The unionization effort relates to production assistants working on the stage management teams of Broadway and sit-down productions.
Production assistants are some of the rare workers on Broadway, and on sit-down productions, without union representation. The assistants are hourly employees and conduct tasks such as preparing rehearsal materials, running errands and making sure decisions made during rehearsals are noted down. These production assistants are typically only employed from the time period before a show starts rehearsals through opening night.
Equity notes that many of these PAs are early-career stage managers and are already members of Equity due to their work in other areas. The unionization effort does not apply to production assistants in other departments, such as in music or wardrobe. “Getting a Broadway production up and running is an enormous task, and the work of Broadway’s stage management teams prior to opening night is fundamental to any show’s success,” said Erin Maureen Koster, third vice president of the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents the union’s stage manager members.
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