Equity News Winter 2018
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FALL 2019 | VOLUME 104 | ISSUE 4 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION Equity NEWS EQUITY ON TOUR MEMBERS SHARE LESSONS FROM THEIR LIVES ON THE ROAD Equitydirectory EASTERN REGION CENTRAL REGION EASTERN REGION OFFICE General Office Hours CENTRAL REGION OFFICE General Office Hours 165 West 46th St. 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday-Friday Actors' Equity Building 9 am to 5 pm, Monday-Friday New York, NY 10036 557 West Randolph Street Membership Hours Chicago, IL 60661 Membership Office Hours Membership, 14th Floor 10 am to 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm, Monday-Friday Reception, 15th Floor Telephone: (312) 641-0393 Audition Center, 16th Floor Orlando Audition Hotline: (877) AEA-1913, Ext. 815 10319 Orangewood Blvd. Rehearsal/performance-related emergencies Telephone: (212) 869-8530 Orlando, Florida 32821 (for after-hours only): (312) 307-2781 Audition Hotline: (877) AEA-1913, Ext. 831 Telephone: (407) 345-8600 Rehearsal/performance-related emergencies Fax: (407) 345-1522 (for after-hours only): (866) 270-4232 Audition Hotline: (877) 232-1913, ext. 821 CAT (AND ILLINOIS OUTSIDE THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA) Cynthia Hanks [email protected], x239 M. Nathan Wilkinson [email protected], x246 David Kolen [email protected], x236 BUSINESS THEATRE Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 Cynthia Hanks [email protected], x239 CABARET Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 SECOND CITY Cynthia Hanks [email protected], x239 CASINO Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL M. Nathan Wilkinson [email protected], x246 DEVELOPMENT Corey Jenkins [email protected], x325 SPECIAL AGREEMENTS WITHIN CHICAGO Walt Kiskaddon [email protected], x336 LOA-COST WITHIN CHICAGO M. Nathan Wilkinson [email protected], x246 DINNER THEATRE Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 LORT WITHIN CHICAGO – NORTHLIGHT THEATRE David Kolen [email protected], x236 DINNER THEATRE ARTIST* Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 LORT WITHIN CHICAGO – GOODMAN & COURT THEATRES Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 M. Nathan Wilkinson [email protected], x246 Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 CONTRACTS WITHIN KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA, LOUISIANA, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, DISNEY WORLD Donna-Lynne Dalton [email protected], x604 & OKLAHOMA David Kolen [email protected], x236 Buckly Stephens [email protected], x602 CONTRACTS WITHIN KENTUCKY, OHIO & WISCONSIN GUEST ARTIST* Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 M. Nathan Wilkinson [email protected], x246 Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 CONTRACTS WITHIN ARKANSAS, INDIANA, IOWA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI (EXCEPT KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA), NORTH DAKOTA & SOUTH DAKOTA LOA-NYC Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 Cynthia Hanks [email protected], x239 LOA-PP Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 LORT Gary Dimon [email protected], x414 Jeffrey Bateman [email protected], x338 MIDSIZE Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 WESTERN REGION MINI Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 WESTERN REGION OFFICE General Office Hours NEAT 5636 Tujunga Avenue 9 am to 5 pm, Monday-Friday OAT Doug Truelsen [email protected], x606 North Hollywood, CA 91601 OFF-BROADWAY Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 Membership Office Hours Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 Telephone: (323) 978-8080 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday Audition Hotline: (877) AEA-1913, Ext. 826 PRODUCTION Corey Jenkins [email protected], x325 Walt Kiskaddon [email protected], x336 Rehearsal/performance-related emergencies (for after-hours only): (818) 414-8525 TOURS (SETA/PRODUCTION) Tripp Chamberlain [email protected], x320 Dana Gal [email protected], x345 SHEAR MADNESS (BOSTON, WASHINGTON, D.C.) SPECIAL APPEARANCE, GUEST AND DINNER THEATRE ARTIST Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 Philip Ring [email protected], x106 SHOWCASE/NYMF Megan Mackowiak [email protected], x311 WITHIN LA SPECIAL APPEARANCE* Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 99 SEAT Albert Geana-Bastare [email protected], x118 Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 Christa Jackson [email protected], x129 Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 TYA, STOCK, LOA TO COST & LOA TO WCLO SPT, HAT Gwen Meno [email protected], x110 SPECIAL PRODUCTIONS Corey Jenkins [email protected], x325 LORT Ethan Schwartz [email protected], x150 SPT/LOA NORTHEAST* Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 LOA TO LORT Lyn Moon [email protected], x119 SPT/LOA MID-ATLANTIC* Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 CONTRACTS WITHIN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Ethan Schwartz [email protected], x150 SPT/LOA SOUTHEAST* Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 CONTRACTS WITHIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STAGED READING CONTRACTS Walt Kiskaddon [email protected], x336 Albert Geana-Bastare [email protected], x118 Jeffrey Bateman [email protected], x338 STOCK (COST, CORST, RMTA) CONTRACTS WITHIN TEXAS & UTAH Christa Jackson [email protected], x129 Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 SUNDANCE SPECIAL AGREEMENT CONTRACTS WITHIN ALASKA, ARIZONA, COLORADO, HAWAII, IDAHO, MONTANA, TRANSITION Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 NEW MEXICO & WYOMING Gwen Meno [email protected], x110 TYA Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 CONTRACTS WITHIN NEVADA, OREGON & WASHINGTON URTA Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 Lyn Moon [email protected], x119 *SPT, LOAS, GUEST ARTIST, SPECIAL APPEARANCE & DINNER THEATRE ARTIST FOR CONNECTICUT, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND & VERMONT Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 *SPT, LOAS, GUEST ARTIST, SPECIAL APPEARANCE & DINNER THEATRE ARTIST FOR DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK & PENNSYLVANIA Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 *SPT, LOAS, GUEST ARTIST, SPECIAL APPEARANCE & DINNER THEATRE ARTIST FOR Equitynews ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, MARYLAND, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, DC; WEST VIRGINIA Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 Director of Communications Advisory Committee Brandon Lorenz Christine Toy Johnson (Chair) Al Bundonis Editor Diane Dorsey ADDITIONAL RESOURCES David Levy Nicole Flender Ruth E. 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Equitynews CONTENTS FALL 2019 | VOLUME 104 | ISSUE 4 7 8 TAX FAIRNESS UPDATE EQUITY ON TOUR Equity takes the lead Members share in advocating for a lessons from their bipartisan tax parity bill. lives on the road. 18 19 HONORING HIGMEC OUR VETERANS Read about how Meet Equity members two members got who have served their Equity cards. our country in uniform. 20 21 THEATRE SPOTLIGHT EQUITY ACROSS Learn more about the THE NATION Arvada Center. There's nowhere quite like Denver. 26 27 REMEMBERING NEW LEADERSHIP IVY BETHUNE Recent special elections have The champion for diversity resulted in new councillors and inclusion was 101. and CRB members. FRONT of HOUSE FROM THE PRESIDENT GUN VIOLENCE IS A WORKPLACE ISSUE We are conditioned to Anyone who works in the performing arts knows that it’s a embrace our vulnerability. In difficult life. But we shouldn’t have to enter the stage door living addition to the acting, singing in daily fear of gun violence. That is why for years, Actors’ Equity and dance training undertaken by has supported gun violence prevention as well as reasonable the vast majority of us, there is an legislative reform. emotional athleticism that makes Weeks have passed since the shootings, and Congress has it possible for us to work at the highest level. We are used to yet to take real action. This is unconscionable. feeling unstable, and sometimes unsafe, when we climb into Our leaders have not taken action, but I will not let them the skin of a complicated character. But events in New York’s take my hope. I was hopeful after Parkland led to the March theatre district this summer were a different kind of unsafe. for Our Lives. And I was hopeful last year when I saw dozens of I heard from countless members after a loud motorcycle major corporations break ties with the NRA after Parkland. backfire in Times Square led to a panic from members of the After the Times Square incident, I started contacting other public