Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
#1Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:26pmDoes anyone on here actually KNOW of someone, or have themselves been cast from an open call, or gone to an equity call as a non-equity actor and gotten cast? I was just curious to see if it is actually worth the time as a non-equity actor to attend some of those equity chorus and principal calls? I've been to a couple, but it just seems to be a requirement that they fulfill, and not that they are actually looking at anyone seriously for roles? Thanks for the input
RunswithScissors
Chorus Member Joined: 8/7/06
#2re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:35pmI know someone who is not Equity and not only got in but also had several callbacks for Les Miserables last spring.
#2re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:37pmNon-Equity members definitely get cast from open calls. It's not a myth.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#3re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:39pm
"gone to an equity call as a non-equity actor and gotten cast"
Kristin Chenoweth is a famous example...
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott
#4re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:43pmoh wow...so true..I totally forgot about Kristin Cheno. Interesting....
#5re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:07pmJose Llana for The King And I.
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#6re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:13pmWhat show was Kristin Cheno cast in as non-equity?
Going to a musical late in its run is like going to a prostitute late in her shift.
#7re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:28pmI got cast in the Shrek worshop from the first EPA... although with about 20 people in the show.. I think 2 of us actually auditioned at EPA
#8re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:37pmKristin was cast at the Paper Mill Playhouse. I can't remember the show right off-hand. She was there to just support a friend who was going to audition and decided to audition as well. She has the story on the Actor's Equity website, under the "how I got my card" section.
#9re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:38pm
"She was there to just support a friend who was going to audition"
With support like that...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:31pmlol..>THANK YOU...at least be smart enough to bring someone who sucks with you..
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#11re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:37pm
Donna Murphy got her first Broadway job (THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG) through an open call while still an undergrad at NYU. Most of the OBC of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Jason Alexander, Tonya Pinkins, et al) were college students with no Equity credits when they were cast.
Didn't the 42ND STREET revival have a tap dance contest open to the public to cast a couple members of the ensemble?
There are LOTS of performers who got their first Broadway gig through non-Equity open calls.
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#12re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:39pmA large number of the cast of the 1989 GYPSY revival were non-Equity when they were cast through open calls as well.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#13re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:41pm
"Kristin was cast at the Paper Mill Playhouse. I can't remember the show right off-hand. She was there to just support a friend who was going to audition and decided to audition as well. She has the story on the Actor's Equity website, under the "how I got my card" section."
Was it Animal Crackers? I think it was, but I'm not sure.
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott
Flash-In-The-Pan
Chorus Member Joined: 3/5/06
#14re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 6:14pmAllvocal -- Who did you play in the Shrek workshop? Tell me it was Gingy - my favorite!
#14re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 9:08pmthis is all such great info...thank you guys so much...I guess my other part to this question is this...you have all mentioned college-age people that have gotten jobs on open calls...what about adults? Like those of us in the over 40 range.....anyone gotten their first Broadway gig from an open call as an adult? Again, thanks for all the info...it's been great!
I3ella.Rosa
Swing Joined: 12/25/06
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#16re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/28/07 at 9:56pmRosa, YAGMCB was Kristin's second Broadway show.
#17re: Open Calls/AEA Equity Calls
Posted: 3/29/07 at 9:28amI just went back and read the Actor's Equity article from her....it was Animal Crackers at the Paper Mill
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