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Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has concluded its first-ever convention, from April 25 to 27.

The council of Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has selected Wydetta Carter to serve as the union’s first vice president, the seat designated for principal actors.

Gil Rogers, Actors’ Equity Association councilor emeritus, director and actor who appeared in hundreds of stage productions during his lifetime passed away March 2, 2021, at age 87 at home in Encinitas, California.

The National Council of Actors’ Equity Association – the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre – has unanimously approved the following resolution regarding police unions.

Actors’ Equity Association, the union which represents more than 51,000 professional stage actors and stage managers, announced the results of the 2020 National Council election. In total, the election included 42 Council seats across all three regions, representing principal actor, chorus actor and stage manager categories along with the new at-large category.

Actors’ Equity Association, the union which represents more than 51,000 professional stage actors and stage managers, announced the results of the 2018 National Council election. In total, 55 Council seats across all three regions and representing three (3) categories (principal actor, chorus actor and stage manager) were filled, effective immediately.

The Equity-League Pension plan remains in the “green zone” and is well funded. The most recent actuarial valuation shows that as of June 1, 2014, our plan has a funded percentage of 120.7 percent with an actuarial value of assets of $1.6 billion.

With such hefty national topics like marriage equality, health care and arts funding taking center stage with legislators, Equity members are proud to be standing at the forefront of these historic issues, which is one of the reasons Equity’s National Public Policy Committee held its first annual NPPC Summit on Saturday, April 12, 2014.  

Sixteen members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union which represents more than 49,000 stage actors and stage managers nationwide, have been elected to the National Council, the Union’s governing body.

Actors’ Equity received a historic national charter in its centennial year from the AFL-CIO. today. The direct charter, which was given at the morning session of the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting, makes Equity the 57th labor organization to receive the distinguished honor of formal association with the national federation of American unions.