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Actors' Equity Pres Patrick Quinn Honored with Award

By: Jun. 09, 2005
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Actors' Equity Association President Patrick Quinn was feted at the Working Theater's 20th Anniversary Annual Awards Ceremony at the trendy Au Bar in New York City, on Monday, June 6th. Quinn, who has served as President for five years, was honored for bridging the gap between the Arts, Labor and the Community. Esther Cohen, the Executive Director of Bread and Roses, Anthony Watson, Chairman and CEO, Hip Health Plan, and Besty Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York, were also Honorees.

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Peter Bernstein, a member of the Working Theater's Board of Directors, presented the award, calling President Quinn "a great labor leader, caring about every issue with heart, intelligence and common sense." Quinn called Equity, its members and its staff, a "very special family" made all the more important because he "got to choose them...and to grow with them...and to learn from them." During his tenure as President, Quinn guided the Union through the national trauma of 9/11 and was instrumental in the Union's contributions to the economic recovery of New York City. He led the Equity membership in a four-day strike on Broadway in support of AFM Local 802 and one year later was part of the negotiation team that concluded a progressive contract for Broadway and Touring productions,
preventing a nationwide strike.

On Broadway, Quinn has appeared as Lehman Engel in the Tony Award nominated A Class Act, Uncle Max Detwieler in the revival of The Sound of Music and as Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Other Broadway appearances include: Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Applegate in the revival of Damn Yankees and as Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel. He is a trustee of the Actors Fund of America and in 1985, was a co-founder of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids and currently serves as that organization's Vice President. Since 1977, he has been a member of the Council of Actors' Equity Association and served several terms as Vice-President before assuming the position of President in 2000.

Since 1985, the Working Theatre, an Equity Theater, has been dedicated to producing culturally diverse plays that explore the lives of working people and the issues they confront in an increasingly complex world. Its mission is to create theatre about and for working people. The Company has garnered widespread recognition and critical acclaim for its writing, acting and directing, including a Drama Desk award for Rob Ackerman's Tabletop, two Drama Desk nominations and two AUDELCO awards for OyamO's Let Me Live, and a prestigious grant from the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays for Michael Henry Brown's Ascension Day. The company has also been recognized for its pioneering efforts in community outreach and audience development.


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