Click to access Stage_Reading_Guidelines.pdf<\/a><\/p>\nActors\u2019 Equity Association will permit Equity Actors (\u201cActors\u201d) to participate in Stage Readings upon\u00a0completion of the attached forms and under the following guidelines:<\/p>\n
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1) The Stage Reading shall in no way be construed to supplant, nor shall it be used to avoid, any\u00a0existing Performance Code, Backers\u2019 Audition Code, or Contract, including the LORT Casual\u00a0Contract .<\/p>\n
2) Rehearsal hours are limited to a maximum of 15 hours (20 hours for musicals) for rehearsals and \u00a0actual\u00a0Reading(s), such times to be at the Actor\u2019s convenience. If the total hours for the rehearsal(s) and\u00a0Reading(s) extend beyond the specified number of hours previously listed, but no more than 29 hours,\u00a0then each Equity Actor is to receive a stipend of $100.00 in addition to basic transportation\u00a0reimbursement. Should the combined rehearsal\/Reading hours for the Reading extend beyond 29\u00a0then the production must be placed on a Staged Reading Contract.<\/p>\n
3) Maximum of three (3) Readings. All Readings and rehearsals must be within a 14-day period.<\/p>\n
4) No sets, props, wigs, make-up, or costumes.<\/p>\n
5) No advertising or reviews.<\/p>\n
6) No admission charged or donations solicited; cannot be offered as a \u201csubscriber bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n
7) No solicitation for or of backers.<\/p>\n
8) For invited audiences only. (If Programs are provided, the names of all AEA members in the production\u00a0are to be designated by an asterisk (*) with the indication that Actors and Stage Managers so designated\u00a0are members of Equity)<\/p>\n
9) Book in hand, no memorization, only minimum staging with no choreography permitted.<\/p>\n
10) Actors must be reimbursed at no less than their actual expenses as submitted by Actor. (If the Actor(s)\u00a0reside outside of the five boroughs then a reimbursement rate for transportation should be established).<\/p>\n
11) No Non-Resident Aliens may be used under the terms of these Guidelines.<\/p>\n
12) No televising, broadcasting, visual and\/or sound recording, motion picture filming or videotaping, in\u00a0whole or in part.<\/p>\n
13) Producer agrees to actively solicit ethnic minorities, women and actors with disabilities (consistent with\u00a0the Americans with Disabilities Act) for the current Reading and for all future Readings.<\/p>\n
14) All rehearsal and presentation spaces must be wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n
15) These Stage Reading Guidelines must be posted at all rehearsals and presentations.<\/p>\n
16) The Actor is hereby notified that participating in a Stage Reading Guidelines Presentation is not\u00a0considered employment with reference to the Rehearsal Rules in either the Production Contract or the\u00a0Off-Broadway Contract, both of which are entitled Attendance at.<\/p>\n
17) There may be only one use of the Stage Reading Guidelines per project within a six-month period\u00a0without the express written permission of Equity.<\/p>\n
Equity reserves the right to determine whether or not the Stage Reading is being used to avoid or supplant\u00a0any of said Codes or Contracts. If, either before or after the Reading, Equity, in its sole discretion, believes\u00a0this to be the case, the Code or Contract, which Equity deems applicable, shall govern. Further, Equity\u00a0reserves the right to require the Actors be properly contracted if these regulations are exceeded.<\/p>\n
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