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fancycwabs) wrote2006-03-14 09:19 am
fancycwabs) wrote2006-03-14 09:19 am
Tradition!
I'm going over the contract for Fiddler on the Roof today, and notice a couple of things:
1. They misspelled my name.
2. A full third of my payment is in the form of comps. Between Amy and me we'll have to catch every show twice and Fiddler four times to cash in. (If anyone's in Memphis and feels like a show, the other shows are Saucy Jack and The Space Vixens, Take Me Out, and Intimate Apparel). You can check the Playhouse on The Square website for dates.
3. The contract states that we're required to give no more than eight shows a week. They stipulate that any performance of under 80 minutes is considered half a performance--is Fiddler (clocking in at well over three hours) considered a performance and a half? We're only doing four shows a week, but still.
4. I probably ought to buy an inkjet if I'm gonna be handing out 8x10 headshots left and right.
5. There's a $50 fine for "Reporting to Rehearsal or Performance Intoxitcated(sic--bolding mine),"but clearly no fine for typing the rules that way.
6. I had to look up and see what a "Dimmer Check" was. And I've designed show lighting.
7. I get twenty-five words for my bio. That's the length of thing #5. It's a good thing I've never done The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds or For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf.
8. My daughter has an audition in a couple of weeks to play clarinet for the orchestra--she'll probably get paid more than I do.
2. A full third of my payment is in the form of comps. Between Amy and me we'll have to catch every show twice and Fiddler four times to cash in. (If anyone's in Memphis and feels like a show, the other shows are Saucy Jack and The Space Vixens, Take Me Out, and Intimate Apparel). You can check the Playhouse on The Square website for dates.
3. The contract states that we're required to give no more than eight shows a week. They stipulate that any performance of under 80 minutes is considered half a performance--is Fiddler (clocking in at well over three hours) considered a performance and a half? We're only doing four shows a week, but still.
4. I probably ought to buy an inkjet if I'm gonna be handing out 8x10 headshots left and right.
5. There's a $50 fine for "Reporting to Rehearsal or Performance Intoxitcated(sic--bolding mine),"but clearly no fine for typing the rules that way.
6. I had to look up and see what a "Dimmer Check" was. And I've designed show lighting.
7. I get twenty-five words for my bio. That's the length of thing #5. It's a good thing I've never done The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds or For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf.
8. My daughter has an audition in a couple of weeks to play clarinet for the orchestra--she'll probably get paid more than I do.