How do you audition for wicked?

Question:I really want to because i am madly in love with that show. I haven't done any actuall broadway shows, but some local performances. I understand that they are a Union audition. How can I become a Union actress? (detailed please)
Thankx

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I really want to because i am madly in love with that show. I haven't done any actuall broadway shows, but some local performances. I understand that they are a Union audition. How can I become a Union actress? (detailed please)
Thankx

The first person who answered has it right about how to join the union, but there's some other things that would be helpful for you to know.

Once you land your first show with an Equity theatre and you become an Equity Membership Candidate (EMC) and start earning points, you can start going to EPAs (Equity Principal Auditions.) They are going to give Equity members preferential treatment, you will be placed on a waiting list (though, some EPAs will actually give you an appointment time), and if there is time to see EMC members, they will let you audition.

I'm EMC and have just discovered this fact. I went to my very first two EPAs last week and I have gotten a call back from one of them so far.

Sometimes non-union actors can be seen at EPAs, but they would be seen last - after Equity and EMC. But if you really want to audition, you'd get there early and wait patiently, even if it turns out they can't see you at all.

Take a look at at the Actor's Equity Casting Call notice board. I saw auditions for Wicked in Chicago the other week. And I've seen EPA and ECC (Equity Chorus Call) auditions for various other Broadway shows listed there.
http://www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/

Good luck!

OK, this can be a little tricky. There are two ways to join the union. The best and most surefire way is to work at a theatre with an Equity apprenticeship program. You pay $100 and for every week that you work there, you get 1 point. (The theatre has to meet certain specifications, like hiring a certain number of Equity actors and stage managers and adhere to Equity policies -- not your concern, just find the theatre and work there). After 40 points, you can "test" for your Equity card; after 50 points you've qualified for it. Most people then wait until they land their next union show and your first year's dues are subtracted from your first couple of paychecks. The second way is much more haphazard and very infrequent. Basically what happens is someone lands a part in a play with a company that is given a certain number of Equity contracts. If you're good enough -- and again, this is rare! -- you may get your card that way. I've been acting for 25 years and I've only known one person to get his card that way. And the ironic thing is that there were better actors in the play with him, but they didn't want their cards because of the town they were in; it would have restricted the work they could get rather than open doors. Once you're union, you can't do non-union work. (Actually, I think you're allowed 1 "benefit" per year, as if you're giving back to the community where you got your start, that sort of thing.)

You sound very young. Work on your craft. Audition for everything that comes along and get into every class that you can work into your schedule. Just be aware that as good as you are, there are millions of towns with folks who are as good as you and also just love Wicked. Acting is a very tough profession and it is along hard row to hoe. But there's also a lot of good stuff along the way, even if you never get to Broadway, like most professional actors.

"Once you are union you are not allowed to work in non-union shows."

Unless you are in a right-to-work state.