Dinner Theatre Rulebook (Central Region) 01-05 - Actors

RECOGNITIONThe Producer agrees to recognize Equity as the exclusive representative of the Actors(Principals, Chorus, Stage Managers, Assistant Stage Managers) employed by theProducer, for the purpose of collective bargaining and the administration of matterswithin the scope of this Agreement.A Dinner Theatre is defined as a theatre presenting consecutive productions inconjunction with dinner service, playing no less than three weeks each on a year-roundbasis. An occasional layoff or hiatus shall not be construed as to interfere with the yearroundnature of the operation. Both events must occur in the same room and the onlyadvertised price of admission for at least 75% of the performances in any given weekwill include both the cost of the meal and attendance at the performance. No more than25% of the performances in any given week may be on a "show only" basis. A TheatreRestaurant is defined as an operation that meets the above qualifications except thatdinner service and theatre shall be presented in separate but adjacent rooms. Both thetheatre and restaurant must be under the same ownership. Seating in TheatreRestaurants may not exceed 1,200 seats. Dinner Theatres and Theatre Restaurantsshall not be permitted within 25 miles of Times Square, New York City; within 25 milesof The Loop, Chicago; within Los Angeles County; or within the city limits of SanFrancisco, without the permission of Equity.RULES GOVERNING EMPLOYMENT1. ACTORS' OBLIGATION TO EQUITY. [See also Rule 72 UNION SECURITY](A) Nothing contained in any employment contract signed by any Actor shall beconstrued so as to interfere with the carrying out of any obligation which said Actorowes to Equity, and the Producer shall not only not request or require any Actor todo any act or thing forbidden by the Constitution and By-Laws of Equity or by therules or orders of the Council of Equity, or orders of its authorized executives, butwill require the Actor to do and/or assent to the Actor doing any and all acts requiredby the foregoing.(B) The Producer further agrees that he has notice:(1) That the Associated Actors and Artistes of America is a voluntaryAssociation hereinafter referred to as the 4-A's and is subject to theConstitution, By-Laws, rules, regulations and orders of the American Federationof Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations from which it derives its charter.(2) That Equity deriving its charter from the 4-A's is in turn subject to theConstitution, By-Laws, orders, rules and regulations of the 4-A's and theAmerican Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).(3) That the Actor is directly subject to the Constitution, By-Laws, rules,regulations and orders of the 4-A's and the Producer agrees that he will notrequire the Actor to do any act or thing forbidden by the Constitution and By-Laws of the 4-A's or by its rules or orders or regulations.4