#26
Posted: 1/8/10 at 12:15am
Some people in this thread really don't know what they are talking about. Here's a legitimate response with facts:
FACT: You *can* attend the AEA casting call, even though you are not an Equity member. Doesn't matter if you are EMC or not.
FACT: They will audition all AEA members first, and then at the end of the day if there is time or they want to see non-Eq, then they will go down the waiting list and audition you.
FACT: You *must* be an Equity member to perform in a Broadway show with a Broadway contract. (Exceptions are dance shows and Cirque du Soliel and the like, which have exceptions and different contracts as per the situation.) HOWEVER, if you are non-Equity, audition at an AEA call for a Broadway show, and they want to cast you, then they will buy you into the union and you will become AEA.
OPINION: I wouldn't waste your time. I have an EMC friend who just moved to NYC and he has already attended several AEA calls for Broadway and non-Broadway shows. He was never seen. Some of the calls were so crowded that they couldn't even audition all of their AEA members. It is true that more often than not, non-Eq males have a better chance at being seen than females. Still, I would anticipate not being seen. You never know, so it's only "worth" it if you can afford it and have the money and time to go in and acknowledge that you probably will not be seen.
Good luck!
FACT: You *can* attend the AEA casting call, even though you are not an Equity member. Doesn't matter if you are EMC or not.
FACT: They will audition all AEA members first, and then at the end of the day if there is time or they want to see non-Eq, then they will go down the waiting list and audition you.
FACT: You *must* be an Equity member to perform in a Broadway show with a Broadway contract. (Exceptions are dance shows and Cirque du Soliel and the like, which have exceptions and different contracts as per the situation.) HOWEVER, if you are non-Equity, audition at an AEA call for a Broadway show, and they want to cast you, then they will buy you into the union and you will become AEA.
OPINION: I wouldn't waste your time. I have an EMC friend who just moved to NYC and he has already attended several AEA calls for Broadway and non-Broadway shows. He was never seen. Some of the calls were so crowded that they couldn't even audition all of their AEA members. It is true that more often than not, non-Eq males have a better chance at being seen than females. Still, I would anticipate not being seen. You never know, so it's only "worth" it if you can afford it and have the money and time to go in and acknowledge that you probably will not be seen.
Good luck!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
