Management, he recalled, used the Tony to persuade the reluctant board to allow the theater to sign an Equity contract.

These oversights and others, the letter pointed out, violated the Equity contract and should be corrected.

He was offered an Equity contract to do three plays during the summer and refused it.

Today, there are only 12 old-fashioned summer stock theaters in the country operating under Actor's Equity contracts.

Last year, the Surflight received its first Equity contract.

He has stayed on to do the hair and makeup for the show, and his Actors' Equity contract will be honored.

One method for an actor to become eligible to join the union is being under an Equity contract.

Membership is determined, among other things, by the length of rehearsal time and playing season, and by whether the theater operates under an Equity contract.

Doing all three plays in repertory under the theater's new Equity contract is an unreasonable ideal: "A Tale Told" has 12 characters.

Of course, many theaters with no Equity contracts (there are many contract levels) call themselves professional as long as they pay somebody something, or perhaps anybody anything.