These agreements provide minimum salaries, benefits, job security and numerous other provisions to ensure safe working conditions and a work environment where actors and stage managers are protected. Equity contracts for individual members usually cover jobs in three categories: Principal, Chorus and Stage Manager.

What are the benefits of joining actors Equity?

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Equity-only Auditions via Casting Call and Equity Hotlines.
  • Agency Regulations.
  • Member Discounts.
  • Equity News magazine.
  • Member Portal website.
  • Seminars and Special Events.
  • Professional Name Protection.
  • Tax Assistance through VITA.

How do actors get equity?

An actor is eligible for membership once he completes fifty weeks of work at theatres that are a part of the EMC program. Once a member, the actor is required to pay “yearly dues” of $118 plus “working dues” which are 2.25% of the gross earnings through an equity contract.

Can I join SAG if I am equity?

Members of Actors’ Equity and, say, the American Guild of Musical Artists can join SAG-AFTRA if they have at least one year of membership in their main union and have been paid as a principal performer at least once. In other words, once you’re in the world of union work, there’s no going back.

What does Actors’ Equity Association do?

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION IS THE LABOR UNION REPRESENTING AMERICAN ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE THEATRE. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION IS THE LABOR UNION REPRESENTING AMERICAN ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE THEATRE.

How many members of equity are there?

Members at large participate in Equity’s governance through a system of regional Boards and Committees. Equity has 28 designated area liaison cities with over 100 members each. Membership: Over 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers, stage managers Among the benefits that may be included in Equity contracts are:

What is the movie Housos vs Authority about?

The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, New South Wales, who are living in Housing Commission public housing. On 1 November 2012, a film based on the series was released in Australian cinemas, titled Housos vs. Authority.

Who are the housos in happyhousos?

Housos tells the not-so-epic stories of Shazza, Dazza, Franky and Kylie – four best mates from down on the block. Sure, they drink away their problems, they might even have frequent domestics but down on the block it’s all for one and one for all.