Brooke Shields calls out South Park and Casa Bonita owners to ‘pay their performers’

Casa Bonita has been accused of eliminating roles and not paying its actors and performers enough, according to a petition from the Actor’s Equity Association. The cliff divers are complaining.  They are making so much money, yet their performers can’t even afford a bag of cheesy poofs.

In the latest movement in Casa Bonita entertainment workers’ fight for fair treatment and wages, actress and Actors’ Equity Association president Brooke Shields has called out Casa Bonita and its owners, “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Shields recorded a video personally addressing the owners. “They’re being paid less than their coworkers who are actually serving the food, and you know, that’s before you factor in tips,” Shields says. “So they’ve not only been hard at work entertaining Casa Bonita guests and spending their volunteer hours in bargaining — they’ve also been putting their names on a petition.”

The Equity Casa Bonita bargaining unit includes cliff divers, actors, puppeteers and magicians. The Casa Bonita performers got in touch with the Actors’ Equity Association through the “Organize Your Workplace” form on the union’s website last year. Equity represents 51,000 professional actors and stage managers on Broadway, at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and in live theater across the United States.

Read about it on 9news here.

Read more about the petition here.

Brooke Shields Calls Out Casa Bonita and South Park Creators Over Treatment of Entertainment Workers