'Pro99' Actors' Equity Members Send Open Letter to AEA President
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.
Mirror Theater Presents TIL TECH DO US PART Short Play Series, Now thru 6/30
What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in 'Till Tech Do Us Part.'
Mirror Theater to Present TIL TECH DO US PART Short Play Series, 6/14-30
What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in 'Till Tech Do Us Part.'
Mirror Theatre Company Presents TILL TECH DO US PART Festival, 6/14-30
What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in "Till Tech Do Us Part."
Public Theatre of Southern California Holds Reading of Dustin Lance Black's '8' Tonight, 9/21
Civic leaders and a star-studded cast will perform a one-night- only reading of "8, The Play," with Public Theatre of Southern California, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact. "8, The Play," chronicles the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black. The performance will take place at 8 p.m. tonight, September 21st at The Ernest Borgnine Theater, located at 855 Elm Avenue in downtown Long Beach.
Public Theatre of Southern California Announces Reading of Dustin Lance Black's '8', 9/21
Civic leaders and a star-studded cast will perform a one-night- only reading of "8, The Play," with Public Theatre of Southern California, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact. "8, The Play," chronicles the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black. The performance will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 21st at The Ernest Borgnine Theater, located at 855 Elm Avenue in downtown Long Beach.