Members of Los Angeles' 'Pro99' movement, including actors Frances Fisher and Alfred Molina, spoke out today about the recent response leveled by Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers, against its own Los Angeles members who are part of the movement.
RON AND LAURA TAKE BACK AMERICA, a new political mockumentary satire that tackles many of the issues enveloping the current election season, is set to make its New York City premiere beginning today, March 25, at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, NYC), following a run in Los Angeles (March 9 premiere, and running March 18-24).
RON AND LAURA TAKE BACK AMERICA, a new political mockumentary satire that tackles many of the issues enveloping the current election season, is set to make its New York City premiere beginning March 25 at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, NYC), following a run in Los Angeles (March 9 premiere, and running March 18-24).
Members of the 'Pro99' movement of Actors' Equity Association have issued an open letter to AEA's newly elected president, Kate Shindle, in response to her victory and to her inaugural address as president of the national union for actors and stage managers. The open letter is signed by over 400 Equity members (listed below), including such notable names as Ed Asner, Francis Fisher, Sally Kirkland and Alfred Molina. The 'Pro99' movement formed in late 2014 in opposition to AEA's rollout of a new plan that will effectively force 'intimate theaters' in Los Angeles to pay Equity actors minimum wage, go 'non-union' or even close - despite an overwhelming vote against the plan by 66% of the Los Angeles membership on an advisory referendum. 'Pro99' members around the nation, who take their name from the current AEA '99 Seat Plan' that allows members to volunteer in smaller venues, oppose AEA's new promulgated plan. They are requesting that Equity leadership put a moratorium on the plan until local members' voices can be heard, and that the union work with its members to develop an alternative plan that will more realistically address the needs of the Los Angeles theater community.
Two new plays by local playwright TJ Edwards will premiere at the Gallery Players of Brooklyn starting June 13th and running until June 23rd as part of their 16th Annual Black Box New Play Festival. Mr. Edwards has won two Helen Hayes awards for Outstanding New Play, and his plays have been performed in New York, Los Angeles and London-as well as cities throughout the U.S.
4CORNERS ENTERTAINMENT is pleased to announce the world premiere production of writer/performer Mel England's SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS, directed by Jill André. SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS will play three benefit performances only at Off-Broadway's Bleecker Street Theatre (45 Bleecker Street). In accordance with Mel's survival story and his strong dedication to the continued existence of the planet, all profits from this production will be donated to the Climate Project.
4CORNERS ENTERTAINMENT is pleased to announce the world premiere production of writer/performer Mel England's SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS, directed by Jill André. SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS will play three benefit performances only at Off-Broadway's Bleecker Street Theatre (45 Bleecker Street). In accordance with Mel's survival story and his strong dedication to the continued existence of the planet, all profits from this production will be donated to the Climate Project.
Obie Award-winning actress Joanne Camp will headline the Pearl Theatre Company's staging of Euripides' tragedy Hecuba from January 5th through February 12th, 2006.
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