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The Hardline / AEA Actors coming when not called
« on: Sep 10, 2007, 03:32 pm »
I asked this question in the Guest Artist thread, but it got a bit buried and the answer might help someone else.
What is the appropriate action to take if an AEA actor insists on coming to a rehearsal that is outside their contract? I know they don't have the right to waive their contract minimums, but at the same time, I'm not comfortable kicking them out of a rehearsal. (Context: Guest Artist contracts start after the rest of the cast has already started rehearsing. An experienced AEA actor always wants to come to first rehearsal to meet everyone, even though he is not called and is not under contract yet. The stage manager is not AEA. The actor knows he is not called but shows up anyway.) What is the appropriate action for me (the non AEA stage manager) to take to protect the company and the actor?
I do not want to call the Equity office to ask this question, because I don't want to get the actor in trouble with his union.
What is the appropriate action to take if an AEA actor insists on coming to a rehearsal that is outside their contract? I know they don't have the right to waive their contract minimums, but at the same time, I'm not comfortable kicking them out of a rehearsal. (Context: Guest Artist contracts start after the rest of the cast has already started rehearsing. An experienced AEA actor always wants to come to first rehearsal to meet everyone, even though he is not called and is not under contract yet. The stage manager is not AEA. The actor knows he is not called but shows up anyway.) What is the appropriate action for me (the non AEA stage manager) to take to protect the company and the actor?
I do not want to call the Equity office to ask this question, because I don't want to get the actor in trouble with his union.