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Prospects of working toward equity at age 23

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JJ Hersh:
Thanks!

Finding paid nonequity work is definitely rough.

A few routes I know of:
-State manage at an amusement park. The expectations and responsibilities are pretty different, but the pay is good and I found it very enjoyable during the time that I did it, plus it means dependable income. That being said, a lot of that work is seasonal, so you'd still need other gigs to fill the gaps during off-season.
-Even if you're not equity, there are still work options for non-equity stage manager as a PA in equity houses. Usually the pay is pretty good and you can get a fair amount of responsibility.
-Cruides are usually non-equity since they are on international waters. Pay is good, and often housing and food are included, so you can save up a lot of money. Same goes for teaching theater in summer camps, which can often include elements of state management.

Trying to do a day job while stage managing for little to no pay is definitely rough. I think you're making the right call steering clear of that route.

ladynoirr:
Thanks for the tips!

I'm definitely thinking more about cruises now and being a PA at an equity house. I'm about half way through my apprenticeship now and I'm pretty sure that I want to go Equity so I might need to do the PA track at an Equity house until I gain the necessary hours to get my card. It seems that there aren't any theatres in the city of Chicago that will help SMs turn by any guaranteed means so this would mean moving out of the city to a diferent place but that's something I'm wiling to do in order to reach that goal. It just sucks that in a city with as vast a theatre community as this, that there are no options for turning AEA.

So, that's where I am right now.

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