Western Civic Light Opera (WCLO) Agreement 03-06 - Actors

Rule 31. NON-PROFESSIONALSRule 32. NON-TRADITIONAL CASTINGRule 33. NO STRIKE OR LOCK-OUTwithout limitation to refuse to release the balance of the security deposited withEquity until the above requirement is met.(F) No Actor may be replaced by a non-professional.(G) Use of Non-Professionals.(1) Non-Professionals may be used only if the required number of Equitycontracts are utilized as follows: Effective September 8, 2003 throughSeptember 3, 2006, each production of the Producer will have no fewer than 20Equity contracts, of which one will be for the Stage Manager, one will be for theAssistant Stage Manager, and no fewer than eight will be for Chorus.(2) If a production is also scheduled to tour to other venues all performers mustbe under Equity contract from the time of first rehearsal (see Rule 59, Tours.)(3) An Equity performer shall not be permitted to partner or be partnered by anon-Equity performer for lifts or any other type of movement that Equity mayconsider hazardous.32. NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING.(A) It is the desire of the parties that employment for Actors shall continue to reflecta multi-racial society that also includes persons with disabilities. Toward that end,the Producer will continue to encourage to the best of its ability a flexible andimaginative casting policy which is called “non-traditional casting.” Non-traditionalcasting is for the purpose of increasing employment for ethnic minority Actors(African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American and Native American),female Actors, senior Actors and Actors with disabilities and is for the casting ofethnic minority Actors, female Actors, senior Actors and Actors with disabilities inroles where race, age, ethnicity, gender or the presence or absence of a disability isnot absolutely essential to the play or the character’s development.(B) In furtherance of this policy, the Producer will actively solicit the participation ofethnic minorities and persons with disabilities in all ads, casting notices and castbreakdowns to agents and casting directors.(C) In furtherance of the foregoing policy, the Producer recognizes that all roleswhere race, ethnicity, gender or disability is not germane shall be open to nontraditionalcasting. Each Producer shall include its non-traditional casting policy incasting notices and cast breakdowns to agents and casting directors.33. NO STRIKE OR LOCK-OUT.(A) There shall be no strike, boycott, interruption of work, stoppage, temporarywalk-out or lock-out for any reason during the term of this Agreement except that if29