FROM THE 2009 ALL CITY AUDITION BOOK, COURTESY OF ACTORS ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO:

THEATRE ACTORS must present they are a working actor and one or more of the following requirements are necessary:

• Member of Actors Equity Association (AEA)
• Received non-Equity wages for at least three principal and/or supporting roles in fully-staged productions in a professional theatre (i.e. Theatres that hire either Equity and/or non-Equity actors)
• Received Equity wages for at least two fully-staged productions with a strictly Equity/Union theatre
• Graduate of 4-year college degree program in a performance area (Theatre or Vocal Performance)