New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP) Rulebook ... - Actors

(A) Nondiscrimination.(1) The Parties hereto reaffirm their commitment to a policy ofnondiscrimination with respect to equal employment opportunityhereunder on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, age,disability, sexual orientation, political persuasion or belief. There shall beno discrimination against any Actor seeking employment.(2) The cast shall not be required to perform in any theatre, public or privateinstitution, or other place of performance, where discrimination in anyform is permitted or practiced because of sex, race, color, creed, nationalorigin, age, disability, sexual orientation, political persuasion or belief.(3) Actor and Producer shall treat all members of the Company, includingand without exception all members of the Production Companyemployed by Producer and all Staff employed by the Producer, withtolerance towards and without prejudice to any person(s) because ofsex, race, color, creed, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientationor political persuasion or belief.(B) Affirmative Action.Affirmative Action is herein defined as an action, for creating employmentopportunities for ethnic minorities, women, seniors and Actors with disabilities.(C) Non-Traditional Casting.(1) It is the desire of the parties that employment for Actors shall continue toreflect a multi-racial society that also includes Actors with disabilities.Toward that end, Actors' Equity Association and the Producer willcontinue to encourage to the best of their abilities a flexible andimaginative casting policy which is called non-traditional casting.(2) Non-traditional casting is for the purpose of increasing employment forethnic minority (African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-Americanand Native American) Actors, women Actors, senior Actors and Actorswith disabilities and is for the casting of the aforementioned Actors inroles where race, age, ethnicity, gender or the presence or absence of adisability is not absolutely essential to the play or the character'sdevelopment.(3) It is also the intention of the parties that in furtherance of this policy, withdue regard for the requirements of and suitability for employment, andwith the understanding that there can be no interference with thecontractual rights or artistic discretion of the Playwright, Director orChoreographer, the Producer shall endeavor to engage ethnic minorityActors, women Actors, senior Actors and Actors with disabilities.(D) Records. The Producer will maintain for each production records of ethnicminorities and women Actors, Actors with disabilities, and will make bestefforts to maintain records on senior Actors auditioned, interviewed, hiredand/or replaced and will forward such records to Equity within four weeks of15