eDrive Guidelines

eDrive is Equity’s job board and email list, sharing paid work opportunities in the Canadian live performance industry. All submissions are reviewed prior to posting and may be edited or rejected at the discretion of the Communications and Business Representative departments.

All postings must be submitted through Equity’s eDrive form. Submissions sent by email will not be accepted.

Engagers must have an existing contractual relationship with Equity in order for audition notices to be posted. New engagers must contact a Business Representative prior to submitting an audition notice; failure to do so may result in the application deadline passing and the posting not being approved.

Listing Types

eDrive may be used to share notices for auditions, stage management jobs, other jobs in the sector, grants, and awards. All opportunities shared through eDrive must be paid.

Members may share opportunities that are not suitable for eDrive to the Equity Members’ Facebook group.

Eligible submissions

Audition Notices for Equity Members or Equity contracts
Stage Management job notices (including Apprentice positions)
Other jobs working under an Equity contract (i.e. Director, Choreographer, Intimacy Director, or Fight Director)
Job opportunities within the live performance industry that are relevant to Equity members (i.e. Artistic Producer, Course Instructor, etc.)
Grant or award opportunities

Ineligible submissions

Volunteer or unpaid intern positions
Advertisements for classes, workshops, or tickets
Non-Equity or community theatre auditions/positions
Jobs outside of Equity’s jurisdiction, including playwright opportunities and auditions for recorded media
Jobs outside of Canada (excluding tours under Equity)
Repeats of previously released posts

Before submitting, read these guidelines:

If you have questions about the audition process or what is allowed under your Agreement or Engagement Policy, please contact your Business Rep. For assistance with the eDrive submission process, please contact communications@caea.com.

Character breakdowns

Audition notices can include descriptions of a character (e.g. age range, gender, ethno-cultural background), but must not include descriptions of the artist submitting for the role. The only exception to this rule is when seeking actors from underrepresented groups with relevant lived experience appropriate to the role.

Provide enough lead time

To provide artists with enough time to prepare and submit an application, eDrive posts must be submitted to Equity at least 2 weeks prior to the artist’s submission deadline.

eDrive posts may take up to 5 business days to be reviewed and posted. Time permitting, Equity will contact an individual or engager if there is a question about an audition or job notice.

Review your submission

If your eDrive listing has been posted, it is not possible to make revisions as it has now been emailed to thousands of eDrive subscribers.

If you recently made a submission and it has not yet been posted, there may still be time for revisions. Email communications@caea.com with any edits as soon as possible.

eDrive submissions are automatically removed from Equity’s website once the submission deadline has passed.