| Your professional acting career will probably include acting for theatre and "live" industrial productions.
The AEA is the professional actors' union that has jurisdiction over these areas as-well-as stage managers and sometimes directors and choreographers.
To get current information re: how to qualify for admission to the AEA, call or write to the regional office closest to you.
If you think you aren't ready to join a union yet, get information anyway. Getting information now can save you a lot of wasted time later.
Don't wait
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Regional Offices
Western Region
- Los Angeles:
6430 Sunset Blvd., Suite 700
Hollywood, CA 90028
Pn: (213) 462-2334
Fx: (213) 962-9788
Central Region
- Chicago:
203 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60601
Pn: (312) 641-0393
Fx: (312) 641-6365
Eastern Region
- New York:
165 W. 46th St.
New York, NY 10036
Pn: (212) 869-8530
Fx: (212) 719-9815
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Other Union Jurisdictions
Performers' Unions improve basic working conditions for their members through collective bargaining to secure minimum (scale) salaries, safe and humane work conditions, retirement benefits, health benefits and a variety of other things which are important for their members. Each Union has its own membership requirements, initiation fees, dues, constitutions, bylaws, rules, regulations, and governing bodies.
Screen Actors Guild (SAG):
- Principal performers appearing in feature motion pictures
- All other types of productions shot on film.
- Extra Players in feature motion pictures
- Television programming
- Non-broadcast films and commercials in certain areas.
- Shares with AFTRA video tape jurisdiction for:
- Television programs
- Television commercials
- Industrial/educational programs
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
- Live television
- Radio programs
- Radio commercials
- Musical recordings
- Shares with the Screen Actors Guild video tape jurisdiction for:
- Television programs
- Television commercials
- Industrial/educational programs
- AFTRA represents performer catagories such as: Actors, Announcers, Dancers, Disc Jockeys, Newspersons, Singers, Specialty Acts, Sportscasters and Stuntpersons.
- AFTRA contracts can also cover Contract and Principal Players, "Under-5's" and Extras.
American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
New York Office
184 Fifth Ave. 6th Floor
NY, NY 10010
212-675-1003
California Office
4741 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91607
(818) 508-9984
- Performers in Las Vegas club showrooms and cabarets
- Live performances in musical variety shows, comedy showcases, dance revues, magic shows and amusement park shows
- Arena and auditorium productions on tour.
Jurisdiction between AGVA and Equity may require case-by-case determination.
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
1727 Broadway
NY,NY 10019
Ph: 212-265-3687
Fx: 212-262-9088
URL is http://agmanatl.com/
email is AGMAnatl@aol.com
- Singers, dancers and other performers in operas and other classical music productions and concerts.
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