There are still unanswered questions about the ramifications of this decision, however, and the announcement was met with mixed reactions on social media. A potential boost in AEA membership means that competition will be heightened during auditions for roles at Equity theater productions. Loeb associate professor of the humanities in the Harvard English department and head of the Visualizing Broadway project.
Around the time the AEA was founded in , debates were being had about whether the union should be open or follow the closed-shop model, Miller said. Skeptics of the switch to open access have wondered the extent to which this was truly a diversity and inclusion move rather than one to boost union dues after a particularly difficult year for those in theater, with most venues closed for part of the pandemic.
Through Open Access, members who let their memberships lapse can rejoin with initiation fees they already paid credited toward their joining. But more members mean a stronger union which means pay is likely to increase across the industry, Essin said. So, the change could have its desired effect. Continued discussions around the social safety net in the U.
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