Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(C) Automobile, Train, and Bus Transportation. Actors choosing to travel by automobile, train, or
bus must make their own travel arrangements and will receive a sum equivalent to the cost of the
applicable public transportation utilized to transport the rest of the company, and normal baggage
transportation expenses. If train or bus transportation is required by the Producer because a flight
is not available, Producer shall notify Equity of the proposed method of travel. The following
restrictions shall apply:
(1) Train Transportation.
(a) Day coach transportation is limited to eight hours daily between the hours of 8:00 AM
and 8:00 PM. For every half hour or part thereof in excess of eight hours of scheduled
travel, $4.50 shall be paid the Actor. Travel time shall commence and be computed from
the time the Actor is called to report. This call may not be more than one-half hour prior to
scheduled departure. If an Actor is responsible for delay at any time, such delay shall not
be counted as part of travel time.
(b) Night transportation shall be limited to 12 hours and shall include individual Pullman
sleeping accommodations, which shall be no less than a roomette, if same is available.
Should the Producer present proof, satisfactory to Equity, that Pullman sleeping
accommodations could not be obtained, the Producer shall pay the Actor an amount
equal to the cost of a roomette only, without taxes or other excess charges. Failure to so
prove shall obligate the Producer to pay the Actor the difference between the total cost of
first-class Pullman transportation, including roomette, taxes and other excess charges,
and the amount of coach transportation.
(2) Bus Transportation. Bus travel shall be on a chartered commercial bus that is duly
licensed to carry passengers by the appropriate interstate or intrastate commission, and
that is complete with air conditioning and lavatory facilities.
(a) Day Transportation. Bus travel during the day is limited to seven hours daily,
including an hour meal break, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. For every half
hour or part thereof in excess of seven hours of scheduled travel, $9 shall be paid to the
Actor. Travel time shall commence and be computed from the time the Actor is called to
report until the time the Actor arrives at Actor's lodgings. This call may not be more than
one-half hour prior to the scheduled departure time. If an Actor is responsible for delay at
any time, such delay shall not be counted as a part of travel time. There shall be a meal
stop of not less than one hour during the scheduled time of travel. If bus travel is on a
chartered bus, the time of the meal break shall be agreed upon by the company. This
meal shall be at the Producer's expense, and shall not exceed $6 per meal. The rest
period prior to a bus call shall be ten hours. If a full rest period is not given, the Actors
shall receive a night transportation payment of $40 each.
(b) Night Transportation. If bus travel which commences after 8:00 PM does not end until
after midnight, the Actors shall receive the night transportation payment of $40 each.
Travel between 8:00 PM and midnight is allowable if the trip is completed within that time
and all rest periods are observed. If night bus travel after an evening performance is
required, the Actors shall be paid $40 each by the Producer of the Cabaret Theatre to
which they are traveling.
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