WINTER 2019 | VOLUME 104 | ISSUE 1 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION Equity NEWS MIND MATTERS MAINTAINING MENTAL WELLBEING THROUGHOUT AN ARTS CAREER Equitydirectory EASTERN REGION WESTERN REGION BUSINESS THEATRE Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 SPECIAL APPEARANCE, GUEST AND DINNER THEATRE ARTIST Philip Ring [email protected], x106 CABARET Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 CASINO Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 WITHIN LA - 99 SEAT Albert Geana-Bastare [email protected], x118 DINNER THEATRE Gary Dimon [email protected], x414 TYA, STOCK, LOA TO COST & LOA TO WCLO Christa Jackson [email protected], x129 Austin Ruffer [email protected], x307 DINNER THEATRE ARTIST SPT, HAT Gwen Meno [email protected], x110 DISNEY WORLD Donna-Lynne Dalton [email protected], x604 Buckly Stephens [email protected], x602 LORT Ethan Schwartz [email protected], x150 GUEST ARTIST Austin Ruffer [email protected], x307 LOA TO LORT Lyn Moon [email protected], x119 LABS/WORKSHOPS Corey Jenkins [email protected], x325 CONTRACTS WITHIN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Ethan Schwartz [email protected], x150 LOA-NYC Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 CONTRACTS WITHIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Albert Geana-Bastare LOA-PP Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 [email protected], x118 LORT Gary Dimon [email protected], x414 CONTRACTS WITHIN TEXAS & UTAH Christa Jackson [email protected], x129 Jeffrey Bateman [email protected], x338 Kathy Mercado [email protected], x335 CONTRACTS WITHIN ALASKA, ARIZONA, COLORADO, HAWAII, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO & WYOMING Gwen Meno [email protected], x110 MIDSIZE Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 CONTRACTS WITHIN WASHINGTON, OREGON & NEVADA Lyn Moon MINI [email protected], x119 NEAT Timmary Hammett [email protected], x376 OAT Doug Truelsen [email protected], x606 OFF-BROADWAY Kaitlyn Hoffman [email protected], x322 Raymond Morales [email protected], x314 PRODUCTION Corey Jenkins [email protected], x325 Walt Kiskaddon [email protected], x336 TOURS (SETA/PRODUCTION) Tripp Chamberlain [email protected], x320 SHEAR MADNESS (BOSTON, WASHINGTON, D.C.) 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Postmaster: Send address changes to Equity News, 165 West 46th St., New York, NY 10036. Equitynews CONTENTS WINTER 2019 | VOLUME 104 | ISSUE 1 7 8 FOUNDATION AWARDS REGIONAL REPORT Learn who received this year's The second annual report offers St. Clair Bayfield and the latest findings about work Joe A. Callaway Awards weeks in all 28 Liaison Areas. 10 14 MIND MATTERS THEATRE SPOTLIGHT Members share their Read all about one of the experience and advice nation's most recognizable with mental wellness. LGBT theatres. 15 18 ACROSS THE NATION SWING DAY Check out the area Equity recognized that is home to third largest the invaluable work of arts economy in the country. swings across the country. 21 22 HIGMEC STRONGER THAN HATE Two members share Members gathered to raise stories about how they money for victims of the Tree of got their Equity cards. Life shooting. FRONT of HOUSE FROM THE PRESIDENT THINKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH I once heard someone say actors and stage managers are having similar experiences at any that good theatre, like most art, given time, but because there are resources available to help rarely focuses on stories about you. Recognize your limits. Check in with yourself when things happy, healthy, well-adjusted don’t feel so great; no matter who you are or how successful you people. Of course, there are are, that will happen. Money and success alone are not super plenty of theatrical pieces which effective at exorcising demons. If you’re on tour, for example, you revolve around situational drama might be making great money … but the challenges of living on (or comedy), but just as often, the extremes and heightened the road full-time can still pull the rug out from under you. emotions that create compelling plays focus on larger-than-life One of my favorite organizations in the business is The characters who might be a handful to deal with in real life. But Actors Fund, a not-for-profit resource for everyone in the while it’s true that the heroes and villains of great romances and entertainment industry. The Fund serves as a very literal lifeline in great tragedies are often prone to a touch of madness, the same all kinds of ways: training entertainment professionals in survival does not need to be true of those of us who crawl into their skins or transitional jobs and financial literacy, providing emergency and live there eight times a week. assistance at times when the bills become overwhelming, helping Sometimes, though, it can be difficult to shed that skin us navigate the world of health insurance in the Obamacare era once we exit stage left. As a young actor, I remember well the and providing support through counseling and social work when challenges of playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret, specifically when it we find ourselves in an abusive or harassing situation, or when came to leaving her behind at the end of the night. And it seems our mental or emotional wellness starts to slip. You should not that every awards season, we hear glowing praise of some film hesitate to give them a call if you’re in trouble; that’s why they actor who “stayed in character,” on and off the set, for the weeks exist. You can find out more about the