From: Bevroche-AT-aol.com Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:46:45 EDT Subject: Re: PUPT: Art and Business In a message dated 99-04-11 21:55:18 EDT, you write: << Hey, here's something amazing: Actor's Equity does not consider puppetry to fall under his jurisdiction. This means that an union actor can work for a puppet company and the puppet company doesn't have to be a signatory to any Equity contract. This is good news for producers who can ignore the rules that Equity has adopted over time to protect its members from predatory practices. It is bad news for puppeteers. >> Please, Robert, do not imply that puppetry should fall into the "protective services" of Actor's Equity. At the LORT house here in Indiana (the Indiana Repertory Theater) a youth contract at the theater provides around $375 a week for 9+ performances plus a lunch on saturday. Also membership in Equity severly limits other professional or experimental quazi-professional (example: solo performance, where you work for the door) theatrical experiences. Equity Actors are forced to stop doing the very work that gained them the skills that earned them their cards in the first place. Beverly Roche --- Personal replies to: Bevroche-AT-aol.com --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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