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

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44. RATIO.(A) City Center: All Actors, including the Stage Manager and Assistant StageManager, shall be employed under Equity contracts. No more than two (2)non-professional supernumeraries may be used per production at City Center.Supernumeraries may not speak, sing, dance and may not perform specialskills such as juggling, acrobatics, mime or puppeteering. In PRINCESS IDA,no more than three supernumeraries shall be permitted(B) For all other engagements, at least 80% of the cast, not including the StageManager and Assistant Stage Manager, shall be employed under Equitycontracts provided that in no case shall more than six individuals in anyproduction be employed without an Equity contract.45. RECORDINGS USED IN PRODUCTION.(A) The Actor shall not be required to work in any company where recordings areused to supply dialogue, singing and chanting, or business where live Actorsmight be employed, unless the Producer shall have first obtained the writtenconsent and permission of Equity, and shall comply with all such terms andconditions as Equity may prescribe.(B) However, the consent of Equity shall not be required for a Principal Actor torecord a portion of the role which the Actor performs live on stage for use inthe Production, provided the recording is made with the Actor's consent; andfurther provided that the recording is made during the regular rehearsal hours.The recording is to be used only during the period in which the Actor isemployed provided, however, that the following shall apply if the Actorterminates his/her employment and the recorded voice is not a character theActor portrays live on stage:(1) If the Actor terminates during rehearsal the Producer shall have 26weeks’ use of the recording in performance at no additionalcompensation.(2) If the Actor terminates during previews (prior to the official opening), theProducer shall have 13 weeks’ use of the recording in performance at noadditional compensation.(3) If the Actor terminates after the official opening, the Producer shall haveuse of the recording for no additional compensation for the period equalto the length of the Actor’s notice clause.(C) In the event no one in the cast is appropriate for the purpose of making arecording for use in the production, the Producer may hire an Actor at theAFTRA non-broadcast, off-camera daily rate provided no more than twominutes of such recorded material is used in the production for each suchActor. Any recording so produced may be used for that one production only.(D) This provision will not apply to recognizable “star” voices and Equity will notrequire payment for same provided the Producer obtains written permissionfrom any such star currently living. The definition of “star” shall be determinedby Equity in its sole discretion.31
46. REHEARSALS.(A) All rehearsals shall be scheduled at the convenience of the Actor, and thereshall be a minimum rehearsal call of two hours. Additionally, each Actor shallbe guaranteed not less than three hours of rehearsal pay per weekcommencing with the first week in which said Actor is scheduled for rehearsalfor a particular production (except that the foregoing minimum hours shall notapply in any week in which a holiday or performance of another productionfalls).(B) On one-performance days, (a) if the performance is three and one-half hours orless (including half-hour), rehearsal shall not exceed five consecutive hours; (b)if the performance is over three and one-half hours (including half-hour),rehearsal shall not exceed four and one-half consecutive hours.47. REPORTS.(1) After the official opening or one-week following the first paid publicperformance of the Actor's final production of the season, whichevercomes first, rehearsals shall be limited to ten hours per week forbrush-up and replacements only.(2) If a company is on tour rehearsals shall be for brush-up and replacementsonly and limited to ten hours per week.(3) Actors receiving weekly salary during the City Center engagement may becalled to rehearse no more than ten hours during the week of theengagement. These ten hours are included in the weekly salary. Anyadditional rehearsal hours must be paid at the hourly rehearsal rate.These ten hours may be used only for the production being performed.(4) Actors receiving weekly salary during the Symphony Space engagementmay be called to rehearse no more than ten hours during the week of theengagement. These ten hours are included in the weekly salary. Anyadditional rehearsal hours must be paid at the hourly rehearsal rate.These ten hours may be used only for the production being performed.(A) The Producer must furnish Equity, on an appropriate form with a weekly"Pension and Health" report listing all Actors employed by the Friday followingthe last performance of the workweek. Failure to file such reports shallconstitute a breach of Equity Rules, entitling Equity, among other things andwithout any limitation, to refuse to release the balance of the securitydeposited with Equity until the above requirements are met.(B) The Producer, provided the Producer does not file Pension and Health reportsfor four weeks, shall pay to the Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc. the sum of $25for each subsequent week of failure to file.(C) Pension and Health Reports shall be sent to:(1) AEA Contracts Department;(2) AEA Membership Department;32
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