Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(2) Such announcement shall be made in all programs or playbills by the insertion of a
printed slip stating the name of the Understudy or replacement Actor, the character
portrayed, and the name of the Actor playing the character as listed in the program.
(C) In addition to the above, such announcement shall be posted conspicuously and prominently,
and in an unobstructed manner at the entrance to the theatre at the place where tickets of
admission are collected. Such announcement shall be at least 8 x 10 inches in size with the
names of the part and the Actor in letters of at least one inch. Posted announcements need list
only the character and name of the Understudy or replacement Actor.
(D) All further changes in cast made necessary by the absence or replacement of an Actor shall
be posted on the lobby board or announced (either from the stage or by program insert) in the
following manner: "At this performance, the part usually played by (Actor) will be played by
(replacement Actor)."
(E) For each failure to give the notice of substitution required by this Rule, the Producer shall pay
the Actor whose part is played by an Understudy or another Actor, and also such Understudy or
other Actor, a sum equal to one-half of Actor's own weekly contractual salary in addition to Actor's
contractual salary.
(F) All Understudies to Principal Actors shall be listed in the program and/or playbill.
13. CHORUS: ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS
(A) Playing a Part. If a Chorus Actor is required to play a part, speak lines, sing a song, or perform
a dance that is individual in character, that Chorus Actor shall be paid no less than $17.00 a week
in addition to the Actor's weekly contractual salary for each such assignment or part.
(B) Understudy for Principal Role. If a Chorus Actor understudies a Principal Role, the Chorus
Actor shall be paid not less than $20.00 per week in addition to the Chorus Actor's weekly
contractual salary for each such role understudied. (See Rule 66, UNDERSTUDIES).
(C) Understudy to Chorus Playing a Part. If a Chorus Actor understudies a part or specialty, as
defined in (A) above, performed by another Chorus Actor, the Actor shall be paid no less than
$15.00 per week in addition to the Actor's contractual salary for each part or specialty of the
Chorus so understudied.
(D) Swing. If there are six or more Chorus Actors in a production, the following shall apply:
(1) A Chorus Actor of each gender shall be designated to swing one or more numbers in
the production and shall receive no less than $15.00 per week in addition to the Actor's
weekly contractual salary for each such assignment; or
(2) A full Swing (i.e. a non-performing Chorus Actor who swings all or fewer than all Chorus
Actors performing in chorus numbers in the production) of each gender shall be employed
and signed to an appropriate Chorus contract, no later than two weeks after the first public
performance.
(3) If a Swing understudies a Principal role, the Swing shall receive no less than an
additional one-eighth or one performance pro-rata, whichever is greater, of the Swing's
contractual salary for each time the Swing performs the role.
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