Term of the Day: ACT Card

ACT Card--Associated Crafts and Technician card. It is a backdoor way to join IATSE. If you are given a job offer and the IA approves, you get an ACT card and can hold pink contracts. Usually, a stagehand holding an ACT card will apply to another local, to cover his or her pedigree. In it's best use, it is a way of bringing skilled people from other trades of professions into the IA.