1. The Manager hereby hires the Actor to render services, as such in the part of ----, in the play hereinafter mentioned, and the Actor hereby accepts the said engagement; such hiring to be subject to the terms hereinafter set forth.
Period of Employment
2. The term of employment shall be the Run of the Play now called ---- during the season of 19-- 19-- which said season is agreed to BE THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER AND THE FOLLOWING FIRST DAY OF JUNE.
Opening Date
3. The date of first public performance shall be the ---- day of ----, 19--, or not later than fourteen days thereafter.
Employment hereunder shall begin upon the date of beginning of rehearsals, which date shall be not earlier than four weeks prior to the date of first public performance.
Compensation
4. The Manager agrees, as compensation for services hereunder, to pay the Actor from and after the date named in Paragraph 3 and continuing for and during the run of the production for which the Actor is engaged, the sum of ---- Dollars ($----) each and every week (on Saturday).
Guaranteed Period
5. The Manager agrees and guarantees that under this contract he will give the Actor not less than ---- consecutive weeks' work, commencing with the date of the first public performance, and pay him therefor.
Rehearsals
6. The Actor, if required, shall give four weeks' rehearsal without pay; if further rehearsals are required, then, for each additional week or part thereof, the Manager shall pay the Actor, on Saturday of that week, at the rate of the full salary mentioned in paragraph four.
Rehearsals shall be considered to be continuous from the date of the first rehearsal to the date of the first public performance of the play as provided in paragraph three.
If the above play is a musical play, or a spectacular production, then, wherever the word "Four" appears in this paragraph and in paragraph three the word "Five" shall be substituted.
Notice of Closing
7. The Manager shall give one week's notice of the closing of the production and company for which the Actor is engaged.
Duties of the Actor
8. The Actor agrees to be prompt at rehearsals, to pay strict regard to makeup and dress, to perform the services herein required in a competent and painstaking manner, to abide by all reasonable rules and regulations, and to render services exclusively to the Manager from the date of beginning of rehearsals, and not to render services to any other person, firm or corporation without the consent of the Manager.
Miscellaneous
9. Lay-offs, unless caused through the fault of the Actor, shall not be counted as part of the guaranteed period.
10. If the blank in paragraph five is not filled in, and no guaranteed period is agreed upon, the Manager agrees that this contract shall call for a minimum guaranty of two weeks' employment from the date named in Paragraph three hereof.
11. The Manager agrees that he has notice that the Actor herein is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and as such member is bound to conform to its lawful rules and regulations, and that it is a lawful rule and regulation of said Association that, as far as the Manager herein is concerned, the Actor is to work only in companies operated by the Manager herein when all members of said company or companies are members of the Actors' Equity Association in good standing and continue to be such during the entire term of employment hereunder. And the Manager agrees that the Actor shall not be required to work hereunder in violation of said rule or other lawful rule of said Association, and further agrees to the full extent to which said agreement is lawful that all actors in the company in which the Actor herein is employed, shall be and shall continue throughout the term hereof to be members in good standing of the Actors' Equity Association, except as provided in paragraph 24 of the Rules.
Should the Manager employ any non-member of the Actors' Equity Association, or any member not fully paid up or not in good standing, or one who fails to continue himself in good standing, or should the Manager breach any covenant herein made, the Actor may (the Actors' Equity Association consenting) not only terminate this agreement forthwith, but the Manager also agrees to pay the Actor all sums due to the date of termination, plus his return fare and plus, as liquidated damages, no present basis for calculation existing, a sum equal to two weeks' salary.
Arbitration
12. In event that any dispute shall arise between the parties as to any matter or thing covered by this agreement, or as to the meaning of any part thereof, then said dispute or claim shall be arbitrated. The Manager shall choose one arbitrator and the Actors' Equity Association the second; ---- shall be the third. These three shall constitute the Board and the decision of a majority of the arbitrators shall be the decision of all and shall be binding upon both parties and shall be final. The Board shall hear the parties and within seven (7) days shall decide the dispute or claim. The Board shall determine by whom and in what proportion the cost of arbitration shall be paid, and the parties hereby constitute said Board their agents and agree that its decision shall constitute an agreement between them, having the same binding force as if agreed to by the parties themselves. Further, that they and each of them will, if required, sign such individual arbitration agreement as to make said arbitration comply with a legal arbitration under the laws of the State of New York, and the rules of the Supreme Court thereof, and that judgment upon the award may be entered in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The oath of the members of the Board of Arbitration shall not be necessary unless specifically requested by one of the parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have signed this agreement on the day and year first above written.
---- MANAGER ---- ACTOR
REGULATIONS
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