Press Releases

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, is now advising all non-union actors and stage managers – including Equity Membership Candidates -- that moving forward they will be prohibited from joining the union in the future if they agree to take work at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in Kansas City, MO while it is on the DO NOT WORK list.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, has announced that members have voted to ratify the Production Contract with the Broadway League – the last step required to approve new terms for the agreement used on Broadway and for some tours.

Actors’ Equity Association has presented the company members of Head Over Heels with the 12th Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award for the 2018-2019 season. 

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, has reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League for a new contract.

Actors' Equity Association has announced that Aaron Thompson has been named Eastern Regional Director.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA). This new bill would ensure that actors, stage managers and other performing artists are not unintentionally hit with tax increases after the passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. 

Actors’ Equity Association has announced that a strong 79 percent majority of members have approved a series of changes to Equity’s Constitution which includes the creation of a national convention.  

Actors’ Equity Association has announced the creation of an anonymous hotline where members can report workplace harassment and bullying.  

Malcolm D. Ewen, a longtime Chicago-based stage manager who served as a National Councillor representing members on the Central Regional Board of Actors’ Equity, passed away last night surrounded by loved ones following a battle with cancer. 

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 theatre actors and stage managers, released testimony submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee on the need for tax fairness for performing artists, many of whom have faced a tax increase following the passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TJCA).