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Summary: Learn about the Theater Actor's Union and the different types of involvement available with expert performance tips in this free online Broadway related video clip.
Athena Reich is a professional musician, actress, artist, singer, songwriter and coach for all of the above. She is based in New York City. Reich has released four CDs, toured...read more
"ATHENA REICH: In this clip, I'm going to talk about the Actors Union. There's three ways you can be involved or not involved in the Union. You could be a Union member, you can be an EMC member, or you can be Non-Union. I'm a Union member so I have my Actors' Equity card. This means that I can get into the Actors Union Lounge and then I can go early in the morning to an audition and I can sign up and I can actually get a time, a slot. Now, if I'm in EMC, that's one step down from being in the Union, it means that I've done a certain number of weeks but not--less than 50 weeks of work in the theater. And what that means is I have--I can get up there early and I get on an EMC list and after all the Equity people who've come have auditioned, then I need get to go. So, a lot of times as EMC, it's pretty tough. You gotta work really hard. You go there, you show up and you might not get seen. The last level is Non-Union. You might get there. You can wait a long time and you might not get seen but you can try."