The fund covering thousands of performers requires a minimum number of weeks worked. Following the theater industry lockdown, stage actors who are already struggling with unemployment are now facing lost health insurance. The fund that provides them with medical coverage requires them to work a minimum number of weeks in order to qualify. Professional actors and stage managers must work 11 weeks to qualify for six months of coverage. Since the theater industry is shutdown, stage actors and managers cannot work in that industry at all, making it very difficult…
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