Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(D) If an Actor is signed to a Cabaret contract, and the Actor's part is cut out before the first public
performance, the Producer shall pay to the Actor a sum equal to two weeks contractual salary
plus any rehearsal salary due. If the part of an Actor signed to a Limited Term (formerly Run-ofthe-Play)
contract shall have the Actor's part cut before the official opening or up to eight weeks
from the first day of rehearsal whichever is sooner, the Producer may terminate said contract by
the payment of a sum equal to four weeks contractual salary to the Actor, in addition to all sums
due for services rendered, plus four additional weeks salary to the extent that the play runs more
than four weeks after the Actors part is cut.
(E) Emergency Replacements. (See Rule 66(I), UNDERSTUDIES.)
52. REPORTS.
(A) W-2 Forms. W-2 Forms shall be furnished to the Actor with the last salary payment or within
30 days following the end of the calendar year, whichever is sooner. Equity may, at its discretion,
at any time, require the Producer to submit proof satisfactory to Equity that all Actors employed
are given a withholding tax receipt (W-2 Form) and statement of Social Security deductions.
Each Actor shall receive all information regarding refundable state and local taxes and all forms
applicable to same, or if not immediately available, information as to where such forms may be
obtained with final pay
(B) The Producer must furnish to Equity, on a form supplied by Equity for that purpose or on a
computerized version of said form, a weekly "Pension and Health" report listing all Actors
employed by the Friday following the last performance of the week.
Pension and Health reports shall be sent to: (1) AEA Contracts Department; (2) AEA Membership
Department; (3) the Equity-League Health Trust Fund; and (4) the Equity-League Pension Fund.
(C) If the Producer does not file Pension and Health reports for four weeks, the Producer shall pay
to the Actors' Equity Foundation the sum of $25 for each subsequent week of failure to do so.
53. REST PERIODS
(A) There shall be a 12 hour rest period between the end of employment on one day and the
beginning of employment on the next day, except on the final day before the first paid public
performance when the rest period may be not less than 10 hours, including Stage Managers.
(B) Twi-Night Performances. There shall be no less than one-half hour rest period, exclusive of
half-hour between twi-night performances. The Producer shall provide refreshments to all Actors
and Stage Managers between twi-night performances.
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