SAG-AFTRA & Actors’ Equity Extend Agreement Over Taping Of Live Stage Shows During Pandemic
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deadline.comSAG-AFTRA and the Actors’ Equity Association have agreed to a six-month extension of an agreement they reached last year that settled a bitter jurisdictional dispute over the taping or streaming of live theater during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agreement was originally set to expire at the end of the year, but the extension acknowledges the ongoing nature of the pandemic and sets Juine 30, 2022, as the new expiration date.
AEA has jurisdiction over actors and stage managers who work in live theater, but SAG-AFTRA has long held that the taping of live shows falls under its jurisdiction.
Last year, as the pandemic shuttered live theater productions across the country – and is doing so again – SAG-AFTRA offered Equity a limited waiver that
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