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Sitting out in the hallway of the rehearsal studios, the actress said a silent prayer of thanks that auditions for The New Musical were running late—but, hopefully, not too late, because she had to get to the catering gig that paid most of her bills—and reviewed her “sides” one last time.1 It had been a tough year; a number of regional theatres at which she usually worked had cancelledproductions due to the economic downturn and others had swapped out large-cast musicals for smaller-cast plays (thus reducing her employment opportunities). She was starting to fear that she would end up paying for COBRA coverage as she had not hit the minimum number of Equity2-required work-weeks in order to qualify for the Equity plan,3 so every audition suddenly seemed crucially important.

Jason Aylesworth was appointed as co-chair to the Negotiation Committee of NYSBA’s Dispute Resolution Section.

Jason Baruch taught he “Who Gets What?” course about royalty pools at the Commercial Theater Institute.

As part of Commercial Theater Institute’s intensive 16-week program, Jason Baruch taught his “Who Gets What?” course about royalty pool.

Jason Aylesworth was appointed as co-chair to EASL’s Digital Media Committee.

Jason Aylesworth organized and ran with the Young Lawyers Committee of EASL the “Speed Networking” event at Village Poorhouse in Manhattan .