What the Hollywood strike means for Chicago actors, writers and productions
As actors and writers hit the picket line, shows like “Chicago P.D.” and “The Chi” have had to hit the pause button.
That “Hollywood strike”? It’s having a big impact anywhere actors and writers live and work, and that includes Chicago.
Reset hears from Chicagoans involved in the strike about their working lives and why they’re demanding better pay and residuals and other benefits from streaming giants like Netflix and the big movie studios.
GUESTS: Eric Chaudron, executive director of SAG-AFTRA Chicago
Ilyssa Fradin, SAG-AFTRA member and National Board Representative for the Chicago Local
Martín Zimmerman, WGA West Captain, writer and producer
J. Nicole Brooks, playwright, actor
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What the Hollywood strike means for Chicago actors, writers and productions
As actors and writers hit the picket line, shows like “Chicago P.D.” and “The Chi” have had to hit the pause button.
That “Hollywood strike”? It’s having a big impact anywhere actors and writers live and work, and that includes Chicago.
Reset hears from Chicagoans involved in the strike about their working lives and why they’re demanding better pay and residuals and other benefits from streaming giants like Netflix and the big movie studios.
GUESTS: Eric Chaudron, executive director of SAG-AFTRA Chicago
Ilyssa Fradin, SAG-AFTRA member and National Board Representative for the Chicago Local
Martín Zimmerman, WGA West Captain, writer and producer
J. Nicole Brooks, playwright, actor