Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(2) Performers with Disabilities.
(a) When a role to be cast depicts a person with a specific disability, the Producer shall
include this information in the casting specifications and, at the same time, shall notify
Equity of such specifications so that performers with similar disabilities shall be informed
and given the opportunity to audition for the role.
(b) When the Producer holds auditions in premises which are not architecturally
accessible for performers with disabilities, the Producer will, upon notification by Equity or
by a performer with a disability who wishes to attend the audition, arrange for appropriate
audition facilities to accommodate performers with disabilities.
(c) When a deaf performer is sought, the Producer shall provide, during the audition, a
qualified interpreter of the deaf (one qualified or certified in sign language or oral
interpretation).
(d) All audition material provided by the Producer shall, upon request, be made available
to blind and visually impaired performers at a place to be designated by the Producer at
least 48 hours in advance of the audition.
(E) Safe and Sanitary Code.
(1) When auditions are held in studios the Producer shall provide:
(a) A room (other than the audition room) which shall have seating and open space
where the performer may wait and/or warm-up for the audition. The waiting room shall be
available to the monitor and performers for the entire sign-in and audition time.
(b) The audition space shall include:
(1) Heat and air conditioning as necessary.
(2) One private toilet for each gender which shall be available throughout the
audition. Access to these facilities may not be solely through the audition space.
(3) Adequate wash basins with adequate hot and cold water.
(4) Proper ventilation.
(5) Touch-tone pay phone.
(6) Producer shall provide separate changing facilities (not lavatories) for men and
women at any audition where they are required to dance.
(7) For dance auditions: sprung dance floor.
(8) Water fountain, bottled water or water with clean cups shall be provided at no cost
to the Actor.
(9) The Producer agrees not to audition or rehearse in any space that has not been
previously inspected and approved by a Representative of Equity.
(10) Audition Space criteria shall include a safe, secure waiting area that is separate
from the audition area and large enough to accommodate seats for a number of
performers.
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