Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(j) Notify the Producer and/or Producer's representative when the facilities or provisions
made by the Producer for the security of personal property are not available and/or
operable.
(2) The following duties are not Stage Managerial duties and members of the Stage
Managerial staff may not be required to perform them.
(a) Design, build, hang, strike, operate, or shop for or maintain lights, sound, scenery,
props, wardrobe, or function as stage hands;
(b) Arrange living accommodations;
(c) Order or distribute food for the company;
(d) Transport the company or be responsible for the maintenance of any vehicle.
(3) If the Producer requests any member of the Stage Managerial staff to perform any of
the above duties, such requirement must be contracted and compensated for separately.
(4) The following activities are prohibited and Stage Managers and Assistant Stage
Managers shall not accept responsibility for :
(a) Having contracts or riders signed or initialed, or any other function which normally
comes under the duties of the General Manager or Company Manager (which is not to
preclude delivery of contracts and/or riders in a sealed envelope addressed to the
individual Actor;
(b) Signing the closing notice of the company or the individual notice of an Actor on
termination of contract (which is not to preclude posting of all closing or other pertinent
company notices);
(c) Doing the payroll or distributing payments, including but not limited to per diem,
except when such payments are delivered in a sealed envelope addressed to the
individual Actor;
(d) Doing building maintenance, janitorial, custodial or restaurant work.
(e) Be responsible for securing and locking any part of the theatre or backstage areas.
(Q) Working Conditions for Stage Managers and Assistant Stage Managers.
(1) Whenever the Actors are called, the Stage Manager or Assistant Stage Manager shall
be called.
(2) Except in an emergency, a member of the Stage Managerial staff shall be present at all
rehearsals and performances. The Stage Manager's or Assistant Stage Manager duties
shall not be performed by anyone other than a Stage Manager or Assistant Stage Manager,
respectively under an Equity Contract. The Assistant Stage Manager shall not be assigned
the primary responsibility for a production.
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