The Atlantic Theater Company has indefinitely postponed two of its Off Broadway productions — Eliya Smith’s “Grief Camp” and Mona Pirnot’s “I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan” — as crew members represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees are on strike.
Talks between IATSE and the non-profit theater broke down on Sunday, prompting crew members to go on strike ahead of the 2 p.m. ET matinee performance. The strike followed several months of negotiations after the Atlantic crew unanimously voted to unionize with IATSE in February 2024.
The union, which represents 170,000 technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live events, motion picture and television production, broadcast and trade shows, said it filed an unfair labor practice charge against Atlantic as the theater’s management has “consistently stalled progress and made unilateral demands on working conditions.”