 As described in Davi Napoleon's chronicle, "", actors were extremely loyal to the Chelsea.The entire company of "Strider, the Story of a Horse" (based on a short story by Leo Tolstoy) petitioned Actors' Equity Association to permit it to rehearse without remuneration when the Chelsea had no money to continue production; in a rare move, the union agreed.Eventually, funding sources for the non-profit theater decreased radically and the Chelsea could not adjust.