Press Releases Contracts

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, 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 announced that it has arrived at a new New England Area Theatres (NEAT) agreement for Boston-area theatres. The agreement, which was unanimously approved by Equity's Eastern Regional Board Friday, starts on September 3, 2018, and lasts through September 4, 2022. 

Actors’ Equity Association announced today new data showing members have earned more than $263,000 in the two years since the Union’s 99-seat Agreement was introduced to theatres in Los Angeles. Since the contract was introduced, it has been issued 225 times, leading to an average payment of $1,170 per contract.

Actors’ Equity  re-upped the Bay Area Theatre Contract (BAT) for a four year term. The contract takes effect July 21, 2014 and runs through 2018.

Actors’ Equity recently negotiated four-year contracts with three Employers in the Central Region, gaining increases and improving work rules for each agreement. 

By a margin of 97.2%, Actors' Equity members have overwhelmingly ratified a new four- year LORT contract, which governs employment in 55 theatres represented by the League of Resident Theatres and 16 independent not-for-profit theatres.

At its February meeting, the National Council passed a resolution to make the San Francisco Bay Area the 27th and newest Equity Liaison city. The resolution was made based on recommendations from the PPC and the Western Regional Board.

At its meeting on Tuesday, January 15, the Council of Actors' Equity overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year SET (Short Engagement Touring) Agreement. This agreement, which governs qualifying productions on the road, achieves significant salary and per diem increases and other improvements.