Hollywood Area Theatre (HAT) Rulebook 10-13 - Actors

(2) Breaks.(f) On-Stage Technical Rehearsal. There must be at least one completetechnical rehearsal on-stage (without an audience) prior to the first paidpublic performance.(g) Absent special circumstances, changes in the rehearsal call may bemade only upon 24-hours written notice.(a) There shall be a break of five minutes after each 55 minutes of rehearsalfor both musical and dramatic productions. If a five-minute break is notgiven by the end of the hour, a 10-minute break must be provided at the endof 80 minutes.(b) If the Producer has no objection, the Deputy(ies) may reduce the oneand one half hour meal break to one hour. This Deputy prerogative shall beexercised solely for the convenience and at the request of the company by a2/3rds majority secret ballot vote of the Equity members of the company.(3) Rehearsals One Week Prior to First Public Performance.(a) The rehearsal week prior to first paid public may include no more thanthree rehearsal days using 10 hours of rehearsal out of a 12 hour day.(b) The rehearsal week prior to the first paid public performance is limited to42 hours (40 hours in Tier A) after which overtime must be paid. The allotted42 hours (40 hours in Tier A) of rehearsal is not inclusive of anyperformances within the workweek ending with the first paid publicperformance.(c) For the workweek that is inclusive of the first paid public performance theActor shall be paid as follows:(i) If Actor’s contractual salary is greater than the stated minimum,payment to the Actor shall be pro-rated as follows: 1/8 th of thecontractual salary for each performance given and 1/6 th of theminimum salary for each day of rehearsal or part thereof.(ii) If stated Actor’s salary is minimum, then the Actor’s salary shall bedetermined by the weekly box office gross for that workweek. In noevent shall the Actor’s salary be less than the weekly minimum asreflected by the weekly box office receipts. (See Salary Chart on p.45-47.)(G) Rehearsals After First Paid Public Performance. (See also Rule 50(D) above.)(1) Hours.(a) Should the Actor rehearse more than four hours on a preview day, theActor shall be paid at the overtime rate for each hour or part thereof over thefour hours allowed in addition to the salary paid for the Preview, but in noevent shall the overtime rehearsal exceed two hours.(b) Rehearsals on two-performance days prior to the official opening shall belimited to two one-hour calls in one week or one two-hour call in one week.(c) However, after the official opening or nine weeks after thecommencement of rehearsals, whichever is sooner, there may be norehearsals on two-performance days except in an emergency.38