New York / New York / United States
Setting the stage for more than 45,000 American workers in the professional theater industry, Actors Equity Association is the labor union for actors and stage managers. The association negotiates minimum wages and working conditions, administers contracts and enforces the provisions of its various agreements with theatrical employers throughout the United States. Its equity agreements cover venues including Broadway, touring productions, stock theater, resident theater, live corporate communications, theater for young audiences, university theater, cabaret theater and developing theater. Actors Equity Association was founded in 1913 and has headquarters in New York. It is a member of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as well as the Associated Actors and Artists of America.
