Abbreviation | GIAA |
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Formation | December 20, 1937 |
Type | Trade union |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, US |
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Membership (2013) | 79[1] |
President | Carlo Fiorletta |
Affiliations | Associated Actors and Artistes of America |
Website | sites |
Formerly called | Italian Actors Union |
The Guild of Italian American Actors (GIAA) was founded in 1937 as the Italian Actors Union (IAU) to protect the rights of Italian-American actors in Italian-language theater and was reinvented as GIAA, the Guild of Italian American Actors by then-president Paul Borghese in 1998. Borghese served as president from 1998 to 2002 and currently serves as president emeritus. He took a dying union of 67 members to a membership of 500 actors, directors, and writers.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The guild has jurisdiction over Italian-language professional theater,[citation needed] and works to preserve and promote awareness of Italian culture and heritage. GIAA also provides a casting resource to directors and producers seeking Italian-American actors.
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