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Read About All of This and More Here 3 Introduction TABLE OF 4 Executive Summary & Methodology 6 Greater Albany CONTENTS 7 Atlanta 9 Austin/San Antonio 10 Boston 12 Buffalo/Rochester 13 Cincinnati/Louisville 14 Cleveland 15 Dallas/Fort Worth 16 Denver 17 Detroit 18 Central Florida 19 South Florida 20 Houston 21 Kansas City 22 Las Vegas 23 Milwaukee/Madison 24 Minneapolis/St. Paul 25 Nashville 26 New Orleans 27 Philadelphia 29 Phoenix/Tucson 30 Pittsburgh 31 Portland 33 St. Louis 34 San Diego 35 San Francisco - Bay Area 37 Seattle 38 Greater Washington D.C./Baltimore Actors' Equity Director of Communications Brandon Lorenz Editor Doug Strassler Contributor Joyce Vinzani Got a question or comment? Email us at [email protected] 2019 REGIONAL THEATRE REPORT is published annually by Actors’ Equity Association, 165 West 46th St., New York, NY 10036. Telephone: (212) 869-8530. Periodicals postage paid at New York, N.Y. and additional mailing offices. Copyright 2019, Actors’ Equity Association. Postmaster: Send address changes to Equity News, 165 West 46th St., New York, NY 10036. INTRODUCTION PUTTING IT TOGETHER Last year – for the first time – we created a special report funding – even at a time when the arts, and the National analyzing the employment data across all 28 of our Endowment for the Arts, face ongoing threats. Liaison Areas. It’s a part of our Equity 2020 campaign to be aggressive, inclusive and responsive in facilitating as Of course, there is unquestionably more work to do. We many work weeks as possible. For the second year in a need to keep bringing new theaters and producers into row, we’ve looked at the data for our members in each the Equity fold, while working with our existing employers area, and are presenting it to you here. to add more actor and stage manager contracts. I look forward to helping lead that charge, in partnership with The following pages provide a snapshot of the health our staff. of our Liaison Areas across the country. Paired with last year’s inaugural regional theatre report, this information Actors’ Equity cares about the livelihoods of all of our offers greater insight into which areas are thriving and members. Our members are our highest priority. And no which ones need help. This report also recognizes the matter where you choose to live, I believe you deserve great work being done by Equity theaters throughout fair wages, safe and sanitary working conditions and the all three regions, and highlights the theaters that have solidarity and support of your fellow Equity members. transitioned to new or upgraded existing Equity contracts. This report isn’t only about theaters, though. It’s also a tribute to the members in these areas, and to our dedicated Liaison Area Chairs, who continue to help us identify organizing targets, educate their local actors and stage managers and serve as our union’s eyes and Kate Shindle, President ears in these communities. It’s clear that together, we’re making strides in increasing work opportunities. We’re also thinking more creatively than ever about how we can do that, like supporting local efforts for dedicated arts Above, Kate Shindle and Gail Gabler with members in San Francisco. 2019 REGIONAL THEATRE REPORT 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & METHODOLOGY The Regional Theatre Report uses Overall, 18 of the 28 areas (nearly Work weeks overall are up 9 percent in work weeks per member as its guiding two-thirds) saw gains in work weeks all the Liaison Areas compared to the metric to capture the current state per member when looking back at 2014-2015 season. of affairs in each of Actors’ Equity’s last season. Work weeks per member 28 Liaison Areas, which include all are up 8 percent over last season. The information in this report covers theaters and Equity members within a Washington, D.C./Baltimore is the first the 2017-2018 season, which ended 100-mile area around each city – the area to surpass an average of more in May 2018. It does not include same method used in last year’s report. than 20 work weeks per member. It information about the three biggest also generated more than 20,000 work cities, Chicago, Los Angeles and New Dividing the number of work weeks weeks – for the second consecutive York, each of whose theatre scenes in a Liaison Area by the number of season, in fact. operate very differently from the members creates a metric that allows Liaison Areas. National tours were for a picture of what is happening As a National Union, membership classified based on a show’s city of in Equity’s diverse 28 Liaison Areas, counts in a Liaison Area fluctuate origin, in keeping with longstanding regardless of size. slightly from month to month as practice. Furthermore, the report members relocate over the course of synthesized data based on work done This year’s report reflects promising a theatre season for professional or under paid contracts and excludes upward momentum. The Liaison Areas personal reasons. The membership internal membership codes. in this report represent $124 million in numbers reported in this document wages earned by Equity members – an represent an average taken over a increase of 3 percent over last year. three-month period. Seattle Buffalo/ Greater Portland Rochester Minneapolis/ Albany Boston Saint Paul Milwaukee/ Madison Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati/ Louisville Greater San Francisco - Denver Kansas City Washington, D.C./ Bay Area Las Vegas Baltimore Saint Louis Nashville Phoenix/ San Diego Tucson Atlanta Dallas/Fort Worth Houston/ Galveston Austin/ San Antonio Central Florida New Orleans South Florida 4 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION WORK WEEKS TOTAL THEATER CITY PER MEMBER MEMBERS Greater Albany 6.4 1,022 Atlanta 5.2 546 Austin/San Antonio 4.3 247 Boston 9.9 1,106 Buffalo/Rochester 8.5 256 Cincinnati/Louisville 9.6 415 Cleveland 6.8 244 Dallas/Fort Worth 7.5 453 Denver 10.3 341 Detroit 5.6 367 Central Florida 16.4 981 South Florida 6.4 556 Houston 8.8 289 Kansas City 14.9 219 Las Vegas 4.7 323 Milwaukee/Madison 10.1 242 Minneapolis/St. Paul 12.5 549 Nashville 5.5 184 New Orleans 3.2 173 Philadelphia 6.9 1,227 Phoenix/Tucson 5.7 242 Pittsburgh 7.7 350 Portland 7.6 256 St. Louis 10.6 239 San Diego 9.2 517 San Francisco - Bay Area 7.1 1,344 Seattle 9.3 528 Greater Washington, D.C./Baltimore* 20.8 1,171 * Recognized in 2019 as the Fastest Growing Theatre City 2019 REGIONAL THEATRE REPORT 5 GREATER ALBANY More than 1,000 Equity members call Greater Albany, one of the newest Liaison Areas, their home, especially as the region has expanded into Western Massachusetts. And the area continues to make inroads as well – LORT 6.4 1,022 venue Capital Repertory Theatre will own their space WORK WEEKS MEMBERS for the first time in three decades. This year saw the formation of two new companies: The Denizen, in New Paltz, which is on a Special Appearance contract, and the Troy Foundry Theatre, which has transitioned from LIAISON COMMITTEE CHAIR Byron Nilsson the Members Project Code onto a Special Agreement [email protected] Contract in its second season. This year, the annual 877-232-1913 x810 membership meeting took place in Catskill, bringing in a host of new faces as well. BUSINESS REP Jeremy Bohmstein New York Office 212-869-8530 x378 [email protected] Equity members Gabriella Pizzolo and Lindsay Nicole Chambers in the Adirondack Theatre Festival production of Loch Ness (Photo by Gabby Lindsay). 6 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION ATLANTA Atlanta continues to be a booming mecca for the arts in every medium. The theaters Actor’s Express Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Lyric, Atlanta Shakespeare, Aurora (Main Stage), Theater Emory at 5.2 546 Emory University, Horizon Theatre Company, Savannah WORK WEEKS MEMBERS Repertory Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and True Colors Theatre all use full Equity agreements. Because of Atlanta’s penchant for rich and prolific LIAISON COMMITTEE CHAIR theatrical opportunities, Equity thought it was the Karen D. Howell perfect location to raise awareness about the value of [email protected] professional theatre, bestowing local Equity houses 877-232-1913 x810 with special commemorative plaques at ceremonies taking place earlier this year to recognize their BUSINESS REP continued employment of Equity members. Dozens Kathleen Munroe of Equity members in the Atlanta area have also New York Office committed to adding #AskifitsEquity to their bios on 212-869-8530 x811 social media and in their Playbills. [email protected] “I was delighted that Atlanta was chosen as the first city as a focus for national organizing and targeting efforts, and I believe interesting and important seeds Above, director Freddie Ashley and assistant stage manager J. were planted for the community at large,” Karen D. Paige Howe with Equity stage manager Libby Mickle work on the Howell, the volunteer chair of Equity’s Atlanta Liaison Actor’s Express production of Angels in America (Photo by Ashley Committee, said. Earles-Bennett). 2019 REGIONAL THEATRE REPORT 7 Left, Equity member Grant Chapman, seen here with Parris Sarter, in Angels in America at Actor’s Express (Photo by Ashley Earles-Bennett). Below, local members convened with business representative Kathleen Munroe and Councillor Lee Osorio during Georgia Rally Week. 8 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO While both Austin and San Antonio are perhaps best known as hotbeds of live music, their reputations for live theatre continue to thrive, thanks to such venues as Austin Playhouse and the Public Theatre of San Antonio, and the ZACH Theatre, which plans to complete its transition to full LORT status by 2020.
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