Press Releases May 2025

Union Vows to Continue the Work to Correct a Tax Law That Inadvertently Penalizes Working Artists

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, announced that Equity’s National Council has endorsed Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine’s campaign for comptroller for the City of the New York, on behalf of its nearly 18,000 members who live in the greater metro area.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, announced that Equity’s National Council has endorsed Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s campaign for Manhattan borough president, on behalf of its nearly 18,000 members who live in the greater metro area.

Signed into law in late 2022, SB 1116 established the Equitable Payroll Fund (EPF), a grant program designed to support live performances – and workers directly – by providing reimbursements of payroll expenses. This program supports jobs for both production and non-production employees at small nonprofit performing arts organizations (SNPAOs) with adjusted gross revenue under $2 million. 

Actors’ Equity Association’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) has announced the nominees for this season’s ACCA Award, honoring the chorus performers in a Broadway show.

Actors’ Equity Association, the union representing more than 51,000 professional performers and stage managers working in live theatre across the country, has announced that workers at The Second City have reached a tentative agreement with employers, avoiding the need for a strike in Chicago as authorized last week.

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.