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Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:58:07 +0000

I bet DeSales didn’t share this:

Aspiring Actors Face Grim Employment Statistics
Blog posting by Peter Zazzali (Kansas University Department of Theater)| Jan 1, 2016
“Presumably, they have their heart set on having a professional acting career consisting of a balance of stage and on-camera work. One wonders if these wide-eyed aspirants are aware of the grim statistics that lay ahead. Equity, for example, reports a weekly employment average of 13.3 % in 2014/15 with a median salary of $7,548. Moreover, the standard Equity actor worked 16.6 weeks this year, well below the 20-week minimum needed to earn health insurance. These figures are NOT an aberration, as similar statistics have reflected the job market for the past four decades. From an economic perspective, it simply doesn’t pay to be a stage actor, and frankly, SAG/AFTRA’s statistics are not much better.”

Also, DeSales’ budget is dependent on ticket sales (think free/cheap labor from the theatre students).