Showing up for an equity call when you are non-equity is a crap shoot. You MIGHT get seen....after waiting all day, but they are under no obligation to do so.
How to join equity? Get cast in an equity show or work for the many shows that offer equity points and earn your way in.
Or read about it from the horse's mouth!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.