Can I take unpaid work while I am waiting for EAD to come through?

Can I take unpaid work while I am waiting for EAD to come through?

I have been offered a role in an unpaid musical at the acting school where I have been training. Its a professional production but is always unpaid and only casts current and ex-students. It will be advertised as an professional off, off Broadway production.

Asked on March 10, 2012 under Immigration Law, New York

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