By David Robb Labor Editor Actors’ Equity Association has launched an emergency “Curtain Up Fund” and issued a grant to the Actors Fund to help get members who lost work because of the COVID-19 shutdown of legit theaters across the country to get back on their feet financially.
The union is contributing $500,000 to start the fund and will match another $250,000 in contributions from other donors. “Everyone who works in theatre has had their shows postponed and are worried about how they will make rent next month, to say nothing of other essentials like groceries and health care,” said Equity executive director Mary McColl. “It is imperative that we do our part by creating the emergency Curtain Up Fund and we hope that everyone, from
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