“It’s hard to know just how many fewer jobs there will be for stage actors this year,” but of the 200 nonprofit theaters that responded to a Theatre Communications Group survey several months ago, “20 percent said they planned to shorten their seasons; 30 percent said they planned to produce plays with smaller casts. One big drawback: Actors need to work a minimum number of weeks to qualify for health insurance through their union, Actors’ Equity Association.”