Press Releases

Actors' Equity Association has released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's new budget proposal which moves to make major cuts to federal agencies.

The National Council of Actors’ Equity Association, the union representing more than 51,000 professional performers and stage managers working in live theatre across the country, has voted unanimously to authorize a strike for the workers of The Second City in Chicago at the discretion of their lead negotiator.

Study finds gradual, positive steps towards a fairer industry in the years since the onset of COVID

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, and the Actors’ Equity Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization supporting the professional theatre community, announced jointly that they will bestow the Paul Robeson Award for 2025 on Leslie Ishii.

This attack on workers is at its heart an escalation of the president’s attacks on free speech. These attacks aren’t going to stop federal workers, just as they aren’t going to stop Equity members or any other Americans who believe in the democratic values that our country – and our unions – are founded on.

The House Also Reintroduced PATPA Earlier This Year

“Passing the PRO Act will also send a message from Congress that they care about the wellbeing of American workers. That includes the right to organize, to receive a living wage and to combat misclassification.”

Eight-Month Strike Comes to a Close

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional performers and stage managers working in live theatre, responded to the news that the Kennedy Center canceled their planned tour of Finn, a musical for young audiences.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional performers and stage managers working in live theatre, responded to the news that President Donald Trump had taken several steps to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board.