Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(C) Rehearsal Salary.
(1) Minimum hourly rehearsal salaries shall be payable at no less than the Minimum Rates
specified below.
Minimum Rates:
Actor, Understudy:
$13/hr.
Assistant Stage Manager
$15/hr.
Stage Manager/ASM/Understudy: $17.50/hr.
(2) Weekly Contracts Under Tiers 3, 4, 5, and 6. Rehearsal may be compensated at the
appropriate weekly minimum salary.
(D) Rehearsal Period. During the first 4 weeks of rehearsals, rehearsal salary shall be paid.
Thereafter, full contractual salary shall be paid. If after six weeks the production has not had a
first paid public performance, rehearsal time shall not exceed 32 hours per week.
(E) Days Off. There shall be one day off after no more than six days of employment in each week
of employment, except for the final seven days of rehearsal preceding the first paid public
performance, said day off to be completely free of any rehearsal and/or performance.
(F) Rehearsal Calls. All rehearsal calls shall be a minimum of four hours.
(G) Rehearsals Before First Paid Public Performance.
(1) Breaks. During the rehearsal period there shall be a recess of one and one-half hours
after a period of not more than five consecutive hours of rehearsal. In addition, there shall
be a break of five minutes in each hour of rehearsal for both musical and dramatic
productions. If a five minute break is not given by the end of 55 minutes, a 10 minute break
must be provided at the end of 80 minutes. (See Rule 53, REST PERIODS.)
(2) Hours. The Actor shall not rehearse more than eight and one-half consecutive hours a
day, which shall include the one and one-half hour recess provided in (G)(1), said eight and
one-half hours to be computed from the time of rehearsal call for each Actor. The maximum
rehearsal time in any week shall be limited to 42 hours. The Company, by unanimous
consent, may elect to rehearse seven out of eight hours.
The maximum rehearsal time set forth above shall not apply during the final seven days of
rehearsal preceding the first paid public performance. During said period, rehearsals shall not
exceed 48 hours nor shall the span on any single day exceed the actual number of hours
rehearsed plus a one and one-half hour rest period, and in no event more than three
rehearsal days using 10 hours of rehearsal out of an 11 and 1/2 hour day.
(3) On-Stage Technical Rehearsal. There must be at least one complete technical
rehearsal on-stage (without an audience) prior to the first paid public performance.
(H) Rehearsals After First Paid Public Performance.
(1) Breaks. After the first Paid Public Performance there shall be a recess of one and onehalf
hours after a period of not more than five consecutive hours of performances and/or
rehearsals combined.
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