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AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

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est. 1939

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AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTSAMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTSAMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

est. 1939

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Our Mission and Jurisdiction

  

The American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an AFL-CIO affiliated labor union founded in 1939 to represent performing Artists and Stage Managers

in live performances in the Variety field. The variety area of performance includes singers & dancers in Theatrical Revues and touring shows

(non-book shows), Theme Park performers, skaters, circus performers, comedians & stand-up comics, Cabaret & Club Artists, lecturers/poets/monologists/spokespersons, and Variety performers working at private parties & special events.


AGVA is a Member of The Associated Actors and Artistes of America, commonly referred to as “The 4 As”,which is currently under the

auspices of the DPE (Department for Professional Employees).  Our 4As Sister Unions are:

AEA (Actors Equity Association), SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild merged with American Federation of Television and Radio Artists),

AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists), and GIAA (Guild of Italian American Actors - formerly IAU, Italian Actors Union). 

 

AGVA, in accordance with industry standards and Federal labor regulations, negotiates Collective Bargaining Agreements which set and enforce

salary minimums and conditions of employment, to include safe and sanitary working conditions, health benefits, rehearsal and performance

regulations, overtime provisions, travel stipulations, vacation and sick pay, publicity, promotion and audition procedures and general work rules.

 

When AGVA Artists perform in venues outside of the realm of AGVA jurisdiction, their working conditions are dictated

by the Collective Bargaining Agreements of AGVA's sister unions, most notably SAG-AFTRA.


While employed under AGVA Collective Bargaining Agreements, members accrue medical, dental and optical coverage

administered by the AGVA Welfare Trust Fund, the union's self-funded Benefits Plan.


AGVA has established, long ago, the Margie Coate Sick & Relief Fund to assist Members, and former Members, who are in financial distress.

Once a need has been verified, the Sick & Relief Fund will help with a variety of bills, as well as limited emergency grants.

All grants are confidential, and are handled through a separate office to ensure privacy.  Further information is located elsewhere on this website.

The AGVA Sick & Relief Fund also presents regular Variety shows, using the talents of its Members, at The Actors Home in

Englewood, New Jersey, and various nursing homes and senior centers around the United States.


AGVA members include Performers The Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood as well as the World Famous Rockettes,

all of whom perform under AGVA Collective Bargaining Agreements. Other notable AGVA contracts include 

Cirque du Soleil Productions of Banana Shpeel at the Beacon Theatre, NYC, IRIS at the Kodak (now Dolby) Theatre, CA, 

Zarkana at Radio City Music Hall and on Tour, Paramour at the Lyric Theatre, NYC, 'Twas The Night Before at Madison Square Garden, NYC,

as well as hundreds of Revues On and Off-Broadway and across the country.  Award winning AGVA shows have included: Swing, Ring of Fire, Sugar Babies, Black & Blue, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Jackie Mason, Dame Edna, Fool Moon, Def Poetry Jam, and others.

 


National Office - New York City

363 Seventh Avenue 17th Floor

New York, NY 10001-3904

(212) 675-1003

Fax (212) 633-0097

West Coast Office - Los Angeles, CA

  5435 Cahuenga Blvd., Suite C

North Hollywood, CA 91601

(818) 508-9984

fax (818) 508-3029

Disneyland Resorts

agvawest@earthlink.net

Universal Studios Hollywood

allisonagva@earthlink.net




EXTRA, EXTRA...Variety News!

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Medieval Times workers go on strike over unfair labor practices in Los Angeles-ABC news

February2023

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Unfair Labor Practice suit leads to LA Strike!

Medieval Times workers go on strike over unfair labor practices in Los Angeles-ABC news

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February2023

AGVA remembers...

AGVA remembers Radio City Conductor, Bryan Louiselle. May he rest in peace.

July 2022

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AGVA remembers...

AGVA remembers Radio City Conductor, Bryan Louiselle. May he rest in peace.

 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/bryan-louiselle-obituary?id=36352548&fbclid=IwAR2p4IV1h3PkTgJIADOZj4HLjF81xhN2P-Gj...

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July 2022

NJ Medieval Times Performers Win their Union with AGVA!

NJ Medieval Times Performers win their Union vote to unionize and join AGVA

July 2022

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NJ Medieval Times Performers Win their Union with AGVA!

NJ Medieval Times Performers win their Union vote to unionize and join AGVA

  Lyndhurst, N.J., July 15, 2022-In a 26-11 vote, the employees at Medieval Times in Lyndhurst, NJ won their union election with the America...

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July 2022

AGVA Remembers..

Don Pippin

June 2022

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AGVA Remembers..

Don Pippin

  

AGVA remembers award-winning conductor, Don Pippin, who was an integral part of the Radio City Music Hall family for many years.  He is re...

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June 2022

Little Island Amph opens inaugural season with "The Big Mix"!

New York's newest Pier opens it's version of "Modern Vaudeville" with the Big Mix!

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New York's newest Pier opens it's version of "Modern Vaudeville" with the Big Mix!

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