Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

54. SAFE AND SANITARY CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Producer shall provide the Actor with safe and sanitary places of employment.
(A) Rehearsal Spaces.
(1) The Producer agrees not to rehearse in any space that has not been previously
inspected and approved by a Representative of Equity.
(2) Rehearsal Spaces shall include:
(a) Heat and air conditioning as necessary.
(b) One private toilet for each gender.
(c) Adequate wash basins with adequate hot and cold water.
(d) Proper ventilation.
(e) Touch-tone pay phone.
(f) For dance rehearsals: sprung dance floor.
(g) Ample, pure, cool drinking water shall be provided at not cost wherever the Actor is
required to rehearse or perform.
(h) First Aid kits, stocked with adequate supplies, shall be available and easily accessible
at all times to rehearsal areas.
(B) Performance Spaces.
The Producer agrees not to perform in any space that has not been previously inspected and
approved by a Representative of Equity.
(1) All stage areas (including non-traditional stage areas) will be well ventilated and every
effort will be made to keep stage areas at a comfortable and healthful temperature by the
time of the Actors’ call. Heating and air-conditioning systems shall be properly maintained
in good working condition.
(2) Should temperatures exceed or drop below a comfortable and healthful level,
appropriate modifications will be made in order to allow Actors to perform comfortably.
Appropriate modifications may include but are not limited to costume adjustments, fans,
portable air conditioning units, dehumidifiers, portable heaters, ice packs and cool drinking
water.
(3) Floors, Condition of:.
(a) Actors shall not be required to rehearse, audition or perform dances or musical
staging on concrete or marble floors or on any other surfaces which Equity shall deem to
be injurious or unsafe, or on wood or on any other substance laid directly over such
similar surface which do not provide adequate resilience.
(b) Where a portable stage is used, platforms must be fastened securely and the stage
completely covered by a level deck or decks of such material as wood or masonite. The
edge of all decks must be clearly visible or protected by securely fastened guard rails.
(c) Pits not in use shall be covered completely by a firm material.
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