Musical Stock and Unit Attractions (MSUA) Agreement 05-10 - Actors

the Council of Equity or an Arbitration Tribunal to be in default to a Producer, interestwill accrue on said default in the same manner as above.22. DEFINITIONS.(A) Actor. The term “Actor” shall refer to and include persons engaged underPrincipal, Chorus and Stage Managerial contracts. The Producer agrees that thedefinition of the term “Actor” expressed in ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATIONCollective Bargaining Agreements includes the Stage Managers, Swings, DanceCaptains, and Understudies unless expressly excluded or unless the context ofthe provision of such Agreement excludes them. It is expressly intended that allStage Managers and Assistant Stage Managers, Swings, Dance Captains, andUnderstudies employed hereunder are entitled to benefits provided to Actorsunder a Conversion Rights, or other similar clause of any previous Equity Codeor Contract.(B) Principal Actor. The term “Principal Actor” shall include persons hired onEquity contracts other than those Actors engaged on Chorus contracts and/orengaged to perform chorus work.(C) Chorus. The terms “Chorus”, “Actor engaged under a Chorus contract”,“Chorus Actor”, shall include Actors engaged under Chorus contracts and/orActors actually performing chorus work, as may be determined by Equity.(D) Stock Theatre. A Stock Theatre is a theatre which presents consecutiveproductions of different plays not in repertory with no lay-off or hiatus betweenproductions, but for the purposes and term of this Agreement, Municipal Theatreof St. Louis, MO; Starlight Theatre of Kansas City, MO; Dallas Summer Musicals,Dallas, TX; Theater of the Stars, Atlanta, GA; are deemed Stock Theatres. Nosingle production will run longer than eight weeks at any one theatre. Should theProducer wish to continue a production beyond the eight week limitation, saidProducer will give Equity at least two weeks’ notice of such desire and Equity willnotify the Producer of the conditions under which the extension will be permitted.For the purpose of this Rule, the occasional presentation of productions underother performer union contracts shall not be considered a hiatus or lay-off. StockTheatres shall not be permitted within the cities of New York, Los Angeles,Chicago, and San Francisco without the permission of Equity.(E) Loss of “Stock Theatre” status; effect of. If, as and when the companyceases in any respect to be a Stock Theatre (as above defined), or becomes inany way a company which does not comply with the whole of the definition of aStock Theatre, the contracts of employment, excepting the arbitration clause,shall cease to be binding upon the parties and in lieu thereof, the parties herebyagree to substitute and do hereby substitute “Actors’ Equity Association StandardMinimum Production Contract”, excepting the rules COMPANY TERMINATIONAFTER FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, NOTICE OF TERMINATION DURINGREHEARSALS, REHEARSALS OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION POINT, JOINING28