Laura Penn News

Last night at the Entertainment Community Fund, (formerly The Actors Fund) gala, they announced the $160 million ESSENTIAL Campaign: a bold and comprehensive effort that will combine all of the organization’s fundraising, allowing the Fund to serve more people in more places.

Entertainment Community Fund is launching the $160 million ESSENTIAL Campaign, combining all of the organization’s fundraising, allowing the Fund to serve more people in more places. Learn more!

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the national union of stage directors and choreographers, and the League of Resident Theatres have reached agreement on a new four-year contract. Learn more about the agreement.

Director and theatre visionary Anne Bogart will receive Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 2023 Gordon Davidson Award. Learn more about Board and about the award!

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), the national union of stage directors and choreographers, and The Broadway League (League), the national trade association for the Broadway and touring industry, have reached an agreement on a new four-year contract.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has promoted Randy Anderson to Deputy Director and Kristy Cummings to Director of Contract Affairs.

Thirteen different unions (and three additional contracts) represent Broadway workers and BroadwayWorld is spotlighting each and every one of them. This time, learn all about Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).

Mayor Adams convenes NYC's first-ever live performance industry council to discuss issues plaguing industry. Learn more about this groundbreaking initiative.

Learn about the latest updates at the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) as they announce Seema Sueko as the newly elected SDCF Board President. Stay informed with the latest news in the entertainment indust

The 76th Annual Tony Awards have officially begun! As winners take the stage this evening, stay tuned to BroadwayWorld as we bring you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.

Yesterday, President Biden announced his appointees to the reestablished President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The appointees include Laura Penn, executive director of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and member of the Department for Professionals Employees' (DPE's) General Board, and members of DPE's affiliated unions.

President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), an advisory body to the president on cultural policy. Find out who here!

The Coalition of Broadway Unions & Guilds condemned the self-described neo-Nazis who harassed theatergoers prior to Tuesday’s preview performance of Parade outside the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has named choreographer Donald Byrd as the recipient of its annual Gordon Davidson Award.

Watch the final episode of the docuseries Here’s To The Ladies Who, produced by The Broadway Women’s Alliance and YesAnd Productions. This episode marks the finale of the six-episode series.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) announced the results of its 2022 Executive Board election at its Annual Membership Meeting on Monday night, November 14. Evan Yionoulis was elected to serve a second term as Executive Board President.

Black Theatre United has engaged Christina Alexander of Alexander Consulting Group to create a digital Unconscious Bias and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility & Belonging (EDIAB) training program for use by the entire theatrical industry.

Today, the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO (AGMA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) have announced a reciprocal agreement that will build on and strengthen the existing partnership between the two national labor unions.

On the eve of the two-year-anniversary of the Broadway Shutdown, The Broadway Women's Alliance and YesAnd Productions today announced that the first episode of the new docuseries Here's To The Ladies Who  is now available for streaming.

Actors’ Equity Association has announced that a team of doctors led by Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill are the new public health consultants for the union, effective immediately. This team also advises the American Guild of Music Artists and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society on COVID-19 safety.