{"id":139,"date":"2023-10-10T04:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T04:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theactorshandbook.com\/139-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T05:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T05:39:27","slug":"commercial-actors-unions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theactorshandbook.com\/commercial-actor\/commercial-actors-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Actor’s Unions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Actors\u2019 Equity Association<\/strong> (AEA)<\/p>\n New York City<\/em><\/p>\n 165 West 46th Street<\/p>\n <\/strong>New York, NY 10036<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong>(212) 869-8530<\/p>\n <\/strong>NYC Audition Hotline: 877-232-1913, ext. 831<\/p>\n Los Angeles<\/em><\/p>\n 5636 Tujunga Avenue<\/p>\n North Hollywood, CA 91601<\/p>\n (323) 978-8080<\/p>\n actorsequity.org<\/a><\/p>\n Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 Actors and Stage Managers.\u00a0 Visit the website\u00a0\u00a0for information on our liaison cities.<\/p>\n American Guild of Variety Artists <\/strong><\/p>\n 363 Seventh Avenue<\/p>\n 17th Floor<\/p>\n New York, NY 10001-3904<\/p>\n (212) 675-1003<\/p>\n agva@agvausa.com<\/a><\/p>\n agvany@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n agvausa.com<\/a><\/p>\n West Coast Office<\/strong><\/p>\n 11712 Moorpark Street<\/p>\n Suite 110<\/p>\n Studio City, CA 91604<\/p>\n (818) 508-9984<\/p>\n (818) 508-3029<\/p>\n agvawest@earthlink.net<\/a><\/p>\n The American Guild of Variety Artists is an AFL-CIO-affiliated labor union founded in 1939 to represent performing artists and stage managers for live performances in the variety field.\u00a0 AGVA serves singers and dancers in touring shows and non-book theatrical revues, theme park and circus performers, skaters, comedians and stand-up comics, cabaret and club artists, lecturers\/poets\/monologists\/spokespersons, and variety performers working at private parties and special events.<\/p>\n Note from SAG:\u00a0 “Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have merged effective March 30, 2012. … Please visit SAGAFTRA.org<\/a> for news and event information.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n SAG-AFTRA<\/strong><\/p>\n Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists<\/p>\n National office<\/p>\n 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, 7th Fl.<\/p>\n Los Angeles CA 90036-0800<\/p>\n Switchboard: (323) 954-1600<\/p>\n Toll free: (855) SAG-AFTRA \/ (855) 724-2387<\/p>\n sagaftrainfo@sagaftra.org<\/p>\n