Actors' Equity Association

This article is about the American labor union. For the British equivalent, see Equity (trade union). For the Canadian equivalent, see Canadian Actors' Equity Association. For the former Australian equivalent, see Actors Equity of Australia.
Actors' Equity Association
Abbreviation
  • AEA
  • Actors' Equity
  • Equity
FormationMay 26, 1913; 111 years ago (1913-05-26)
TypeTrade union
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, U.S.
Location
  • United States
Membership (2021)
50,785
President
Brooke Shields
Executive director
Al Vincent Jr
Affiliations
Websiteactorsequity.org Edit this at Wikidata
Actors Equity Building, near Times Square

The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly called Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing those who work in live theatrical performance. Performers appearing in live stage productions without a book or through-storyline (vaudeville, cabarets, circuses) may be represented by the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). The AEA works to negotiate quality living conditions, livable wages, and benefits for performers and stage managers.[1] A theater or production that is not produced and performed by AEA members may be called "non-Equity".[2]

  1. ^ "actorsequity.org | About Actors' Equity Association". www.actorsequity.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  2. ^ Gary M. Fink, ed. Labor unions (Greenwood, 1977) pp. 4–6.