Only Small Fraction Of Arts Funders Required Actors Earn Living Wage Before Pandemic
This finding, which was released on Tuesday, stood as part of the association’s larger memo on how state and local agencies can serve as a “force of change” in promoting equity within an industry that has been economically ravaged by COVID-19. The AEA is a labor union representing theatrical performers. From 2019 to 2020, the unemployment rate of actors jumped from nearly 25 percent to more than 52 percent, according to a January report by the National Endowment for the Arts....