101 to Getting Involved with Actors' Equity Association

101 to Getting Involved with Actors' Equity Association

From Assembly Guide by Alicia Newcom

January 21, 2026 · 46 min · Season 1 · Episode 12

About this episode

This episode provides a guide for professional actors and stage managers on how to get involved with Actors' Equity Association.

Are you a professional actor or stage manager who wants to get more involved with Actors' Equity Association and learn how to have your voice heard by our union? This episode is just for you. In this episode, I break down a 101 to Getting Involved with Actors’ Equity Association in various ways moving from a low-level of engagement to a higher level of engagement. If you’ve got ideas about making our industry better, safer, more sustainable, and more humane and want to help change our contracts but don’t quite know how, give this a listen! I guarantee this will help provide you with an approachable pathway forward into action. For easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions on how to do any of these things via the AEA member portal, go to AliciaNewcom.com/AssemblyGuidePod , scroll down to the bottom and click “Ep12 Manual: 101 to Getting Involved with Actors’ Equity Association.” All opinions are my own, and I do not in any way represent or speak on behalf of Actors’ Equity Association. Check out @assemblyguide on Instagram and follow or subscribe for upcoming episodes. Have a topic in mind about creating more humane theatrical spaces you’d like to discuss or to hear me talk about…

Topics covered

  • Actors' Equity Association
  • professional acting
  • stage management
  • union engagement

Keywords

  • engagement
  • theatrical spaces
  • industry improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Products: AEA member portal

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