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January Membership Referendum Passed on Meetings Set Constitutional Amendments Start the New Year off by attending an Equity Membership Meeting. for Council Elections The Eastern Regional Membership Meeting willconveneonFriday,January10,2014at2pm t its October, 2013 each year. The amendment to members to participate in their in the Council Room on the 14th Floor meeting, the National the Constitution provides for union’s governance on the same of the Equity Building, ACouncil voted to biennial instead of annual footing, while, at the same time, 165 West 46th Street, New York. recommend amendments to the elections, with the election cycle complying with Department of Constitution of Actors’ Equity staggered for both Officers and Labor regulations. The agenda will include: Association. The Constitutional Councillors. This approach will • Presentation of the St. Clair Bayfield Award referendum was sent out for save Equity between $50,000 • Presentation of the Joe A. Callaway Award member ratification and the and $75,000 over each two-year Important • Report of the Eastern Regional Director results are as follows: election cycle. • Report of the Eastern Regional Vice President Information re Number of ballots sent: The change to Article IV, • Membership Discussion Period in accordance with the 42,818 section 3 brings Equity’s 2014 National By-Laws Number of ballots returned: election procedures into Election The Central Regional Membership Meeting 9,756 compliance with federal law by The 2014 National Coun- will convene on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 6:30pm Number of ballots in favor: replacing the current cil election will take place in the Member Center (1st Floor) 9,624 Nominating Committees’ next spring. With the over- of the Equity Building, Number of ballots against: process with a process for whelming ratification (see re- 557 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL. 86 nomination of all candidates by sults) of the Constitutional The agenda will include: Number of ballots not valid: petition. Although the amendments to the election • Report of the Central Regional Director 46 Nominating Committees’process process, more information • Report of the Central Regional Vice President The changes to Article III, has long been a part of Equity’s about procedures and how to • Membership Discussion Period in accordance with the section 4 and section 5 address elections, the new process will run will be sent to you by U.S. By-Laws the current election cycle which provide a uniform, neutral Postal Service in January. The Western Regional Membership Meeting allows for elections to be held manner of allowing all qualified will convene on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 11am in the Bellamy Room on the 5th Floor at the Equity office, 6755 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA. From the NEA to AEA: The agenda will include: • Report of the Western Regional Director • Report of the Western Regional Vice President Ralph Remington is Equity’s NewWestern • Membership Discussion Period in accordance with the By-Laws Regional Director/Assistant Executive Director

Note: The Annual Membership Meeting is Friday, April 11, alph Remington will be tenure, he led national management and budget 2014 in all Regions. The Regions will be connected by the first person to tell you initiatives, developed analysis as skills that will be telephonic hook-up in order that all members may hear the that as a young kid partnerships to advance the instrumental in leading the statements of candidates running for election to Council. R growing up in poor inner-city theatre field and oversaw more Western Region and to Equity’s neighborhoods in Philadelphia, than $25 million in grants overall strategy and long range theatre saved his life. “It not only awarded to theatres nationwide. plans. “He provides the union New Unemployment gave me a positive outlet for As a vocal force in the arts with a rare inside-out view of our creative expression and community, Remington’s efforts industry. He has a proven track Insurance Regulations frustration, but it also gave me and initiatives resulted in over record of success as a strategic purpose. In the theatre, I found planner and is a champion of a community where I could be cultural inclusiveness.” McColl Going Into Effect myself without pretense or continued, “His expertise and ue to high rates of apology. I found my people – relationships will not only serve unemployment and the theatre people.” the theatrical community in the Dlarge volume of claims Today, as AEA’s newest Western Region, but our being filed, most states have member of the executive membership nationwide.” found themselves borrowing leadership team (joining the Remington is a strong funds from the Federal Equity family as Western advocate for actors and stage Government in order to Regional Director/Assistant managers. “Fighting for continue to pay Unemployment Executive Director on January 6, individual rights and basic Insurance benefits. 2014), Remington, an Equity respect and dignity has always This has now led to the member, never imagined he been important to me,” said Federal Government handing would have the opportunity to Remington. “I know there are down new regulations which be on this side of the theatre many issues to address as we try to grapple with the future of the states must adhere to. As community, serving his union. “This is definitely that Ralph Remington. our industry in this brave new of October 1, 2013, if incorrect unexpected dream role,” said world and I am up for the information is given in Remington. “I never thought that connection with an 65% of NEA funding being (continued on page 2) I’d have an opportunity to serve unemployment insurance focusedonnewworksinjust- this great union in this type of Index claim, a 15% penalty or a $100 under two years. Remington capacity. I am immensely fine can be charged in addition also received an NEA Referendum passed on excited and overjoyed to be here Chairman’s Award for Constitution Amendments to the repayment of any as we create the next 100 years Distinguished Service. for Council Elections ...... 1 benefits collected. You could of AEA history.” From the President ...... 3

NEWS His multifaceted career and also be penalized from Remington will be departing varied experience as an From the Executive Director ...... 3 receiving future benefits and the National Endowment for the administrator is exactly what National news ...... 6 you may be faced with Arts (NEA) as Director of drew Executive Director Mary Centennial feature: Celebrations

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Q and civil actions by the position he has held since Remington. She points to his Annual Report on employment, 165 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036 Address Service Requested Second Class Postage Paid in New York, NY E earnings, membership, finance...10 (continued on page 5) 2010). During Remington’s experience in administration, 2 / EQUITY news DECEMBER 2013 Area Liaison 2013: Equity’s Year in Review Nominations Hotline system January The contract of Executive election procedures. Due for 2014 Call 877-AEA-1913 Council ratifies new Short Director Mary McColl is Director, playwright, author, Engagement Touring Agreement extended by unanimous vote of actor and educator Shaunelle Rosetta Equity has a National toll-free (SET) with significant salary and Council for a three-year term. Perry receives the Paul Robeson hotline system for members who per diem increases and other Western Regional Director Award for exemplifying and LeNoire live in Area Liaison and office improvements. Mary Lou Westerfield announces practicing the principles and cities. The number is 877-AEA- Major renovations begin on her retirement, effective May ideals to which Mr. Robeson Award 2014, after a career at Equity devoted his life. 1913 (honoring the year of Eq- the Equity Building in New York. ominations are being spanning 40 years. uity’s founding). Each Area February November accepted through Members overwhelmingly Liaison city has its own exten- Equity receives a direct Sean Taylor begins his tenure Friday, February 14, ratify a new four-year LORT N sion, where members can ac- charter from the AFL-CIO, as Central Regional 2014 for Equity’s annual Rosetta agreement highlighted by salary cess news and information in becoming the 57th labor Director/Assistant Executive LeNoire Award. The award, increases and technology their region. organization in the Federation. Director. established in 1988, recognizes improvements. First Vice President Paige Price outstanding contributions made (1) Dial 877-AEA-1913 Council ratifies a new December and Executive Director Mary by either an individual or an University Resident Theatre Equity’s observance of its (2) Dial your city extension: McColl accept the charter at the institution to advance the Association (URTA) contract, Centennial ends. The 811 Atlanta AFL-CIO Executive Council “universality of the human which includes an 11% salary celebration, which began in May, 812 Austin/San Antonio meeting. experience in American theatre.” hike over four years. includes gala parties in New It is named for Rosetta LeNoire, 813 Boston San Francisco Bay Area York, Chicago and Los Angeles, June not only to recognize her body of 814 Buffalo/Rochester becomes the 27th and newest as well as in 27 liaison cities. In Equity, along with SAG- work and her work with Equity’s 815 Chicago Equity Liaison Area. addition, there are tributes from AFTRA, hosts the annual then-named Ethnic Minorities 816 Cincinnati/Louisville Video conferencing comes to the AFL-CIO and legislators in International Federation of Committee, but also for founding 817 Cleveland Council meetings, connecting many cities, awards and Actors (FIA) Executive the AMAS Repertory Theatre the New York, Los Angeles and publication of Performance of the 818 Dallas/Fort Worth Committee to discuss topics of Company in New York, an Chicago offices. Century, an illustrated history of 819 Denver mutual interest. organization dedicated to March the union, including rare photos, 820 Detroit Tom Viola, Executive Director maintaining an interracial New Audition Center opens in insights from working actors and 821 Florida – Central of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights company of actors. the New York office. stage managers and highlights 822 Florida – South AIDS since 1997, receives the Nominations for the award of landmark performances from April 2013 Patrick Quinn Award for must be submitted in writing and 823 Houston the last century. Equity buys a building in Distinguished Service to Actors. be accompanied by supporting 824 Kansas City The Council, Officers and North Hollywood as documentation attesting to how 825 Las Vegas July Staff extend to members headquarters for the Western the nominee fulfills the award 826 Los Angeles The U.S. Department of everywhere best wishes for a Region. criterion. Attached to the 827 Milwaukee/Madison Labor inducts Equity into the peaceful and healthy holiday Equity receives the submission form should be a 828 Minneapolis/St Paul Department’s “Century of season and a Happy New Year. prestigious Helen Hayes biography/resume of the 829 Nashville Service Honor Roll of American Tribute, recognizing nominee; the mission statement 830 New Orleans Labor Organizations.” This honor distinguished theatre and Annual Report of the recognizes labor unions that 831 New York professionals who exemplify theatre/institution; praiseworthy have reached their 100th Ralph Remington 832 Philadelphia great commitment to the newspaper articles; evidence of anniversary. continued from page 1 833 Phoenix/Tucson professional theatre. The awards or recognition the President Nick Wyman 834 Pittsburgh presentation is at the Annual nominee has received; examples addresses the 67th Quadrennial challenge.” 835 San Diego Helen Hayes Awards and is the of casting and productions that Convention of the International With a storied career first time in the Award’s history fulfill the objective; and letters of 836 San Francisco Association of Theatrical Stage spanning theatre, arts and that the tribute goes to an support. There is a ten-page limit 837 Seattle Employees (IATSE). politics, Remington founded the organization. Minneapolis-based Pillsbury for the Submission Form and 838 St. Louis August 839 Washington DC/Baltimore Councillor Christine Toy House Theatre, an Equity supporting information. Johnson receives the 2013 Christine Provost steps down theatre, in 1992. Under his Inherent in the award is Rosetta LeNoire Award for her as Central Regional Director leadership, the company began acknowledgement that the exemplary work in advancing after 17 years as a staff member a longstanding policy of non- recipient has an exemplary inclusion, non-traditional in Equity’s Chicago office. traditional casting and diversity record in both the hiring of ethnic casting in theatre and the hiring September in its hiring practices. He has minorities (including female of ethnic minorities. Equity members attend first also directed numerous stage actors, actors with disabilities An Equity delegation Convention of the AFL-CIO productions, including 14 world and senior actors) and should including Councillors Jennie since affiliating directly with the premieres. At Pillsbury House, have a working relationship (and Ford, Jess W. Speaker III, Buzz labor Federation. Equity’s Remington formed the a history) with Actors’ Equity Roddy, and Central Regional delegation includes President community youth outreach Association. Board member Peggy Thorpe, Nick Wyman, First Vice program, “Chicago Avenue Nominations should be mailed EQUITYNEWS along with Eastern Regional President Paige Price, Third Vice Project,” helping children create to: Rosetta LeNoire Award Editor: DICK MOORE Director/Assistant Executive President Ira Mont, Western and perform in plays based on Nominations c/o Actors’ Equity Associate Editor: HELAINE FELDMAN Director and General Counsel Regional Vice President Doug their own life experiences. The Association, 557 West Randolph Tom Carpenter and National Street, Chicago, IL 60661, Att: Equity News Advisory Committee Carfrae, Eastern Regional Vice program was awarded the 2005 Director of Communications “Coming Up Taller” award, Luther Goins. Christine Toy Johnson, Chair President Melissa Robinette, (Eastern) Maria Somma visit Washington, Councillors Kelly Ground, presented at the White House For further information, Nancy Daly (Western) DC on Arts Advocacy Day. The Clarinda Ross and Francis Jue, by First Lady Laura Bush. contact Mr. Goins, National Diane Dorsey (Central) contingent meets with Equity Employment Opportunity Nicole Flender (Eastern) along with Executive Director Remington was a Bruce Alan Johnson (Eastern) legislative leaders to voice Mary McColl and National Minneapolis City Council Coordinator at 312-641-0393, Stas’ Kmiec’ (Eastern) support for increased funding Communications Director Maria member from 2006-2009. He ext. 237 or via email at Kevin McMahon (Western) for the National Endowment for [email protected]. The Liz Pazik (Central) Somma. previously served as executive Barbara Roberts (Western) the Arts (NEA) and other Officers and Councillors from director of the Media Artists nomination form can be Melissa Robinette (Eastern) issues important to the arts. around the country join New York Resource Center (MARC) in St. downloaded at Buzz Roddy (Eastern) May counterparts for the Union’s Paul, and led a merger between http://www.actorsequity.org/News EQUITY NEWS (ISSN: 00924520) is National Council Plenary. Focus MARC and the Independent Media/news2013/pdf/RosettaLe published monthly except for com- Equity celebrates its Filmmaker Project. He served NoireNominationForm 2014.doc. bined issues in Jan./Feb., July/Aug., Centennial on May 26. Galas of the two-day meetings is an Oct.,/Nov., by Actors' Equity through the end of the year in examination of Equity’s as artistic associate and director Association, 165 West 46th Street, the three office cities and 27 governance structure and how to of community engagement for New York, NY 10036. Telephone: Liaison cities commemorate the position the Union for the future. Arena Stage in Washington, Alive and Well (212) 869-8530. Periodicals D.C. A Philadelphia native, postage paid at New York, NY. and event. A 200+ page book, October Remington is a graduate of We are happy to report that additional mailing offices. Copyright Performance of the Century – Council recommends two Howard University (B.F.A., Equity member Lesley Stewart 2003, Actors' Equity Association. 100 Years of Actors’ Equity Constitutional amendments for a Subscription price for non-members Drama). is alive and well despite her Association and the Rise of referendum vote by membership. of Actors' Equity Association: $25 Remington succeeds Mary name being listed in the Final Professional American Theater The amendments, discussed at per year. Postmaster: Send address Lou Westerfield, who steps Curtain column in the changes to Equity News, 165 West by Robert Simonson, is the plenary held in September, down from the post at the end of October/November 2013 issue 46th St., New York, NY 10036. published. affect Equity’s governance and the year. of Equity News. DECEMBER 2013 EQUITY news / 3 From the From the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRESIDENT What I Learned Keeping the Faith By Nick Wyman business because it offered a year. Maybe you haven’t worked While Traveling the surefire path to financial security; in three years. In five years. Keep ther than a LORT job we did it because of the joy of the faith.You are still a which ended eight working together to tell a story, professional actor or stage Country to Celebrate months ago, I’ve had a O because we love acting or stage manager. The good news about meager assortment of work this managing. So if all that matters this career with its lottery-like year: a couple radio ads, a the AEA Centennial to you is calling a show or getting odds of success is that — hey, couple readings, a low-budget By Mary McColl ways will help you in your up onstage, and most of the you never know — that career- movie that will almost certainly career, will help your brothers work (or “work”) is non-Equity, changing opportunity may be just s you know, the AEA never see your multiplex. Like so and sisters, and will strengthen why wouldn’t you stay non-Equity around the corner. Keep the Centennial was May many of you, I am going through the industry. or even turn in your card and go faith. 26, 2013 and we have a lull in my career. (Maybe I’ve A The Association is only as non-union? As a professional Equity been celebrating the many been retired and nobody told strong as you, the members, Why? Because that card is a member, you help the staff, when accomplishments that went into me.) are. The staff can only succeed hallmark. Having that card employers wish to utilize your the first 100 years of Equity in As I have traveled to the with your assistance. Whether means you’re a professional skills, by forcing those employers the professional theatre. If you liaison cities for our centennial you live in a right-to-work (for actor or stage manager.You to work with AEA staff to create have been reading Equity News parties, I have met many, many less) state or you live in a belong to an elite cadre, a tiny fair wages and working over the past few months you members who are also going community with few Equity percentage of the hundreds and conditions. Those wages and know that President Wyman through a lull in their career — or theatres and many non-Equity hundreds of thousands of working conditions help and I have been traveling to our whose work history seems more actors, we need your help and wannabe actors.Your card says, everyone, including non-Equity liaison areas (areas with 100 or lull than career. I am impressed willingness to stand up. Without “I value myself. If you wish to hire actors. Conversely, not joining more Equity members) to and moved by their commitment the hard work of Equity elected me, you’ll have to meet certain the union or turning in your union celebrate not only the Union’s and the tenacity with which they leaders and staff over the last standards of compensation and card hurts all workers by giving Centennial, but the many are keeping the faith with the hundred years, the theatre working conditions. I do this for a more leverage to the employer. contributions that Equity business and with AEA. These industry would have a vastly living.” Almost all Equity members members have made to the members do not have my different landscape today. Yes, yes. I hear your abashed spend more time not having an communities in which they live. Broadway opportunities — Looking forward, Equity needs demurrals: “Well, I actually don’t AEA job than having one. I have had the privilege to indeed they may not even have you to stand up for yourself, make my living onstage; I don’t Looking for work is our default meet members from all over the my LORT opportunities as the stand up for your brothers and even make my entire living as an setting.Your paid staff and your country and to ask what their local LORT theatres frequently sisters in your community and actor.” That’s okay.That’s par for unpaid elected leaders are life is like as a stage manager persist in auditioning actors in across the country. Stand up for the course. (Re-read my column working hard to make that work or actor in their community. New York for their shows. Those professional theatre. “Mosaic.”) And yet, I constantly easier to find (by organizing They have shared many stories smaller theatres that do hire local The staff and I know that our meet actors who are convinced more of it) and worthy of your of working (or not) and talked AEA actors frequently only hire role is to negotiate and that most other actors work talents (by negotiating the best with me about what their hopes one or two Equity actors per administer contracts. We work much more than they do. Maybe possible wages and working are in regard to how their Union show. The great majority of local to ensure that you can work you are one such.You may have conditions).You keep looking for will interact with them and their acting roles go to non-Equity safely. We also work to find new had (like me and so many work, we’ll keep working for you, employers. Their stories members. places to for you to work. And others) only one job in the last and we’ll both keep the faith. allowed me to step into their Now, none of us joined this here is the call to action. lives, for just a moment, and In the last year, we’ve understand more fully what it reported in this publication means to be a member of objects on the grounds that the about the on-going work to Actors’ Equity. A Look Back @Equity Milestones new rules would cause American create a strategic plan. With At each of these parties we performers to suffer great communications and organizing had a program where President unemployment while non- as twin pillars in our strategy, members and of the theatre- Wyman and I spoke. I wrote my immigrant aliens displace them. we will be working over the next 75 Years Ago going public… In this connection, speech back in May for our six months to implement the December, 1938 the two unions will maintain a gala in Chicago. My plan. And as the call to action, constant exchange of information 10 Years Ago original speech was a greeting, • Nearly 800 members gather we are asking you to again be on costs and prevailing levels of December, 2003 a thank you, and a discussion at New York’s Hotel Astor for a active participants. We are remuneration in their two of “the industry” and the arts. A quarterly membership meeting. • Members are urged to working with an outside countries so that each will be in a funny thing happened to that • Equity loans the American support the on-going “Save the consultant to create surveys of position to ensure that its advice speech (and to me) as I worked Federation of Radio Artists Road” campaign as non-Equity the membership. These surveys to members offered my way around the country, (AFRA—before the “T” is added touring shows continue to will have general questions, but engagements in the other spoke to members and learned for Television) $5,500 to aid in its proliferate. will also be specific to areas country is up-to-date and about their needs. I heard loud organization campaign. that members have brought complete.” and clear that what they forward as issues or needed to hear from me (and 50 Years Ago challenges. We also will want to what I needed to provide as a 25 Years Ago Times Square know what works well for you, December, 1963 leader) was a discussion of December, 1988 in your community, in your • Equity hails two days of Turns Into Union. They wanted to hear career. hearings conducted by New York • Los Angeles producers about what it means to be part By responding to the call, State Attorney General Louis reject the new Los Angeles 99- Super Bowl of something larger and responding to the survey if Lefkowitz into abuses in theatre Seat Theatre Plan unanimously then themselves. And they you should receive one, you will financing, accounting practices approved by Council in an effort Boulevard needed a call to action. help to formulate the plan and and ticket distribution. Equity’s to resolve the controversy that So, I changed my speech. I determine the direction of our Executive Secretary at the time, has been raging over local waiver NFL Unveils Super spoke about the many stories I first steps into our next 100 Angus Duncan, is among those theatres. Major changes in the had heard across the country. I Bowl-Themed years. When Equity’s testifying, and says: “Clearly, this new plan, recommended by the talked about how important forefathers and foremothers inquiry is in the public interest, Western Advisory Board, involve they (you as you read this “Great White Way” established this Union, they set and the information brought to method of payment and length of article) and all the other uper Bowl XLVIII (48) is the groundwork for what Equity light is an auspicious beginning run. members are to the success of coming to MetLife is today.You, together with your to a house-cleaning of long • Equity opposes new the industry. Stadium in New Jersey elected leaders and the staff, untidy premises.” immigration rules promulgated by S And I also changed how I on Sunday, February 2, 2014. will help create the amazing • Council issues a joint the Immigration and think. As your Executive New York City will host several future of Actors’ Equity statement with British Equity on Naturalization Service that would Director, I still think about ways events during the week leading Association. I look forward to common aims, notably the allow any alien who has a the Union can advocate for you, up to the game, including what we can all do together “protection of performers.” The baccalaureate degree or its but now I am also thinking “Super Bowl Boulevard” in and to continuing the dialogue statement says, in part: “The two equivalent to enter the US as an about ways you can advocate Times Square from January 26- that made this year so unions believe that a reasonable artist of “distinguished merit and for the Union. Creating a strong February 2, 2014. memorable. and fair exchange is in the ability,” and work for a period of relationship that goes both interest of their respective up to six years at a time. 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Western Region which we get to develop over the Equity member Howie Seago, many months of our contract, who is deaf, says “It is truly a and if we’re so fortunate, blessing to work at OSF.They Oregon Festival is Not Just consecutive seasons. I am a very strive to fully accommodate my proud member of this OSF access needs. I appreciate the for Shakespeare Anymore acting company and family.” unique opportunity to work in a Equity member Robin repertory company, performing in hough known at its are of such high quality that it the Festival toward its first Goodrin Nordli also enthuses 13 plays over five years. It is rare founding as the Oregon received the 1983 Tony Award agreement with Actors’ Equity about being part of this company. for deaf actors to do even one TShakespearean Festival for Outstanding Achievement in Association in the early 1980s,” “OSF is the largest regional play in a year, let alone (the name changed to Oregon Regional Theatre. says former Executive Director rotating repertory theatre in the Shakespeare.” He continues: Shakespeare Festival in 1988), Cynthia Rider, who became (1995-2012) Paul Nicholson, United States. Most actors “OSF has so many resources for this venue in Ashland, Oregon perform in two or three different me to utilize in my ASL operating under a LORT plays a season that run in translations such as dramaturgs, agreement is not just for repertory and may perform in voice, text and sign coaches. Shakespeare anymore. Originally any, or all of the three different They do a wonderful job in housed in one theatre (the theatre venues. It is an amazing prepping directors and designers Elizabethan Stage) since 1935, place. For any actor in the United who may not have worked with a and later with the addition of two States who dreams about doing deaf actor before. My performing smaller theatres, they extended repertory work, this is the place. at OSF has had tremendous the length of their season and At the height of the season we impact on enhancing theatre also expanded the repertoire to have more than 100 actors professionals’ and audiences’ include the classics and other working on three stages doing a perspective of deaf people and contemporary and new works. wide range of works. There is inspired many deaf and hearing OSF opened on July 2, 1935 nothing more satisfying than students. It is such a nice with a production of Twelfth working with people you have a comfortable, stress-free feeling Night, followed on the 3rd by The Anthony Heald with Robin Goodrin Nordli in the OSF production history and a shorthand with.You to return every year, knowing of Cymbeline. (Photo: T. Charles Erickson) Merchant of Venice and Twelfth get that in a company.” that an excellent system of high- Night again on the 4th. Reserved In addition to its full schedule quality professional Executive Director of OSF in “overcoming initial resistance seats cost $1, with general of plays, OSF is involved with the accommodation is in place January, 2013 says, “I love this from many Board members. The admission of $ .50 for adults and community.There are summer where I can truly focus on the place for a host of reasons and move transformed the company $ .25 for children. In case the seminars, family days and craft of acting.” primarily it is the joy and from a place where people could plays didn’t draw, a boxing match partnerships with pre-college Artistic Director Bill Rauch excellence of the plays, and begin their careers to one where was also scheduled. Ironically, programs for under-represented sums things up: “Ever since I never seeing the same thing they could have a career.” the profit from the plays covered multicultural students. There is was a child, I have come to the twice. Even when you see the Equity member Kate Hurster the losses from the fights. also a school program which theatre for inspiration. I still do. second, third or even fourth or says she loves working at OSF Today, the theatre presents an annually sends actors to Even the Festival’s mission fifth production of some of “because I feel like I’m a part of eight-month season of 11 approximately 100 schools, statement celebrates OSF’s two Shakespeare’s most famous American Theatre history. OSF is plays—four by Shakespeare and presenting performances and main sources of inspiration: the works, the director may bring an one of the few remaining true seven by other playwrights—in workshops in Shakespeare and work of William Shakespeare entirely unexpected concept to a repertory companies in the rotating repertory in three modern literature to more than and the cultural richness of the play you thought you knew, or an country—certainly of this size theatres: the outdoor Allen 70,000 students in California, United States. I continue to actor will interpret a role in an and scope—and, as a result, we Elizabethan Theatre, which seats Kansas, Oregon and attend theatre for inspiration, and entirely new way. I love seeing an get to work alongside one 1,190; the Angus Bowmer Washington. Diversity and I find it here in Ashland—in the American classic followed by a another in so many capacities. In Theatre, which seats 601; and inclusion are a priority for both audaciously human visions of groundbreaking new musical one show you’ll play a leading the intimate Thomas Theatre, audiences and actors and Shakespeare, in the spirited followed by a famous role; in another you’re supporting which seats 270-360. The include a full schedule of open- contradictions of our 21st Shakespeare comedy or tragedy. the story in a more subtle way. Festival is so popular that 88% of captioned or sign-interpreted century United States, and in the And this is just one weekend at Our unique production schedule its audience travels more than performances, audio described ever-curious pilgrims who OSF.” requires of our company a 125 miles to attend performances, and assisted comprise OSF’s audience.” “One of my greatest diverse set of skills, patient performances; its productions listening devices. accomplishments was moving endurance and fearless intimacy,

land Theatre over by Disneyland. them asked how many of us be- land Theatre; paid the remaining I was ecstatic. The odd looking longed to Actors’ Equity. I inno- $75 initiation fee and became a How I building was near my apartment cently asked the guy next to me proud member of Actors’ Equity. I and I began driving by it every “What’s Actors’ Equity?” He said will celebrate my 50th anniver- Got My single day, watching its progress, it was the union. (Me: “We have a sary as an Equity member in thinking it didn’t look so odd any- union?!”) I told him that I be- 2016. Equity Card more and wondering what it longed to the Retail Clerks Union After graduating from Chap- looked like inside. At the time of and asked if that would matter. man University in 1967 Dennis the auditions the theatre wasn’t He gave me a dead pan I can Kelly played one more season at Dennis Kelly finished so they were held in a still see and have stolen a thou- Melodyland then toured and hotel ballroom nearby. I got a sand times since. But I felt proud recorded with the Norman Luboff callback. The callbacks were that I would belong to a union for Choir. He was also Mr. Luboff’s By Dennis Kelly quit after I’d been put on proba- held at the Las Palmas Theatre actors. assistant conductor for five tion having lost my scholarship in Hollywood. After we sang, In those days the Actors’ Eq- years. He’s has toured and n June 17, 2013, at the due to poor grades. I honestly Jack Beaber, the choreographer, uity initiation fee was $150. It recorded with the Whit-Lo Kennedy Center Opera didn’t care. I just wanted to work. took us through a few combina- could be paid in two installments: Singers and the New York Cam- House in Washington, O I had a straight job at Von’s Su- tions. (I wasn’t expecting that.) $75 up front and then $75 six erata Singers and has recorded DC, my fellow company mem- permarket and two church jobs: Boris Kogan, the music director, months later, or on the next Equi- with the Robert DeCormier bers of the Roundabout Theatre one as choir director of St. Ann’s then asked some of us to sing “If ty job after the six months. I Singers, the Boston Pops Or- Company’s National Tour of Any- Catholic Church in Santa Ana I Loved You” from ‘soon you’d signed my first Actors’ Equity chestra and several other organi- thing Goes helped me celebrate (the Monsignor thought I was 24) leave me…’ to the end. I nailed it contract on May 20, 1963. I was zations. He has performed on a rehearsal which had taken and the other as choir director of and hoped they wouldn’t remem- paid $85 minimum, plus $5 for Broadway and Off-Broadway, at place 50 years earlier to the day. the Central Assembly of God ber my dancing. After we sang, parts as cast, plus $10 as Radio City Music Hall (where he It was late 1962. I had begun Church in Anaheim. I was seven of us were asked to step singer/dancer equaling…$100 was once an off-stage conductor watching the construction of an singing at functions all over Or- forward. I was terrified. I didn’t per week. I still have the contract. for Paul Lavalle – it was a big odd looking building on Harbor ange and LA counties and I was know whether we’d be asked to Our first rehearsal was held on cast), on London’s West End, in Boulevard across the street from taking voice lessons religiously stay or leave. We stayed. The June 17, 1963. National Tours and in regional Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. It every Saturday morning at 10 seven women singers who had However, I wasn’t an Equity theatres throughout the US and looked like a stucco cement cir- am and sometimes during the made the cut were brought on member yet. as a pit singer for the Alvin Ailey cus tent. I didn’t give it much week as well, with my teacher stage and the director, David Tih- The season lasted six Dance Company. He’s also per- thought. After all, it was across Kenny Akin of Santa Ana. mar, formed us into a chorus line months. I then continued my ed- formed in, directed or produced the street from Disneyland. During one of my lessons and gave a pep talk. ucation at Chapman University in over 300 live industrial shows. I was 19 years old. I had Kenny told me he’d gotten a call We were led to the lobby to Orange, CA on a Music Depart- He lives in Evanston, IL with his spent one year as a music major asking him to recommend meet the producers, Sammy ment grant. During the summer sweetheart, actress Ami Sil- at Long Beach State and had singers to audition for Melody- Lewis and Danny Dare. One of of 1966 I went back to Melody- vestre. DECEMBER 2013 EQUITY news / 5

Pension & Health claims data with CIGNA shows In recent years the Equity- that most of our participants are League Fund office has been reasonable health care implementing new information Pension Fund Remains “Safely in the consumers. For instance, it is technology with an aim to important to know when it is containing administrative costs Green Zone;” Health Fund Still Healthy appropriate to see a doctor or as well as to improve member visit an urgent care clinic as services. Soon, our participants he Trustees of the from 2008 and 2009. No doubt price tag of $7,300 and $14,600 opposed to going to the will be able to monitor their Equity-League Pension & you will remember the massive respectively. This fee will be emergency room. Conversely, it profiles online and will be able to THealth Trust Funds have global market meltdown of 2008 recalculated and assessed each is quite critical in some cases to track health weeks and pension been quite active in the past few which created havoc on multiple year and sunsets in 2019. The go immediately to the calculations. We expect this years due to legislation that has levels. Our assets have been purpose of the Comparative emergency room. Our aspect of our IT system to go live demanded our attention. We steadily increasing and our Effectiveness Fee is to fund the participants seem to be making in early 2014. And we want to have been working with plan actuaries predict that our funded new Patient Centered Outcomes the appropriate choices. Our remind members that the Equity- professionals to ensure our percentage will not dip below Research Institute (PCORI) claims data cannot definitively League Trust Fund is a separate compliance with the Pension 100%. Thirty-year projections which will endeavor to make demonstrate that our members organization from Actors’ Equity. Protection Act of 2006, the show that we are likely to remain some sense of the wildly uneven engage in healthier lifestyles We encourage members to visit Mental Health Parity Act, the green and fully funded. medical charges and outcomes than the average population. But the Equity-League site and to Affordable Care Act, the Pension The Investment Committee with a goal of setting new we assume that to be true based maintain current address, phone Relief Act of 2010 and, most has re-tooled its long-term standards. Group health plans, on a lower trend of increases and email information. recently, the Supreme Court funding policy, increasing such as ours, are also subject to than most plans. The Equity Trustees work ruling on the Defense Of diversity without significantly a much more costly Reinsurance In a typical group health plan closely with the League Trustees Marriage Act (DOMA). The increasing risk. They continue to Fee which is intended to the biggest cost drivers are (Employer Trustees, appointed changes we have effected due to monitor the performances of the reimburse insurance companies cancer, heart disease and by The Broadway League) and DOMA have been fairly simple; various money managers, for losses they may sustain by diabetes. In our plan the largest plan professionals to safeguard we have redefined Spouse to requiring them to meet or exceed insuring higher risk participants. claims come from HIV/AIDS, and improve benefits for AEA read “a person to whom you are their benchmarks. This fee will commence in 2014 mental health and PT/chiro. members. We are grateful that legally married under applicable As the fabled Baby Boomers with an initial charge of $63 per Under the provisions of the the League Trustees equal our law,“ among a few other continue to age, the Pension participant, or a total cost of Mental Health Parity Act, we commitment. We will remain necessary language changes. Fund is experiencing approximately $459,900, have had to remove the annual responsive to the various The term “Domestic Partner” will unprecedented numbers of new depending on the actual cap on therapy. It is too soon to challenges and opportunities that still appear in plan documents as pensioners. Between the years numbers of participants at the say if there will be a significant affect benefit plans. both same sex and opposite sex of 2003 and 2007 there was an time. This fee will sunset in 2016 adverse impact from this On behalf of the Equity couples retain the right to be average of 288 new pensions and the amount charged per requirement. In addition, we have Trustees—Doug Carfrae, Brian domestic partners if they do not awarded per year. Between 2008 participant after 2014 is yet to be removed the annual limits for Myers Cooper, Steve DiPaola, wish to marry. and 2012 that number rose to determined. PT/chiro to comply with the ACA. Alan Hall, Thomas Joyce, Pension 435. To date, in 2013 there have As a self-insured fund, the Our out-of-network utilization Francis Jue, Mary McColl, Ira been 532 new pensioners. Trustees must pay close The Equity Trustees are results in an almost double Mont, Carol Waaser and Nick Fortunately, our long-term attention to claims data. In a pleased to report that our spend than other group plans. By Wyman—I submit the annual funding goals have anticipated typical group health plan pension plan continues to reside using the professional services report. and planned for these approximately 20% of the safely in the green zone. Our of in-network providers, our Fraternally yours, phenomena. participants account for 80% of most recent actuarial valuation members will help the plan Madeleine Fallon The Trustees regret that it has the annual medical and shows a funded percentage of maintain stability of the plan Chair, Equity Trustees not been possible to make prescription costs. Before 120.5% with an actuarial value of overall. improvements to pension since exploring this topic further, we assets of $1,408,000,000. These 2007. We are unable to do so wish to remind our members that figures reflect a $30 million until at least 2016, due to the the commitment of the Trustees increase from the previous year’s requirements of the Pension is to provide quality health Unemployment Insurance the states to be more diligent in assets (up from Relief Act of 2010. The coverage to the largest number continued from page 1 documenting claimants’ search $1,378,000,000), but a decrease opportunity to spread the 2008- of working members possible. for work while collecting of funded percentage from Department of Labor. 2009 losses over a longer time Our goal is to continue to provide benefits. Claimants will be 126.1%. The percentage Commencing January 1, period comes with the restriction the benefits of the plan without required to conduct and difference is a result of the 2014, the weekly work search that no pension improvements requiring a continuing upward document at least three work actuarial calculation allowed requirement regulations will be can be enacted without requiring spiral of employer contributions searches per week and may be under the Pension Relief Act, expanded pursuant to these increased contributions from our or a more restrictive level of required to work individually which allows us to gradually Federal regulations. The employers. The Trustees will eligibility. Currently, the news is with the Department of Labor’s recognize the investment losses government is now requiring consider pension improvements favorable. A recent review of Career Center staff to develop as soon as we are both legally individualized work search and fiscally able to do so. plans. Additional information Super Bowl Health Plan regarding these new continued from page 3 Helpful Information About The health plan remains requirements will be posted on the state Department of Labor This free, outdoor, interactive stable with approximately 15 Unemployment Insurance websites and other football-themed experience will months of reserves. There has t a recent Member Education seminar held in New communications as they are take place from noon-10pm on been considerable activity to York, Unemployment Insurance expert Brian Curtis, finalized. Broadway between 34th and make the health fund compliant supervisor of labor disputes for the New York State 47th Streets. with the Affordable Care Act A On March 29, 2013, Department of Labor, offered some helpful insights: Equity members should note (ACA). In order to meet the Governor Cuomo signed 1. Understanding your state’s Unemployment Insurance the following changes to Times provisions of the 90-day waiting legislation for a much needed system and eligibility criteria is important. Check your state’s Square street access: period, the Trustees have increase in the weekly benefit Labor Department website for information, including how to • Broadway will be closed approved changes to eligibility amount in New York. The rate open a claim and how to appeal a denial. from 34th to 47th Street implementation. Instead of the in New York has not seen an 2. Employers are obligated to make contributions based on • All cross streets to current quarterly look back increase since 1999! This new your earnings to the state Unemployment Insurance Fund remain open with the exception period, work weeks will be law will not only increase the from which unemployment benefits are paid. of 41st Street (from 6th to 7th counted on a monthly basis. In maximum weekly amount, but 3. Unemployment Insurance applies to W-2 wages, not Avenues), which will be closed addition, once sufficient weeks will provide for an increase in 1099 jobs. from 9am-12am have been accumulated, the the minimum payable as well. 4. Your Unemployment Insurance benefit is based on your Equity encourages members waiting period to enter into Effective October 6, 2014, the past earnings. Know your benefit rate before you file. to allow extra travel time to/from coverage will be shortened from minimum will increase to $100 5. You can apply for the Unemployment Insurance benefits your theatre, audition spaces three months to two. per week and the maximum will in the state(s) in which you worked. and any other activity in the The ACA requires two new 6. You can work and collect Unemployment Insurance, but increase from $405 to $420 Equity Building during this time. fees that affect the health fund. only in certain circumstances. with a provision for increases in For more information The first, the Comparative each subsequent year. Effectiveness Fee requires 7. Keep good records (paystubs, freelance invoices, regarding the events, concerts Check your individual state health funds to pay $1 per W-2s, etc.). and exhibits at Super Bowl websites for additional participant in the inaugural year, 8. Never send original documents to prove a claim. Boulevard, check online for information, or contact Valerie which began in July 2013, and If you have any questions, contact Val LaVarco at updates at LaVarco at rises to $2 per participant the [email protected]. www.nynjsuperbowl.com or [email protected] second year, for an approximate www.nfl.com/superbowl/48 regarding these changes. 6 / EQUITY news DECEMBER 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Members Meet Liaison Committee League Health Plans, or with expiring coverage, learned about Hosts EMC Event a number of new, inexpensive The San Francisco Bay Area and subsidized options. Fall EMC Event and General The remaining membership NATIONALNATIONALNEWNEWSS Membership Meeting was held meeting was facilitated by Ms.

New York AFTRA on behalf of young San Francisco Bay Area members. performers in the performing arts. The ABCs of Young Performers The unions previously joined on October 28, 2013 in the new Ground, and Vice Chair, Aaron forces in 2003 to successfully By Nicole Flender, work hours for youngsters in film rehearsal hall at Theatreworks in Wilton, and included an lobby Albany for the Child Chair, Young Performers and television versus live theatre. Redwood City, CA. overview/primer on the Members Performers Education and Trust Committee For example, the regulations San Francisco Bay Area Project Code (MPC) and the Act of 2003, which set the first require young performers in Liaison Committee (SFBALC) process for members to utilize it On October 19, 2013, Equity rules in the state covering work recorded media to be finished no member Brian Herndon to showcase their work in the Bay hosted “A World of Opportunity: hours and education of young later than 10pm, but since most coordinated efforts with Area. Michael Shipley shared his Young Performers Career performers, as well as the shows will run past 10pm, rules Theatreworks Associate Artistic experience of being the first Bay Workshop” in the Council Room requirement that a minimum of for theatre allow for late Director Leslie Martinson to Area AEA member to utilize the at the Equity Building. Co- 15% of the young performer’s dismissal. Additional Equity- make this the first-ever meeting new MPC. Since the Code is sponsored by AEA and SAG- earnings be deposited in a trust. mandated protections that go reaching out specifically to South coordinated by the Liaison AFTRA, the day’s informational The expanded work rules and above and beyond the state Bay Equity members and EMCs. Committee, members are activities provided an regulations called for in that law regulations were also covered. SFBALC Chair/Western encouraged to contact Kelly opportunity for the two unions to took many years to be While the panel discussion for Councillor Kelly Ground and Ground for more information. unite in their effort to support developed, and AEA, SAG and parents was held, the young Councillor Stephen Pawley The Spring General young performers. AFTRA provided valuable advice performers broke off into small began the evening by hosting an Membership and Liaison A panel discussion about the to the New York State groups to prepare a presentation EMC educational session, after Committee meeting is scheduled new child performer regulations Department of Labor throughout on the skills they develop and which all EMCs were invited to for Monday, April 28, 2014 at the in New York that went into effect the entire process. how those skills are transferable meet AEA members at the pre- Tides Theatre in San Francisco. earlier this year was held for Additionally, just a few days to many other careers in the meeting mixer. Mark your calendars. parents. Panelists included after the career workshop took entertainment industry.They EMCs were also invited to Food Drive representatives from Equity, place, Governor Cuomo signed stay for the first portion of the listed public speaking, Bay Area members are SAG-AFTRA, the New York State legislation that adds child models membership meeting, which memorization, working with many continuing their bi-annual food Department of Labor, and On to the definition of child featured a presentation from different types of people, drive organized by SFBALC Location Education. Parents performers. This law, drafted by Actors Fund representative Outreach Subcommittee member Karen Lipney on Covered Megan Killian Uttam. The California (The California donations of non-perishable food Exchange) and the Affordable go to the Second Harvest Food Care Act. California members not Bank of Santa Clara and San currently covered by the Equity Mateo (South Bay) counties.

New York Broadway’s Youngest Stand Up Young performers at the career workshop in New York. for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids Fourteen of Broadway’s Skye Odoms (Annie); Anthony asked questions ranging from the managing time and schedules, the advocacy group, the Model youngest Equity members Pierini and Zachary Unger (Big specifics of tutoring schedules and the importance of staying Alliance with consultation from teamed up this fall to create a Fish); Douglas Baldeo, during tech week and banking healthy, among others. Later, they several performing arts unions special year-end video Cameron Colley and Jonah those hours, to how many hours presented their results to their including AEA, gives child message for Broadway Halperin (Kinky Boots); Teshi must pass between the end of parents and other attendees. models the same important Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Thomas (The Lion King); Frenie one work day and the beginning This preceded a special panel protection that child actors now gifted group shared their Acoba (Matilda The Musical); of the next. Handouts outlined in which career opportunities have. energy and enthusiasm in a Joshua Colley (Newsies); important information, such as available to young performers in If you missed the session and heartfelt appeal for viewers to Laurel Griggs and Jillian the requirements for the other areas of the theatre would like more information on make a difference this holiday Lebling (Once) and Luke Kolbe education of young performers industry were discussed. any of the topics covered at the season by donating to BC/EFA. Mannikus (Pippin). who are working during school, Panelists included producers, workshop, contact Equity The cast, representing eight After December 11, you can when rest and recreation breaks a former child star who is now a Business Representative Pearl current Broadway shows, watch the video featuring these must occur during the work day, producer/general manager and Brady at 212-869-8530, ext. 346 includes Gaby Bradbury, performers at broadwaycares.org/ and the separate rules in work staffers from 54 Below and The or [email protected]. Amaya Braganza and Tyrah broadwaykids. hour regulations during school Broadway League. Pearl Brady contributed to this versus during school breaks. Also This event continued the story. discussed were differences in collaboration of AEA and SAG-

Chicago actors, directors and casting agents. All Equity actors, EEOC Presenting Audition Workshop stage managers and membership candidates are The Central Region Equal Saturday, January 25, 2014 invited. Employment Opportunity from 8am-1pm at Victory For more information, contact Committee is presenting a Gardens Theater, 2433 North Luther Goins at 312-641-0393, workshop on How to Audition Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. ext. 237 or at and Prepare for New and The event will feature a panel [email protected]. Contemporary Works on discussion including local DECEMBER 2013 EQUITY news / 7

New York person by appointment or walk-in these worksheets to organize through the Times Square (first come, first served and your records and file your tax Visitors Center). The hours are VITA Office Opens February 3 dependent on available time returns. Consult with your own Mondays, Wednesdays, slots). tax preparer as to what you are Thursdays and Fridays (closed The Volunteer Income Tax advantage of the free IRS- Tax worksheets are available required to do. If you are not Tuesdays) from 10:30am to 4pm. Assistance (VITA) office in New sponsored tax assistance for download in the VITA section located in New York and have Other VITA locations include York City will open on Monday, program, which helps members located on the Members Portal. questions, you can call the VITA the Equity office in Orlando, February 3, 2014. AEA members to prepare and file tax returns. These worksheets, which comply office at 212-921-2548 to speak Florida (call 407-345-8600 for in good standing may take The VITA program is available in- with IRS law, are required for the to a member of the tax information); for those members VITA program and must be assistance team. in the Los Angeles area, check National completed before your VITA is located in the Equity the Actors Fund website appointment. If you are not able Building, 14th floor, 165 West 46 (www.actorsfund.org) after the Actors and Artists Unite to End to visit VITA, you may still use Street (entrance is on Broadway first of the year for information. Alzheimer’s Launch First Year as National Team Award for BC/EFA’s continued designer and writer, who joined BRIEF NOTES support of DO40’s events, Equity in the summer of 1960 at With over 150 team members nationwide (many of whom are panels, performances, outreach The Barn Theatre in Augusta, Equity members), the 35 teams—31 gathered for the first time— • Equity Councillor Dana Ivey and volunteer efforts to end the Michigan and has been a major together raised over $30,000. AA Unite is a national team for the has received the Acting HIV epidemic. force in theatre education at Walk to End Alzheimer’s sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association. Company’s John Houseman • Not-for-profit theatres Purdue University since 1950, Pictured here is the Los Angeles team, with National Team Captain Award for her work to make contributed nearly $2 billion to tells it all. Nancy Daly proudly holding the AEA sign. theatre available to a diverse the U.S. economy and attracted • Equity mourns the passing national audience as well as 36.7 million attendees, of John C. Hall, Jr., former developing young classical according to Theatre Facts 2012 National Executive Director of actors. released by Theatre AFTRA and Executive Secretary • Dancers Over 40 honors Communications Group of the Four As. Earlier in his Equity member Chita Rivera (TCG). Based on the annual career Mr. Hall had worked with and choreographer Bob Avian, TCG Fiscal Survey, Theatre Makeup and Hairstylist Local along with Equity members Facts is the only in-depth report 298, Wardrobe Local 764, was Lawrence Merritt, Skip Randall that examines the attendance, Assistant to the President of the and Louise Quick performance and overall fiscal American Federation of (posthumously) at its annual state of the not-for-profit Musicians and Special Assistant Dancers Over 40 Legacy professional theatre industry. for International Affairs to the Awards and Holiday Dinner on • Equity member Joe President of the International December 16, 2013 in New Stockdale has written a Alliance of Theatrical Stage York. Broadway Cares/Equity memoir, Stages-A Life in the Employees (IATSE). He also Fights AIDS Executive Director Theatre. In nearly 600 pages, served on the National Board of Tom Viola receives an Honorary this veteran actor, director, Advisors of The Actors Fund.

Roseanne? 123 45678 9101112 DOUBLING 54 Inventor of the first rapid firing gun 13 14 15 By Jim Bernhard 57 Makes ham or pickles 58 Bag for which tweezers are 16 17 18 ACROSS named 59 Usual conduct for director 1 Yossarian’s tentmate in 19 20 21 Catch-22 Trevor? 4 Spills the beans 63 One side of a stage 9 Showed contempt perhaps 64 Pointless 22 23 24 25 26 13 Hook’s sidekick in Peter Pan 65 John of John and Leeza 14 Follower of Bahaullah 66 “Not a whit, we ______27 28 29 30 31 15 Leading man, sometimes augury”: Hamlet 16 Scenery chewing on Mad 67 Go onstage 32 33 34 35 36 Men by actor Jon? 68 NYC is on it sometimes 18 Laplne and Sondheim’s _____ the Woods DOWN 37 38 39 40 19 Frederick, who was Equity 1 Muscat native president from 1964 to 1973 2 Gathered another time 41 42 43 44 20 Mid- ______1910 play by 3 Dempsey-Tunney “Long Arthur Wing Pinero Count” Fight, for example 45 46 47 22 Where actor Brad gets off? 4 “Auntie Beeb,” more 26 The Girl in the customarily 48 49 50 51 52 53 Freudian_____1967 play by 5 Delts neighbor William F. Brown 6 Yellowfin tuna 27 Ry who produced Buena 7 En __ (full court) 54 55 56 57 Vista Social Club 8 Venice’s Bridge of ______29 Ames and Errol of old 9 More lustrous 58 59 60 61 62 movies 10 Issue raised by actor Sean? 32 Cross with a loop at the top 11 Prado contents 35 Franco or Peter 12 Saw, for example 63 64 65 36 Bay window 13 Little ______of Horrors 37 Vive le ______! 17 Hemingway’s The Sun 66 67 68 38 Rock session by Joan and ______Rises the Blackhearts? 21 What the Fates do with their 40 Org. whose members have a gifts, according to W, S. 32 Danny Thomas or Omar 44 Kind of river delta or jeans 53 Biblical book after Neh. ball! Gilbert Sharif, for example 54 Create a steer 41 Kostelanetz or Previn 23 Franchot, for one pocket 33 Kind of juice first marketed in 55 To ______perfectly 43 Pavlova garb 24 “The Voice of the Civil Rights 47 Oboler who wrote Hawaii in 1992 56 Obie winner Moses who 44 Tiny bit Movement” Broadway’s Night of the Auk 34 Gear for choreographer played Othello 45 Likely fixture in a Montmartre 25 Bother 49 Musical based on Harold Michael? 60 King Cole with a trio hotel room 28 Podia’s cousins Gray’s comic strip 46 Overdue item 30 Mount from which Moses 38 Star of Once Upon A Time in 61 Opp of SSW 51 Formed into a circle 48 Part of a casa viewed the promised land China 62 Sun. speech 52 Benjamin Franklin, by his 50 Ethical principles for TVs 31 ft might be grand 39 Your in the Ruhr 42 Kind of television show own account Answer on page 16 8 / EQUITY news

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The United States and the Table 1 international community have Employment Summary faced some difficult events in the past ten years. From Season 2012-13 2011-12 2007-08 2002-03 challenges to security, to devastating natural disasters, SEASONAL TOTALS: to economic instability the like of which was not seen Members Working, per season 17,532 17,446 18,386 17,642 in decades, the past decade seems to have permanently Average Weeks Worked 16.7 16.1 17.1 16.4 changed the world in which we live. Individuals and % Employed 42.8% 42.6% 44.9% 44.1% industries have had to recalibrate expectations, processes, and even the Total Work Weeks 292,273 281,614 314,681 288,632 elements of day-to-day life in the face of this “new normal” Eastern Weeks 193,729 66.3% 188,503 66.9% 197,185 62.7% 190,549 66.0% which may be taking hold. This report will examine Central Weeks 44,515 15.2% 42,438 15.1% 52,238 16.6% 42,625 14.8% Employment and Earnings Western Weeks 54,029 18.5% 50,673 18.0% 65,258 20.7% 55,458 19.2% of the members of Actors’ Equity Association for Principal Weeks 181,232 62.0% 169,446 60.2% 197,124 62.6% 187,177 64.8% the most recent theatrical Chorus Weeks 65,506 22.4% 67,595 24.0% 68,366 21.7% 58,990 20.4% season that began in June Stage Manager Weeks 45,535 15.6% 44,573 15.8% 49,191 15.6% 42,465 14.7% 2012 and concluded in May 2013. While this report AVERAGE WEEKLY TOTALS: typically examines the results of the most recent season Members Working 5,621 5,416 6,052 5,931 against the context of a broader historical context, % Employed 13.7% 13.2% 14.8% 14.8% given the impact of the last decade, this year’s report will Eastern 3,726 3,625 3,792 3,938 only compare this season’s Central 856 816 1,005 829 results against those of the Western 1,039 974 1,255 1,123 past ten years. After several seasons of general decline, employment Principals 3,485 3,259 3,791 3,873 for Equity’s members as Chorus 1,260 1,300 1,315 1,184 defined by work weeks (a Stage Managers 876 857 946 850 work week is one week of work for one member) Chart 2A, Eastern Region Work Weeks Chart 2B, Central Region Work Weeks enjoyed a healthy increase 198,000 60,000 in the current season. 196,000 However, as the report will 50,000 194,000 show, a shift of employment 40,000 192,000 to lower-paying contracts 190,000 seems to be occurring and 30,000 188,000 this led to a downward 20,000 trend in member earnings. 186,000 10,000 In addition, the Production 184,000 contract -- the contract used 182,000 0 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11 12-13 03-04 04-05 05-0 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-1 12-13 for Broadway shows and -12 6 2 long the strong backbone of member employment report and also shows how average number of weeks and earnings -- appears to Chart 2C, Western Region Work Weeks these numbers compare to that each member worked be experiencing significant 70,000 the previous season and the this season was 16.7, change and evidence of that seasons five and 10 years inching up a bit from 16.1 60,000 change will be explored in ago. During the course of this last season. This season’s 50,000 the following pages. season, 17,532 individual working members amassed a In addition to employment 40,000 members worked at least total of 292,273 work weeks, and earnings results for the 30,000 one contract, up by just less up 3.8% over last season most recent season, this than 100 members from one and representing a reversal 20,000 report will also provide a year ago. Of these, 71% also after a significant decline 10,000 brief look at the membership had at least one contract last year. This season had and a financial overview of 0 in the previous season. the highest number of work 03 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12 Actors’ Equity Association. -04 -1 Consequently, looking to the weeks since the 2008-2009 3 Employment total number of members season, during which the Table 1 provides a high who worked last season, downturn now being called that has remained relatively shift, losing about 7/10 of 1% level look at employment we can conclude that over the Great Recession by consistent over the past 10 of its regional share. in the 2012-2013 theatrical the course of two seasons, some economists began. years, as has the percentage Charts 2A,B, and C season. It contains some a little more than 22,500 Of these work weeks, of work weeks in the Central show the increase in critical numbers that will be members found employment 66.3% occurred in the region. The Western region overall work weeks was explored in depth later in the in Equity’s jurisdiction. The Eastern region, a number has seen the most significant mirrored in each of the three DECEMBER 2013 EQUITY news / 11 regions, with the Eastern, Central and Western totals Table 3, 2012 - 2013 Season Work Weeks increasing by 2.8%, 4.9% By Region, Contract Type and Job Category and 6.6%, respectively. The Eastern region has seen annual increases since the 2012-13 2011-12 2007-08 2002-03 decrease that occurred in Eastern Central Western Total Total Total Total the 2009-2010 season, and Production 59,246 1,103 388 60,737 62,273 79,466 65,864 this season the region saw Point of Organization 41,453 388 41,841 45,131 53,314 44,564 its second highest work Tiered Tours 5,904 5,904 5,550 5,139 week total ever. Recovery Full Tours 11,139 1,103 12,242 11,592 21,013 21,300 Developmental Lab 750 750 in the Central and Western Resident Theatre (LORT) 30,674 9,398 19,713 59,785 57,898 60,403 57,317 regions has been more LORT Rep 2,206 60 4,188 6,454 7,416 7,142 difficult to achieve since LORT Non-Rep 28,468 9,338 15,525 53,331 50,482 53,261 the recession, and last Small Professional Theatre 13,477 6,689 7,315 27,481 25,195 29,173 26,881 season both experienced Letter of Agreement 9,197 3,482 7,945 20,624 19,844 22,185 22,726 significant drops in work Short Engagement Touring (SETA) 13,603 741 14,344 12,714 weeks. So, this season’s Stock 5,185 1,430 985 7,600 7,619 9,424 9,436 COST 2,310 628 2,938 2,518 2,784 increase is welcome news COST Special 310 310 660 1,071 and it is hoped that it can CORST 1,675 703 2,378 2,306 2,866 be sustained as both MSUA 572 727 1,299 1,457 1,777 regions have experienced RMTA 318 357 675 678 926 drops of 18% or more since Special Agreements 2,835 7,992 995 11,822 11,701 16,900 19,993 establishing their all-time Young Audiences (TYA) 5,016 1,529 1,900 8,445 7,826 13,648 13,035 highs during the last decade. Cabaret 2,324 313 2,637 3,561 3,551 2,092 Returning to Table 1, Guest Artist 3,735 1,151 2,641 7,527 6,607 7,449 8,846 Special Appearance 3,713 1,763 2,469 7,945 7,176 5,918 5,476 each week saw an average University Theatre (URTA) 1,233 592 526 2,351 2,023 2,187 1,834 of 5,621 members working, Dinner Theatre 1,029 764 1,793 3,275 6,259 9,913 with the regional averages Dinner Theatre Artist 144 4 141 289 168 56 appearing below that. Below Casino 4,010 4,010 3,934 7,351 those numbers in the table, Midsize 248 41 289 418 637 are the average numbers of Special Production 3 3 41 150 1,634 members working in each Business Theatre 369 88 457 308 254 326 of the three employment Workshop 333 333 230 536 136 Staged Reading 83 83 categories – Principal, Off Broadway (NYC) 12,656 12,656 11,872 7,083 10,548 Chorus and Stage Manager NYC/LOA 3,779 3,779 2,559 3,202 2,991 – in each week. Mini (NYC) 757 757 857 1,495 2,240 Table 3 depicts the work ANTC 3,272 3,272 2,448 3,120 weeks in each region by Transition 951 951 812 1,320 contract type. Many contract New England Area Theatre (NEAT) 2,343 2,343 2,377 2,489 types saw increases in work Disney World 17,115 17,115 16,691 15,258 13,345 Orlando Area Theatre (OAT) 409 409 299 256 weeks over last season: New Orleans Area (NOLA) 302 302 330 380 LORT (3.3%); Letters of Chicago Area (CAT) 8,228 8,228 6,920 7,355 7,542 Agreement (3.9%); Small Western Light Opera (WCLO) 1,127 1,127 1,539 3,881 3,293 Professional Theatre (9.1%); Hollywood Area (HAT) 953 953 297 636 793 the Short Engagement San Francisco Bay Area (BAT) 1,440 1,440 1,478 2,079 2,371 Touring Agreement – SETA Urban Broadway Series (UBS) 72 (12.8%); Theatre for Young Modified Bay Area Theatre (MBAT) 386 386 252 580 TOTAL 193,729 44,515 54,029 292,273 281,614 314,681 288,632 Audiences (7.9%); Guest Artist (13.9%); and Special Appearance (10.7%). Chart 4, Production Work Weeks Chart 5, Resident Theatre (LORT) Work Weeks Point of Organization vs. Production Touring However, while overall 64,000 60,000 work weeks are up over 62,000 50,000 last season, one very 60,000 40,000 important number is down: 58,000 30,000 Production work weeks, 56,000 which decreased 2.5% from 20,000 54,000 last season. Even more 10,000 52,000 significantly, there were 0 03-04 04 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11 12-13 50,000 1,653 fewer work weeks -05 -12 on Broadway – roughly the 48,000 03 04 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09 10-11 11-12 12-13 equivalent of one successful, Point of OrganizaƟon Touring -04 -05 -10 large Broadway musical. The fact that these weeks – noted when they set their high recession of the century, as Point of Organization mark for the last decade. On Production work weeks are Chart 6, Short Engagement Touring (SETA) Work Weeks under Production in Table 3 the other hand, Production down 14% from that mark – reflects several observable 16,000 touring, designated by and 27% from the total set 14,000 facts from this season: The Tiered Tours and Full Tours three seasons ago – a time 12,000 Broadway landscape was in Table 3, were up 6% when that second recession 10,000 marked by longer vacancies and 5.6%, respectively – a was coming to an end. These 8,000 between shows in theatres; welcome reversal over the numbers are significant 6,000 there were more occurrences past two seasons when because the Production 4,000 of Broadway theatres used they experienced significant contract generates more 2,000 as venues for concerts; and drops. member earnings than 0 there was the unexpected 09 10 11-12 12-13 Chart 4 shows Production any other contract by far, -10 -11 cancellations of two work weeks – both Point of and so the lesser available musicals. However, looking Organization and Touring – employment on this contract again to Table 3, this is not over the past 10 years. has significant impact on 3.3% over last season, and employer. In those regions, a one-season phenomenon; Ten years ago, in the the earning prospects of the as Chart 5 shows, LORT LORT work weeks were these Point of Organization immediate aftermath of the membership. posted one of its highest up 10.4% and 8.6%, work weeks, which also first recession of the new Fortunately, the news is totals in the past 10 years. respectively. This was include non-touring century, there were nearly better on the LORT contract, The increase in LORT especially welcome in the Production shows in Chicago 10,000 more work weeks which is the second largest work weeks is even more Western region, where and Los Angeles in addition on the Production contract. employment provider for important to the Central employment under this very to Broadway, are down 22% Now, some four years after our members. This season, and Western regions, important contract had fallen since the 2007-2008 season the conclusion of the second LORT work weeks were up where LORT is the largest 12 / EQUITY news DECEMBER 2013

Chart 7, Annual Work Weeks which, given the economic Chart 8, Total Seasonal Earnings by selected Contract Types challenges of that time (in Thousands of $) Casino TYA period, is impressive. Stock $350,000 1% 3% LOA 3% ProducƟon However, in the past several 7% 21% $340,000 seasons, earnings have $330,000

SPT fallen almost $11 million, or $320,000 9% 3.2%. $310,000 In that same period of $300,000 time, overall work weeks $290,000 $280,000 are down by 4.6%, so the Disney World $270,000 6% decrease in earnings is not $260,000 LORT SETA entirely surprising. What is 03-04 04-05 05 06-07 07-08 08-09 09 10-11 11 12- 20% -06 -10 -12 5% surprising is that earnings 13 fell this year despite the fact All Other that work weeks increased. 25% This reveals that while Chart 9, Total Production Earnings work increased, it did so on (in thousands of $) about 10% in the previous and LORT having the clear $250,000 contracts with lower member season. lion’s share. An additional salaries. As noted earlier, $200,000 The Short Engagement 27% of employment comes overall work weeks increased Touring Agreement (SETA), from SPT, LOA, Disney this season despite a fall $150,000 a second contract developed World and SETA. And finally, in Production work weeks, $100,000 for large-scale touring four TYA, Stock and Casino where salaries are typically years ago, continued to see taken together account for the highest. This would be $50,000 impressive growth, rising 7% of employment. a major factor in the decline 12.8% over last season $0 Earnings of earnings this year since 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-0 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11 12 and employment under -12 -13 Total member earnings Production accounts for the 7 this contract has more for the 2012-2013 theatrical greatest percentage – 46.5% than quadrupled since its season were $330,590,096, -- of member earnings. inception. down about 7/10 of 1% As a matter of fact, as about $33 million during that Production contract earnings Letter of Agreement work from the previous season. Chart 9 clearly shows, for period. led all other contracts by a weeks were up 3.9% and As Chart 8 shows, over all but one season since Table 10 shows member nearly 3 to 1 margin with Small Professional Theatre the past decade, member the 2008-2009 season, earnings by each contract more than $153 million. work weeks were up 9.1% earnings increased by about Production contract earnings in each region. Despite their Tracking the decline in and these two Developing $40 million or almost 14% have fallen, decreasing by decline from last season, work weeks on Broadway Theatre contracts accounted for 16.5% of overall employment. Table 10 Looking to contracts Seasonal Earnings, 2012-13 unique to specific regions, in by Region & Contract Type the East the Off-Broadway contract has continued Earnings % the resurgence that began Eastern % Central % Western % Total of Total several seasons ago Production $149,893,830.60 58.2% $2,608,561.21 8.4% $1,174,521.61 2.8% $153,676,913.42 46.49% when it became an option Point of Organization $110,530,258.98 42.9% $1,174,521.61 2.8% $111,704,780.59 33.79% for extending the lives of Tiered Tours $11,076,415.92 4.3% $11,076,415.92 3.35% Full Tours $27,630,177.32 10.7% $2,608,561.21 8.4% $30,238,738.53 9.15% Production contract shows Developmental Lab $656,978.38 0.3% $656,978.38 0.20% in smaller venues. Off- Resident Theatres (LORT) $28,999,191.24 11.3% $8,466,121.57 27.2% $18,209,335.36 43.3% $55,674,648.17 16.84% Broadway work weeks were LORT Rep $1,929,133.51 0.7% $44,655.52 0.1% $4,654,816.43 11.1% $6,628,605.46 2.01% up 6.6% over last season LORT Non-Rep $27,070,057.73 10.5% $8,421,466.05 27.1% $13,554,518.93 32.2% $49,046,042.71 14.84% and are up nearly 80% over Small Professional Theatre (SPT) $6,264,931.25 2.4% $2,952,359.41 9.5% $3,064,162.95 7.3% $12,281,453.61 3.72% five years. The Disney World Letter of Agreement (LOA) $5,678,765.95 2.2% $2,021,831.53 6.5% $4,454,190.54 10.6% $12,154,788.02 3.68% Short Engagement Touring (SETA) $22,838,974.57 8.9% $1,107,683.44 2.6% $23,946,658.01 7.24% contract in Orlando had work Stock $4,555,166.14 1.8% $1,183,753.65 3.8% $934,718.99 2.2% $6,673,638.78 2.02% weeks increase by 2.5% and COST $1,993,436.76 0.8% $546,361.57 1.3% $2,539,798.33 0.77% employment on this contract COST Special $215,335.46 0.1% $215,335.46 0.07% has increased significantly in CORST $1,258,290.89 0.5% $449,953.44 1.4% $1,708,244.33 0.52% the past 10 years. Its 17,115 MSUA $723,443.65 0.3% $733,800.21 2.4% $1,457,243.86 0.44% RMTA $364,659.38 0.1% $388,357.42 0.9% $753,016.80 0.23% work weeks represents the Special Agreements $2,214,643.56 0.9% $5,430,867.69 17.5% $408,555.97 1.0% $8,054,067.22 2.44% fourth highest total in the Young Audiences (TYA) $2,206,426.98 0.9% $752,138.90 2.4% $946,937.99 2.3% $3,905,503.87 1.18% Eastern region. Cabaret $1,086,524.77 0.4% $292,303.53 0.7% $1,378,828.30 0.42% In the Central region, Guest Artist $1,823,631.67 0.7% $520,337.88 1.7% $1,184,984.33 2.8% $3,528,953.88 1.07% Chicago Area Theatre (CAT) Special Appearance $1,063,433.82 0.4% $497,218.61 1.6% $667,917.58 1.6% $2,228,570.01 0.67% work weeks were up 18.9%. University Theatre (URTA) $1,205,704.61 0.5% $419,104.42 1.3% $366,960.18 0.9% $1,991,769.21 0.60% Dinner Theatre $740,562.07 0.3% $908,322.72 2.9% $1,648,884.79 0.50% This contract, just behind Dinner Theatre Artist $93,303.00 0.0% $2,720.00 0.0% $112,016.00 0.3% $208,039.00 0.06% LORT as the second largest Casino $6,628,732.73 15.8% $6,628,732.73 2.01% employment generator in the Midsize $164,801.41 0.1% $29,126.00 0.1% $193,927.41 0.06% Central region, recovered Special Production $4,870.32 0.0% $4,870.32 0.00% nicely from last season when Business Theatre $123,899.00 0.0% $52,446.50 0.2% $176,345.50 0.05% it experienced a significant Workshop $252,412.02 0.1% $252,412.02 0.08% Staged Reading $30,381.67 0.0% $30,381.67 0.01% drop and is up 9.1% over the Royalties $1,507,418.72 0.6% $1,507,418.72 0.46% last 10 years. Filming and Taping $155,106.29 0.1% $155,106.29 0.05% In the Western region, Off Broadway (NYC) $8,122,775.33 3.2% $8,122,775.33 2.46% employment on the Casino NYC-LOA $1,413,136.47 0.5% $1,413,136.47 0.43% contract increased by 1.6%, Mini (NYC) $348,160.10 0.1% $348,160.10 0.11% work weeks under the ANTC $1,642,166.95 0.6% $1,642,166.95 0.50% Transition $224,778.91 0.1% $224,778.91 0.07% Hollywood Area Theatre New England Area (NEAT) $915,999.34 0.4% $915,999.34 0.28% (HAT) contract tripled, and Disney World $13,761,541.49 5.3% $13,761,541.49 4.16% the Bay Area Theatre (BAT) Orlando Area (OAT) $99,400.00 0.0% $99,400.00 0.03% contract in San Francisco New Orleans (NOLA) $76,438.51 0.2% $76,438.51 0.02% remained steady. Chicago Area (CAT) $5,202,679.52 16.7% $5,202,679.52 1.57% The pie chart in Chart Western Light Opera (WCLO) $1,257,041.26 3.0% $1,257,041.26 0.38% Hollywood Area (HAT) $404,335.48 1.0% $404,335.48 0.12% 7 shows the largest San Francisco Bay Area (BAT) $731,372.33 1.7% $731,372.33 0.22% employment generators Urban Broadway Series (UBS) graphically. Nine contracts Modified Bay Area Theatre (MBAT) $88,360.32 0.2% $88,360.32 0.03% account for 75% of the total Totals $257,431,938.25 $31,094,902.12 $42,063,256.59 $330,590,096.96 employment with Production Regional % of Total 77.9% 9.4% 12.7% DECEMBER 2013 EQUITY news / 13 discussed earlier, earnings in Table 12 the same venues fell by more than $4.6 million (denoted as Seasonal Earnings Summary Point of Organization in the table). However, in the same manner that Production Season 2012-13 2011-12 2007-08 2002-03 touring work weeks increased, so did earnings Total Seasonal Earnings $330,590,097 $333,031,199 $338,416,714 $264,533,000 on Production touring – Median Member Earnings $7,100 $7,256 $7,340 $6,418 which totaled more than $41 million on tiered and full Eastern Earnings $257,431,938 $252,426,578 $236,012,522 $198,969,000 tours, a 10% increase over 77.9% 75.8% 69.7% 75.2% last season. The next largest earnings Central Earnings $31,094,902 $33,088,312 $44,829,508 $25,917,000 generator – with nearly 9.4% 9.9% 13.2% 9.8% 17% of overall earnings – was the LORT contract at Western Earnings $42,063,257 $47,516,309 $57,574,685 $39,647,000 $55.6 million. Though, like 12.7% 14.3% 17.0% 15.0%

region increased. This over the same time period, in that same time period the Chart 11, unlikely scenario occurred they have increased by a number of work weeks has Annual Earnings by because, as the table much more modest 6% in the decreased by 14,000 and Selected Contract Types depicts, despite the drop Western region, accounting earnings have decreased (in thousands of dollars) on Broadway, earnings in for the more marked drop-off by $10.8 million. Simply put, SETA $23,947 Disney World the Eastern region ticked in the percentage of overall there’s less employment and All Other 7% $13,762 SPT up from last season by earnings coming from the less money to be made than $40,235 4% $12,281 LOA 12% 4% $12,155 just about 2% as a result Western region. there was several years ago. 4% Stock of increased earnings on The second important In addition, in some $6,674 2% Casino some of the other contracts. number in Table 12 is the cases the salaries paid have $6,629 2% Conversely, earnings in the median member earnings decreased. Central and Western regions of $7,100. This number Table 13 merges the decreased by 6% and decreased by $156 since work week and earnings TYA 11.5%, respectively. In fact, last season and, in fact, has data and calculates average $3,906 1% while earnings in the Eastern decreased in every season earnings per work week. region increased by 29% since the 2008-2009 season In Production and LORT over the last decade and by when it was $7,688. This – the two largest sources LORT 20% in the Central region stands to reason because of member earnings – the $55,675 17% Production $153,677 46% Table 13, Average Earnings per Work Weeks by Region & Contract Type, 2012-13

Production, this represents Average Earnings/ WW All % of Total All % of Total Average a decline in earnings over Eastern Central Western Earnings Earnings WW's WW's Earnings/ WW last season – in this case Production $2,530 $2,365 $3,027 $153,676,913 46.5% 60,737 20.8% $2,530 of approximately $3 million. Point of Organization $2,666 $3,027 $111,704,781 33.8% 41,841 14.3% $2,670 That fall was driven by LORT Tiered Tours $1,876 $11,076,416 3.4% 5,904 2.0% $1,876 earnings in the Eastern Full Tours $2,480 $2,365 $30,238,739 9.1% 12,242 4.2% $2,470 Developmental Lab $876 $656,978 0.2% 750 0.3% $876 region, which fell by nearly Resident Theatres (LORT) $945 $901 $924 $55,674,648 16.8% 59,785 20.5% $931 $5 million. In the Central LORT Rep $874 $744 $1,111 $6,628,605 2.0% 6,454 2.2% $1,027 and Western regions, LORT LORT Non-Rep $951 $902 $873 $49,046,043 14.8% 53,331 18.2% $920 earnings increased by Small Professional Theatre (SPT) $465 $441 $419 $12,281,454 3.7% 27,481 9.4% $447 about $900,000 combined. Letter of Agreement (LOA) $617 $581 $561 $12,154,788 3.7% 20,624 7.1% $589 It should be noted that the Short Engagement Touring (SETA) $1,679 $1,495 $23,946,658 7.2% 14,344 4.9% $1,669 decline in the East is driven, Stock $879 $828 $949 $6,673,639 2.0% 7,600 2.6% $878 at least in part, by the COST $863 $870 $2,539,798 0.8% 2,938 1.0% $864 COST Special $695 $215,335 0.1% 310 0.1% $695 closings of the successful CORST $751 $640 $1,708,244 0.5% 2,378 0.8% $718 productions of Anything MSUA $1,265 $1,009 $1,457,244 0.4% 1,299 0.4% $1,122 Goes and War Horse during RMTA $1,147 $1,088 $753,017 0.2% 675 0.2% $1,116 the 2012-2013 season. Special Agreements $781 $680 $411 $8,054,067 2.4% 11,822 4.0% $681 Following LORT, SETA Young Audiences (TYA) $440 $492 $498 $3,905,504 1.2% 8,445 2.9% $462 was the next largest source Cabaret $468 $934 $1,378,828 0.4% 2,637 0.9% $523 of earnings for Equity’s Guest Artist $488 $452 $449 $3,528,954 1.1% 7,527 2.6% $469 members, generating just Special Appearance $286 $282 $271 $2,228,570 0.7% 7,945 2.7% $280 University Theatre (URTA) $978 $708 $698 $1,991,769 0.6% 2,351 0.8% $847 under $24 million. SETA Dinner Theatre $720 $1,189 $1,648,885 0.5% 1,793 0.6% $920 was followed by the $13.7 Dinner Theatre Artist $648 $680 $794 $208,039 0.1% 289 0.1% $720 million on the Disney World Casino $1,653 $6,628,733 2.0% 4,010 1.4% $1,653 contract in Orlando. Chart Midsize $665 $710 $193,927 0.1% 289 0.1% $671 11 illustrates the largest Special Production $1,623 $4,870 0.0% 3 0.0% $1,623 earnings generators this Business Theatre $336 $596 $176,346 0.1% 457 0.2% $386 season. Workshop $758 $252,412 0.1% 333 0.1% $758 Table 12 contains Staged Reading $366 $30,382 0.0% 83 0.0% $366 Off Broadway (NYC) $642 $8,122,775 2.5% 12,656 4.3% $642 several important numbers. NYC/LOA $374 $1,413,136 0.4% 3,779 1.3% $374 First, the distribution of Mini (NYC) $460 $348,160 0.1% 757 0.3% $460 earnings by region clearly ANTC $502 $1,642,167 0.5% 3,272 1.1% $502 shows that the Eastern Transition $236 $224,779 0.1% 951 0.3% $236 region vastly outweighs New England Area (NEAT) $391 $915,999 0.3% 2,343 0.8% $391 the other two regions; this Disney World $804 $13,761,541 4.2% 17,115 5.9% $804 is driven, of course, by the Orlando Area (OAT) $243 $99,400 0.0% 409 0.1% $243 $110 million in earnings on New Orleans (NOLA) $253 $76,439 0.0% 302 0.1% $253 Chicago Area (CAT) $632 $5,202,680 1.6% 8,228 2.8% $632 Broadway. As previously Western Light Opera (WCLO) $1,115 $1,257,041 0.4% 1,127 0.4% $1,115 noted, however, Broadway Hollywood Area (HAT) $424 $404,335 0.1% 953 0.3% $424 earnings decreased. Yet, San Francisco Bay Area (BAT) $508 $731,372 0.2% 1,440 0.5% $508 the percentage of overall Urban Broadway Series (UBS) earnings in the Eastern Modified Bay Area Theatre (MBAT) $229 $88,360 0.0% 386 0.1% $229 14 / EQUITY news DECEMBER 2013

with the numbers identifying as African- Minneapolis/St. Paul, which Chart 14, Members with Earnings seen in the previous American increased by dropped 16 members. New by Selected Dollar Ranges few years. The about ½ of 1% since last York grew by the largest regional distribution of year, while the percentage number – 1,847 members. $5,000 - $15,000 those members has of those self-identifying as Financial Overview $1 - $5,000 31% remained relatively Caucasian decreased by 38% As you review this section, static since last year. almost 1%. All the remaining please bear in mind that Table 16 ethnic groups had small it reflects Equity’s most provides gender increases. The distribution of recent complete fiscal year and ethnicity data male and female members – April 2012 through March on the membership. remained virtually constant 2013 – as opposed to the Presently, 7,778 since last year. time period analyzed in members choose not Table 17 shows the top $15,000 - the Employment sections, $25,000 to voluntarily share 10 cities by membership which was the most recent 10% data on race and population density. The theatrical season – June ethnicity, just under top five in the list have 2012 through May 2013. $200,000 18% of the active remained since last year, but $25,000 - $50,000 Chart 18A and Chart 0% members, but that Philadelphia has overtaken 10 % 18B show the distributions $125,000 - $200,000 $75,000- $50,000 - 75,000 $100,000 - is down from 18.7% Boston for the #6 spot. All 1% $100,000 4% of Equity’s income and $125,000 3% in the previous year. those cities have seen their 2% expenses, respectively. As The percentage membership population grow you will note, more than of members self- in the past year except for 71% of Equity’s income average earnings per work week fell since last season. Table 15 The decline in Production Membership Summary was a fairly modest $6 per week; however in LORT, it was a far more substantial Season 2012-13 2011-12 2007-08 2002-03 $98 per week. On the other hand, average earnings Members in Good Standing 43,461 42,419 42,165 39,981 per work week increased Eastern Region Members 27,372 63.0% 26,812 63.2% 26,420 62.7% 24,891 62.3% on SETA and the Disney World contracts by $97 per Central Region Members 4,143 9.5% 3,984 9.4% 3,607 8.6% 3,351 8.4% week and $63 per week, respectively. Western Region Members 11,946 27.5% 11,623 27.4% 12,138 28.8% 11,739 29.4% A final way to view earnings, then, is to look New Members 2,101 1,971 2,740 2,753 at how this translates to individual members. Table 16, derives from member dues As we’ve already seen, Race, Ethnicity and Gender, 2012-13 -- both basic dues (presently the median for individual Active Membership Counts $118 per year for all active member earnings this members) and working dues season was $7,100. Chart (presently paid at a rate of 14 shows individual member Race or Ethnicity Male Female TOTALS 2.25% of gross earnings earnings by selected for members working under dollar ranges. Of those No Record 4,032 3,756 7,788 17.9% an Equity contract). The with reported earnings last next largest component of African American1,359 1,306 2,665 7.5% season, 13,530 had earnings income is initiation fees paid of $25,000 or less. A little Asian American 334 459 793 2.2% by new members. Equity is more than 10% of those with also fortunate enough to own reported earnings fell into the Caucasian 14,943 15,007 29,950 84.0% the land under the building $25,000 to $50,000 range. Hispanic American 544 468 1,012 2.8% Approximately another 10% Table 17, Membership 2012-13 earned between $50,000 and Mutli-Racial 547 614 1,161 3.3% by Major Cities $200,000. The remaining New York 18,588 group – 70 members – Pacific Islander 17 7 24 0.1% Los Angeles 7,375 earned over $200,000 during Chicago 1,612 the season. American Indian 21 20 41 0.1% San Francisco 979 Washington DC/Baltimore 920 Member Demographics Ethnic Counts Only, Sub-Total 17,765 17,881 35,646 Philadelphia 902 Members in good standing % 49.8% 50.2% Boston 807 are defined as those paid Orlando 564 Grand Total 21,797 21,637 43,434 up in their basic dues and Minneapolis/St. Paul 447 initiation fees, and Table % 50.2% 49.8% Seattle 401 15 shows that this number grew by 1,042 members over a year ago. (This table Chart 18B, depicts a snapshot of the Chart 18A, Office membership on April 1, Total Expenses: $18,207 Expenses: 2013 – the beginning of the Total Income: $18,011 FY 2012-13 $3,043 FY 2012-13 Initiation 17% current fiscal year.) This Fees: $ 2,461 (in thousands of $) number has been growing (in thousands of $) 14% M ember fairly consistently and the All Other: Services: fact that it has increased $729 $522 by nearly 3,500 members 4% 3% over this past decade with Investment its economic challenges is Inco me: Information Technology: a good sign of continued Working $599 $385 Dues: $7,431 3% confidence in the value 2% of membership in Equity. 41% Land Rent: $1,340 Another positive sign is the 8% Payroll & number of new members Fringes: Expenses who began the process of Basic Dues: $11335 0% joining the Association during $5,451 62% All Other: the past year – up a bit from 30% $2,922 16% last year and fairly consistent DECEMBER 2013 EQUITY news / 15

Chart 19, Basic Dues Income Chart 20, Working Dues Income (in thousands of $) (in thousands of $) $6,000 $9,000 $8,000 $5,000 $7,000 $4,000 $6,000 $5,000 $3,000 $4,000 $2,000 $3,000 $2,000 $1,000 $1,000 $0 $0 03-04 04- 05 06-07 07-08 08- 09 10-11 11-12 12-13 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 0 08-09 09-10 10- 11 12-13 -06 -10 7- 05 09 08 11 -12

Chart 21, Initiation Fee Income Chart 22, Investment Income (in thousands of $) (in thousands of $) $3,500 $1,400 $3,000 $1,200 $2,500 $1,000 $2,000 $800 $1,500 $600 $1,000 $400 $500 $200 $0 $0 03-04 04 05-06 06 07- 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12 03 04-05 05- 06 07-08 08-09 09- 10-11 11-12 12-13 -05 -07 08 -13 -04 06 -07 10

where its national office building in Los Angeles for so many is housed. This valuable is being renovated and seasons Chart 23, Portfolio Market Value property in Times Square in refinished and is expected of the last (in thousands of $) New York City accounted to open for business early several $35,000 for more than $1.3 million in in 2014. Purchasing these decades. revenue last year. buildings enabled Equity However, $30,000 On the expense side, the to decrease operating it is also $25,000 largest portion is the payroll expenses in the long-term clear that $20,000 and fringe benefits of the by eliminating rent costs the nature of $15,000 staff of approximately 160 while also creating Audition employment $10,000 full and part-time employees Centers operated by Equity and the $5,000 who provide the services of in each of those cities, contracts $0 various kinds that benefit the an issue of importance to under which 03 04-05 05-06 06-07 07 08-09 09-10 10- 11-12 12-13 membership. members in both locations. it more -04 -08 11 Charts 19, 20 and 21 Finally, Chart 23 shows typically graphically depict basic the value of Equity’s occurs dues, working dues and investment portfolio over the may be initiation fee income over last decade. As you can see, undergoing work for its members all over this report. Also, thank you the past ten years. While all despite the use of funds from a shift that is causing the country who exemplify to Joe DeMichele and John increased over the past ten this account to purchase some downward pressure professionalism as actors Fasulo for their assistance in years, all but initiation fee fell the two aforementioned on member earnings. It is and stage managers in the the finance and membership during the last fical year. buildings, the performance of beginning to appear that this theatrical industry. sections of this report. Chart 22 depicts these investments has been may be more than just the This report would not be Finally, Karen Nothmann investment income over the good enough to result in no short-term impact of recent possible without the efforts -- a major contributor to same time period. It should significant decrease in value. events and may instead of Chris Williams, who has this report for more than 20 be noted that one of the be the signs of a more collaborated with me on years -- retired from Equity reasons that this category The increase in permanent change, the likes its writing for the past five during the past year. Her of income decreased is employment that occurred of of which have come to years. His analyses and work over the years made because Equity used some this season resulted in more industries and individuals insights are so appreciated. this report possible, and of its investments to buy work for more members, and throughout time. Like other In addition, thanks are thanks are due to her for the buildings to house its offices that was all welcome news. successful organizations, due to Doug Beebe for assistance and advice she in Chicago and Los Angeles. It is hoped that this trend will Actors’ Equity Association his stewardship of the provided this year, and we The Chicago office opened continue and employment will respond to those employment and earnings wish her well in all her future three years ago, and the will continue to grow as it did changes and will continue to data that make up the bulk of endeavors. 16 / EQUITY news DECEMBER 2013

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Cooking He spent the summers of Peter Levin Portland, OR on October 22, Wood. and modern art were passions 1956/7 at the Barn Theatre, Audrey Davis 2013 at age 92. Born in His sense of humor, for him, but above all, he Augusta, Michigan. Off- Dear Editor: Duluth, MN, he moved to NY energy, enthusiasm and adored gardening; he was a Broadway, he was featured in It was with great sadness City in 1948, beginning a long generosity enriched the lives of devoted year-round volunteer the legendary musical that I discovered my old friend career as an actor and stage everyone around him. at the Conservatory Garden in Leave it to Jane, which Arthur Gorton had recently manager. Andrea Carlson Central Park for over 20 years. played for almost two years. passed away (Final Curtain, Several early summers were He will be remembered as an Later, he became an assistant October/November issue). 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