Re: Re: RAT terminologically hip, but

[jonoh1@juno.com]

While no other city is allowed the same plan as LA's 99-seat theatre
plan, there is always the other option of a performer's code performance.
(I think that's what it's called) wherein all actors are AEA and are
viewed as and listed as producer's on a production. Certain limits apply.
It has to be a play that has been previously produced under an Equity
contract <somewhere>. (This cuts out new work, which is a drag.) But the
amount of time allowed to perform in doable. As an actor, I think the
99-seat plan truly sucks. As a producer I love it.
Jonathan

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:01:56 EST KRWoolly@aol.com writes:
>
>In a message dated 2/12/0 8:01:57 AM, you wrote:
>
><<Thanks!  My initial reaction is positive, when comparing this plan 
>to
>the SPT contract we've used this year.  Would Equity actors under 
>this
>plan receive health insurance?>>
>
>Wally,
>Don't get too keyed up about this plan.  While it may seem like the 
>perfect 
>way for us smaller theatre's (outside of LA) to work with Equity 
>actors, the 
>feedback that I have gotten when trying to enact/negotiate it for a 
>young 
>company in DC was essentially, "we're sorry we ever let LA do it, so 
>don't 
>even think about it."
>
>Can anyone tell me, I think maybe Mitchell was involved on the Board 
>of 
>Theatre LA at the time, how it did get negotiated with AEA?  Did it 
>take a 
>banding together, threats, hunger strikes, what?
>Kerri

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