NPC Newsmaker: Leaders of Actors’ Equity and Broadway Advocacy Coalition on challenges of reopening theater and creating more diversity onstage

Actors’ Equity Association president and actor Kate Shindle and actor Britton Smith, president of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, will discuss the challenges of reopening live theater amid the COVID-19 pandemic and progress toward making American theater more diverse and inclusive at National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m.

Actors’ Equity will also release a new report on how state and local grant policies and weaknesses in the National Endowment for the Arts guidelines affect efforts to increase diversity at arts organizations. Arts and cultural productions contributed $919 billion to the nation’s economy in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

This Headliners in-person event is open to credentialed media and club members, but registration. The one-hour program will also stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel. 

To submit a question via email, put THEATER in the subject line and email to [email protected]. 

Members, guests and visitors are required to show proof of vaccination at the entrance to the club.  This can be a physical copy of your vaccination card, or a photo of it on your mobile device.  If you cannot show proof of vaccination, you must show a recent negative COVID-19 test (within 48 hours). To read more about club safety measures, please visit https://www.press.org/safetyfirst.