BWW SPECIAL FEATURE: How I Got My Equity Card - By Jane Powell

By: Jan. 16, 2010
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BroadwayWorld.com is proud to present its weekly feature, presented in association with and to celebrate the importance of the Actors' Equity Association. "AEA" or "Equity", founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 48,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members.

Check back weekly for new entries from stars of stage and screen on how they got their Equity cards!

"I got my Equity Card in 1948 when I did THE STUDENT PRINCE at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

At that time, the only thing I knew was MGM, where I had worked since I was 14. Unions were not even a part of my vocabulary. SAG meant a gravity problem. Equity meant owning a house.

But I know better now, and thank heaven or Equity. Spending so many years on the road, working for decades in Stock and then in New York, I came to realize that Equity is a life saver. I'm a little older now, I hope a little wiser - and I get all the benefits.

Thank you, Equity."

Click Here for More Entries in BroadwayWorld.com's New Series "How I Got My Equity Card"

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