#actors equity

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4/22/26-He’s a really sweet and supportive son 🖤

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Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs

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I’m seeing a lot of information being passed around about the SAG-AFTRA strike and have already seen this line of questioning on Twitter so I thought I’d address what this means for Broadway actors as I understand it;

Many of your favourite Broadway actors work in film, television and other fields of acting outside of Broadway and do have SAG memberships and thus ARE currently on strike

HOWEVER

Broadway actors are also apart of the Actors’ Equity Association - typically known as Actors’ Equity or just Equity - this is a SEPERATE union

Broadway actors apart of Equity are signed and working under Equity contracts for the productions they are starring in

As they are working under different union contracts, if you see Broadway actors going to their jobs, performing as usual, promoting upcoming theatrical work, etc. - They are NOT scabbing or crossing the picket line as they are not under SAG-AFTRA contracts

Broadway actors are complying with their Equity contracts and to not do so would put their jobs in jeopardies

Remember, the people who comprise Broadway productions are not just famous names but are comprised of many hard working actors who do not have the status or recognition of their more notable co-stars and should NOT be shamed under the guise of false information

HOWEVER

If you see Broadway actors signing onto new screen productions, promoting upcoming screen work, and breaking any of SAG-AFTRA’s strike rules, then it is up to your discretion if you want to bring this to people’s attention

I would like to make it clear that I am NOT an expert nor a professional working on Broadway, this is all information I have gathered from discussions from people involved in the industry. I am only making this post as I have yet to see anyone else address this and have seen some people be confused about what Broadway actors are currently doing in this moment so I hope to help clear things up.

If there is any information I have misunderstood, failed to share or falsely spread, please feel free to correct me and I will update this post.

TLDR: Broadway Actors are not crossing the picket line by continuing to perform in their current theatrical roles as they are under Actor’s Equity Contracts which is a seperate union to SAG-AFTRA

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Tony Awards, Unpaid Wages, and a Blacklist: The Real Legacy of “Paradise Square” — OnStage Blog

by Chris Peterson On June 12, 2022, Paradise Square stood in the national spotlight at the 75th Tony Awards. The show had 10 nomination

It represents a system that too often fails the very people who make theatre possible. It represents an industry that celebrates artistry onstage while tolerating exploitation offstage. It represents a pattern where producers with power can act with impunity, where warnings are ignored, and where unions have to clean up messes that never should have happened in the first place.

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I am a member of actors equity which part of the afl cio. I have had my union card for forty years now and never regretted it. People forget what unions have done for all workers. And we are sliding back by states allowing children to operate dangerous machines. They are paid at a lower rate than the adults. Corruption yeah we have had that. But unions are so much more. If there is a union where you work, join. You will not regret it because the union has your back

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Solidarity with my comrades in the US fighting against this vile legislation. I've made sure to share this with all my UK based drag contacts but don't have any direct US contacts so please do share this and make sure everyone who can get involved knows that the union is there for them.

Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/ActorsEquity/status/1631743221322620929?t=Dc9Rvnyxlr9ZNQUuh6U_uQ&s=19

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The value Affleck

Dunkin’s press release tees up their stunt: "There’s a new Affleck in the Dunkin Cinematic Universe."

Jen Affleck got enough buzz from a Hulu reality show called Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to attract Dunkin’s attention. 

She’s not a bad actress. While I like "The value Affleck," the line that’s been generating a lot of online buzz is, “Twice the personality. Half the price.”

Click-starved legacy media is eating it up (People, Page Six, Today, Us) and sharing a 60-second cut for free. 

Agency: Actors Equity. (Right. Not BBH who did the billboards in the last post. If you want to hire Ben Affleck, you have to hire his agency, too.) Via: AdAge.

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Booze, Bard, Union Card: Drunk Shakespeare Troupes Get Organized

A spark that started in Chicago has caught fire around the country, as both staff and performers for Drunk Shakespeare join Actors’ Equity.

Formed in 1913, Equity currently represents over 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. The Drunk Shakespeare Chicago union would not just represent the performers and crew, however, but the entire staff, including servers and bartenders. Union leaders were able to get 100 percent of the Chicago cast and crew to sign their authorization cards, which might not have happened if everyone’s concerns had not been addressed upfront, Fent added. 

“It’s thrilling to be a labor leader at this moment in which arts workers across the country, like our colleagues in other industries, are claiming their power,” said Equity president Kate Shindle in a press release. “That’s exactly what the members of Drunk Shakespeare United are doing. These actors and stage managers, servers and bartenders have banded together to unionize in order to achieve a fairer, safer workplace, and Equity is eager to support their efforts. I hope that companies of other shows—who might not have realized that they too can have a unionized workplace—will be inspired by Drunk Shakespeare United’s decision to stand together and say, ‘We deserve better.’” 

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Krull explained that during the first weekend in April, the Drunk Shakespeare D.C. team suffered a company-wide COVID-19 outbreak, and half of the staff were out sick. Instead of canceling the shows, they said, upper management pushed the few remaining company members to do back-to-back sold-out shows that Friday. Both managers were out sick, so no management was there that night, and actors were tasked with operating both the light and sound boards despite having no training on either, since no stage manager was present.

“Actors would run onstage to say a line, run off to support stage-management tasks, and then run around to deliver or reset a prop before [returning onstage],” Krull described. “We were fortunate that there were no incidents with inebriated patrons on this particular night, but the staff on duty did not feel supported, and it was a catalyzing factor in our unionization.”