Actors Equity Launches $500,000 Emergency Fund To Aid Members Who Lost Jobs To Coronavirus Shutdown Of Live Theaters – Deadline

AEA has launched an emergency “Curtain Up Fund” … to help get members who lost work because of the COVID-19 shutdown…. The union is contributing $500,000 to start the fund and will match another $250,000 in contributions from other donors.

Source: Actors Equity Launches $500,000 Emergency Fund To Aid Members Who Lost Jobs To Coronavirus Shutdown Of Live Theaters – Deadline

Editor’s note: Broadway producers are matching every donation dollar for dollar up to $1,000,000. See Broadway Producers Pledge $1 Million Challenge Match for Coronavirus Emergency Relief | Hollywood Reporter