“‘Entertainment workers aren't going to see what hit them until they file their tax returns next year,’ warns actress and tax attorney Sandra Karas, secretary treasurer of the Actors' Equity Association, who estimates that 75 percent of her guild will be paying more taxes this year. She calculates, for instance, that an unmarried industry worker in California making, say, $38,500 will pay close to 10 percent more this year. ‘They're going to be hit by a two-by-four,’ she says….” The Hollywood Reporter, October 2018.

“Equity isn’t in a position to tell a theater whom they should hire to be their next artistic director or their next executive director. But what we can say is that these companies shouldn’t be afraid to diversify their leadership. Since 2015, the top two leadership positions at Equity (Equity President Kate Shindle and myself) have been women with differing perspectives and experiences. That diversity is our strength….” Variety, Feb. 2018

“Arts professionals are trying to respond to the crisis in multiple ways, from doubling down on ensuring actors and actresses are aware of anti-harassment policies to holding workshops and hiring onset advocates to ensure a safe workplace…” Associated Press, Oct. 2018

“On Thursday morning, Shindle employed a line of argument tailored to the current political climate and to the budget-slashing president in the White House: The arts, she said, are an economic engine, offering jobs not just for actors and directors, but for ushers, ticket-takers and the like — and arts in turn fuel other businesses, such as hotels and bars, helping revitalize communities from Pittsburgh to Durham, N.C…” Washington Post, March 2017

“Yet analysts and party strategists say Ms. Heitkamp can win. She lost her last statewide campaign, in 2000, by virtual forfeit when she left the campaign trail in the governor’s race to battle breast cancer. Sympathies linger….”

New York – Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement following reports that Disney’s Frozen has announced it will close on Broadway.