible: actors, stage managers, stagehands, musicians and more.
