Series IX: Archived Websites
Extent
Scope and Contents
The Actors' Equity websites contains their newsletter, Equity News, news listings, member benefits, agreements, convention materials, election information, meeting listings and campaigns related to tax fairness; supporting Equity tours; bargaining with the Broadway League; and award eligibility. The series also includes the website for the Actor's Equity Foundation, which details grant funding, awards, and other funding opportunities.
Arrangement
Websites are arranged by crawl date.
Accruals
New site crawls are accrued semiannually.
Appraisal
Crawl was limited to domains and subdomains of https://www.actorsequity.org/, https://askifitsequity.com/, http://everyoneonstage.com/, http://www.actorsequityfoundation.org/, https://equitycontoolkit.my.canva.site/, https://www.taxfairness4entertainmentworkers.org/, and http://equityleague.org/ in order to remain within the collection scope and data constraints.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.
Content from the Instagram feed was captured, but does not playback in Wayback.
Actors' Equity Association
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://www.actorsequity.org/home.asp
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.actorsequity.org/
The Equity League
Scope and Contents
The Equity League site details benefits available to actors including health insurance information, pension information, 401k plan information, employer-specific information, and a blog.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://equityleague.org/
Ask If It's Equity!
Scope and Contents
Ask If It's Equity! is a site intended to promote Actor's Equity Foundation (AEF) affiliated touring Broadway shows and features a searchable list of AEF touring theater companies.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://askifitsequity.com/
Actor's Equity Foundation
Scope and Contents
Actor's Equity Foundation website details grant, award, and other funding opportunities to theaters, financial support for agencies within the arts community, and and financial awards to individual actors. The website also details the organization's history, staff, and structure.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://www.actorsequityfoundation.org/
Everyone On Stage
Scope and Contents
Everyone On Stage is a campaign advocating for ensemble and chorus actors' eligibility for Tony and other industry awards.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://everyoneonstage.com/
It's About Time Broadway
Scope and Contents
Campaign website for supporters of Actors' Equity during their bargaining campaign with the Broadway League in 2022.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://equitycontoolkit.my.canva.site/stand-with-the-workers-of-broadway/
Equity Convention 2022
Scope and Contents
Website providing tools and video training for the Actors' Equity 2022 convention.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://equitycontoolkit.my.canva.site/
Tax Fairness for Entertainment Workers
Scope and Contents
Tax Fairness for Entertainment Workers is a coalition of organizations, including Actors' Equity, that supports the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA). PATPA seeks to restore tax fairness for entertainment workers by allowing the deduction of essential work expenses through updating the Qualified Performing Artist (QPA) deduction.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.taxfairness4entertainmentworkers.org/
Equity United Instagram
Scope and Contents
Equity United represents Actors Equity stage managers and actors who work on Broadway. In 2025, their production contract expired with the Broadway League and the Instagram contains information on their contract campaign, updates on negotiations, and strike authorization. By the end of October 2025, they ratified a new agreement.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.instagram.com/equityunitedofficial/
