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

Rule 45. REPORTSRule 46. RISK46. RISK.(1) By the Friday following the first week of employment and by each Fridaythereafter, the Producer shall and must furnish Equity, on forms supplied byEquity for that purpose, the following:(a) Pension and Health Reports listing all Actors and all non-professionalcast members employed in the production with the appropriate Pensionand Health payment included.(b) Working Dues Reports listing all Actors working under an Equitycontract with the appropriate Working Dues payment.(c) A Show Program. (When available)(d) Cast changes (program insert, when applicable).(2) The Producer, for each week of failure to file the reports, shall pay to theActors' Equity Foundation, the sum of $25.00. Failure to file the above reports,moreover, shall constitute a breach of this Agreement entitling Equity, amongother things and without any limitation, to refuse to release the balance of thesecurity deposited with Equity until the above requirements are met.(3) If within four weeks of receipt of such reports, Equity fails to notify theProducer of a possible violation based upon that report, or fails to requestfurther information, Equity shall not thereafter take any action or make anyclaim based upon it.An Actor called upon to perform “risk” shall receive no less than $15.00 per weekabove contractual salary, such payments to start at the time that such risk activitybegins.(A) “Risks” are defined as, but not limited to: performing acrobatic feats; suspensionfrom trapezes, wires, or like contrivances; the use of or exposure to weapons, fire,pyrotechnic devices; excessive amounts of smoke and fog, and the taking ofdangerous leaps, falls, throws, catches, knee drops, or slides; and performing onmoving set pieces or on elevated platforms.(B) An Actor shall also be deemed to be eligible for “risk” payment when the stagingor choreography requires the Actor to execute dance movements which depart fromthe accepted techniques of movement and support as used in contemporarytheatre dance, i.e., classical ballet, modern jazz or ethnic.(C) The initial determination as to the eligibility for the said additional compensationshall be made by Equity in each particular case.43