Press Releases Contracts

New Agreement Supersedes Previous Production Contract Touring and Short Engagement Touring Agreements

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, and the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the largest professional theatre association of its kind in the United States, announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement for a new five-year contract.

Agreement with The Broadway League governs Broadway Shows and Sit-Down Productions Produced by League Members

The agreement must now be ratified by Equity members in a vote by electronic ballot. Votes are scheduled to be tabulated on December 19, and if the contract is approved, it would immediately go into effect.

Actors’ Equity Association and the Off-Broadway League announced today they have reached a new three-year collective bargaining agreement.

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.