Actors’ Equity Association pulled back the curtain on its 2022 officer and councilor election results tonight.
Wydetta Carter was re-elected 1st Vice President, representing principal actors. Al Bundonis was voted 2nd Vice President, representing chorus actors, Erin Maureen Koster was elected 3rd Vice President, representing stage managers — both running opposed. Sandra Karas was re-elected Secretary/Treasurer.
More than 40 council seats were filled, effective immediately, across all three regions and representing four categories: principal actor, chorus actor, stage manager and at-large.
Here are those results; all terms are for four years, except where noted:
Eastern Region Principal Councilors
Stephen Bogardus
Kimberly Chatterjee
Matt DaSilva
Ashley De La Rosa
Carla Martinez
Maureen Moore
Margot Moreland
Diane Nicole
Judy Rice
Sid Solomon
Jennifer Swiderski
Allyson Tucker
Erikka Walsh
Kristen Beth Williams
Eastern Region Chorus Councilors
Joanne Borts
Todd Buonopane
Taavon Gamble
Shonica Gooden
Ashley E. Matthews
Sarah Quinn Taylor
Eastern Region Stage Manager Councilors
Ruth E.
Wydetta Carter was re-elected 1st Vice President, representing principal actors. Al Bundonis was voted 2nd Vice President, representing chorus actors, Erin Maureen Koster was elected 3rd Vice President, representing stage managers — both running opposed. Sandra Karas was re-elected Secretary/Treasurer.
More than 40 council seats were filled, effective immediately, across all three regions and representing four categories: principal actor, chorus actor, stage manager and at-large.
Here are those results; all terms are for four years, except where noted:
Eastern Region Principal Councilors
Stephen Bogardus
Kimberly Chatterjee
Matt DaSilva
Ashley De La Rosa
Carla Martinez
Maureen Moore
Margot Moreland
Diane Nicole
Judy Rice
Sid Solomon
Jennifer Swiderski
Allyson Tucker
Erikka Walsh
Kristen Beth Williams
Eastern Region Chorus Councilors
Joanne Borts
Todd Buonopane
Taavon Gamble
Shonica Gooden
Ashley E. Matthews
Sarah Quinn Taylor
Eastern Region Stage Manager Councilors
Ruth E.
- 5/26/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Actors’ Equity members have re-elected Kate Shindle to a second term as president of the union that reps moire than 50,000 professional stage actors and stage managers. She was running unopposed, as were several other officers chosen in the 2018 National Council election.
Shindle, who was Miss America 1998, beat incumbent president Nick Wyman in the 2015 election. There was an unprecedented number of seats up for grabs across all three regions in the 105-year-old group, and all 55 were filled, effective immediately.
The other officers elected without opposition were 3rd Vice President Ira Mont, Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Karas, Central Regional Vice President Dev Kennedy and Western Regional Vice President Doug Carfrae.
Among those facing challengers, Melissa Robinette was elected 1st Vice President (Principal), Jennifer Cody was elected 2nd Vice President (Chorus) and Sid Solomon was elected Eastern Regional Vice President.
The regional winners are listed below.
After more than a decade of using an electronic voting option,...
Shindle, who was Miss America 1998, beat incumbent president Nick Wyman in the 2015 election. There was an unprecedented number of seats up for grabs across all three regions in the 105-year-old group, and all 55 were filled, effective immediately.
The other officers elected without opposition were 3rd Vice President Ira Mont, Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Karas, Central Regional Vice President Dev Kennedy and Western Regional Vice President Doug Carfrae.
Among those facing challengers, Melissa Robinette was elected 1st Vice President (Principal), Jennifer Cody was elected 2nd Vice President (Chorus) and Sid Solomon was elected Eastern Regional Vice President.
The regional winners are listed below.
After more than a decade of using an electronic voting option,...
- 5/24/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Actors' Equity Association has announced the results of its elections for eight offices and 17 National Council seats. Union members elected Nick Wyman for President, Paige Price as First Vice President, Rebecca Kim Jordan as Second Vice President, Ira Mont as Third Vice President, and Sandra Karas as Secretary-Treasurer. Each of these candidates ran uncontested for their respective offices and will serve three-year terms.Dev Kennedy was reelected as the Central Regional Vice President and Doug Carfrae was reelected Western Regional Vice President. Melissa Robinette has been elected the Eastern Regional Vice President. The above regional officers have all been elected to serve three-year terms.In addition to the officers, 17 Council seats were filled. In the Eastern Region, Christine Toy Johnson, David Sitler, Ira Denmark, Margot Moreland, and James Moye have been elected to five-year term Principal seats, and Kristen Beth Williams has been elected to a one-year term Principal seat.
- 5/25/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
Actors Equity has re-elected its top two officers in membership voting that also filled 19 open seats on the union's national council.
Equity president Mark Zimmerman, whose Broadway credits include "The Rainmaker" and "Brigadoon", and actress Paige Price, who has returned as first vp, were uncontested. Figures weren't immediately available for how many of Equity's 45,000 actors and stage managers voted in the election.
Zimmerman and Price, who will serve until spring 2009, were first elected to the posts in the fall after the late Patrick Quinn resigned as Equity president to assume the role of executive director.
In the Eastern region of council races, Christine Toy Johnson, Margot Moreland, Paul Ames, Ira Denmark and Thomas Jay Miller were elected in the principal category for five-year terms and Bob Knapp for a four-year term.
In the Eastern chorus category, Jeffrey Bateman and Roger Preston Smith will serve five-year terms and Craig Meyer will serve a three-year term. Eastern stage managers elected to five-year terms are Lisa Jo Snodgrass and John Atherlay.
Equity president Mark Zimmerman, whose Broadway credits include "The Rainmaker" and "Brigadoon", and actress Paige Price, who has returned as first vp, were uncontested. Figures weren't immediately available for how many of Equity's 45,000 actors and stage managers voted in the election.
Zimmerman and Price, who will serve until spring 2009, were first elected to the posts in the fall after the late Patrick Quinn resigned as Equity president to assume the role of executive director.
In the Eastern region of council races, Christine Toy Johnson, Margot Moreland, Paul Ames, Ira Denmark and Thomas Jay Miller were elected in the principal category for five-year terms and Bob Knapp for a four-year term.
In the Eastern chorus category, Jeffrey Bateman and Roger Preston Smith will serve five-year terms and Craig Meyer will serve a three-year term. Eastern stage managers elected to five-year terms are Lisa Jo Snodgrass and John Atherlay.
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