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WINTER 2020 | VOLUME 105 | ISSUE 1 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION Equity NEWS AGING & ACHIEVING STAYING ACTIVE IN THE INDUSTRY FOR DECADES 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, DISNEY WORLD Donna-Lynne Dalton [email protected], x604 NEBRASKA, & 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 CONTRACTS WITHIN ARKANSAS, INDIANA, IOWA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI (EXCEPT Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 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.) BAT AND MBAT, BAY AREA PROJECT POLICY, DINNER THEATRE, DINNER THEATRE ART- Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 IST, BUSINESS THEATRE, HAT, LOA/SPECIAL AGREEMENT (PER PERFORMANCE), MIDSIZE, SHOWCASE/NYMF Megan Mackowiak [email protected], x311 99 SEAT, SHOWCASE - LA, SPECIAL AGREEMENTS, STAGED READING AND URTA Albert Geana-Bastare [email protected], x118 SPECIAL APPEARANCE* Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 CABARET, CASINO, GUEST ARTIST, LOA/SPECIAL AGREEMENTS (EXCEPT PER PERFOR- Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 MANCE), LORT, STOCK/WCLO AND TYA Christa Jackson [email protected], x129 SPECIAL PRODUCTIONS Corey Jenkins [email protected], x325 SPECIAL APPEARANCE SPT/LOA NORTHEAST* Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 Philip Ring [email protected], x106 Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 SPT/LOA MID-ATLANTIC* SPTS WITHIN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Ethan Schwartz [email protected], x150 Kathleen Munroe [email protected], x413 SPT/LOA SOUTHEAST* SPTS WITHIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STAGED READING CONTRACTS Walt Kiskaddon [email protected], x336 Albert Geana-Bastare [email protected], x118 STOCK (COST, CORST, RMTA) Jeffrey Bateman [email protected], x338 SPTS WITHIN TEXAS, UTAH AND WASHINGTON SUNDANCE SPECIAL AGREEMENT Jeremy Bohmstein [email protected], x378 Christa Jackson [email protected], x129 TRANSITION Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 SPTS WITHIN ALASKA, ARIZONA, COLORADO, HAWAII, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, WYOMING AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY TYA Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 Gwen Meno [email protected], x110 URTA Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 *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 AL- Equitynews ABAMA, 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 Gabriela Geselowitz Nicole Flender Ruth E. 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Equitynews CONTENTS WINTER 2020 | VOLUME 105 | ISSUE 1 6 8 TAX TIPS FOR AGING & LONGEVITY THE NEW YEAR The ups and downs How to navigate this season, (and ups) of decades and how Equity can help. in the industry. 17 19 YEAR OF THE HIGMEC STAGE MANAGER Read about how Stage managers of color two members got convene to discuss challenges their Equity cards. and solidarity in the industry. 20 21 THEATRE SPOTLIGHT EQUITY ACROSS Learn more about THE NATION Southern Rep. There's nowhere quite like New Orleans. 24 26 NEW COST POSTCARDS FROM CONTRACT APPROVED MEMBERS Learn about the gains the What's happening in negotiating team achieved! San Diego and Detroit? FRONT of HOUSE FROM THE PRESIDENT RAISING THE STANDARDS If you ask a stage manager and stage managers about their non-union experience. 82% or actor to cite a common adage reported having been asked to work for less than minimum of the theatre, many of them will wage. 50% reported that they felt pressure to perform sick or respond “The show must go on.” injured. 98% were not provided health care. As artists, we take seriously our For too long, the theatre industry has relied on a two-class responsibility to deliver the show system of employment: those who belong to unions, and those to the audience that gathers to spend a couple hours in the who do not – and thus lack even the most basic employment dark with the stories we tell. In fact, we believe in it so strongly rights. And it’s important to note, too, that long before the that we tend to internalize it more than we realize. Dynamex case that led to AB5, any reasonable reading of Over the summer, I saw a social media post from a major California law would have categorized us as employees. As Equity theater, announcing a performance cancellation because actors, for example, we arrive at a scheduled time, we stand an actor had been injured. This is a no-win situation for the where we are told