Stage Managers. Shall work under the direction of the Producer, Director, Engineer-in-Charge and/or Crew Chief to implement their instructions for providing management of on-air talent. The Stage Manager shall have the required skills to assist talent and operate/perform other related equipment/services necessary to the fulfillment of their job skills and responsibilities.
1. If a late call individual’s (Graphics 2 Operator, Stage Manager, or Phone Assistant Director) call time is adjusted to earlier than three (3) hours before the game/event start time, prior arrangements will be made with that Employee.
2. There shall be a Stage Manager engaged/used for any on-air talent.
3. On a show/event where there are two (2) or more “on camera” positions used during a single production, the Company shall engage at least two (2) Stage Managers.
4. Stage Managers shall not be required to perform the duties of an A2.
Stage Managers. Subject only to the supervision and control of the Producer, the Executive Producer, or the Company executive to whom he/she reports, a Stage Manager shall serve as the sole liaison between the Director or Producer-Director, Associate Director and all persons and facilities in the studio, on location or on the stage during all stagehand rehearsals where the stagehands are performing their functions (this does not include set-ups), camera rehearsals, pre-recording and performances. Specifically, he or she shall:
1. Supervise the stagehands, chief carpenters and property persons in
(a) marking positions of scenery and properties, special effects, art work and title cards;
(b) flying or bringing in all drops during rehearsal and on the air;
(c) operating travelers, tabs, curtains and similar devices.
2. Recommend, subject to the Director, Producer or Producer-Director, when extra persons should be brought in.
3. Relay information to persons directly involved on the stage or studio floor or on location, including specifically:
(a) Relaying stage directions of the Associate Director, Director or Producer-Director.
(b) Responsibility for notifying performers on the set of the time for subsequent rehearsals and the announcement of rehearsal breaks.
(c) Assigning the allocated dressing rooms to be used during camera rehearsals, prior to such rehearsal, in accordance with the importance and the needs of the cast.
(d) Holding the book during camera blocking and prompting the cast when not done by the Associate Director.
(e) Marking all positions on the set for performers.
(f) Designating proper locations for costume changes and giving necessary costume change information to the wardrobe person.
(g) Holding cards which give directions from the Director, Producer-Director or Associate Director and timing information to the cast.
(h) Give all cues from the floor or, if on location, the equivalent thereof.
4. If there is a production meeting(s) during the period of his or her employment, a Stage Manager shall be assigned to at least one production meeting on all programs.
5. It shall be the sole responsibility of the Stage Manager to make up and put before the camera the slate or any other visual identification used in substitution thereof.
6. The use of telex, IFB or other related communications or intercommunication device(s) will not replace the use of the Stage Manager.
Stage Managers. (1) The Stage Manager shall be the individual who is assigned to and is primarily responsible for a specific production or productions. The Stage Manager is not permitted to act.
(2) The Stage Manager’s position is full-time. The Stage Manager shall not function in areas which impinge upon the Stage Manager’s duties.
(3) There shall be no less than one Stage Manager employed in each company and each production must be assigned a Stage Manager who shall be primarily responsible for the Stage Managerial functions.
(4) Each Stage Manager shall be engaged and receive contractual salary beginning at least one week prior to rehearsals for each production of the season unless already under Contract. However, no pre-production shall be required for table/music stand readings under the Experimental Theatre provision (see Rule 57(C)(7)).
(5) If the Theatre terminates the Stage Manager’s employment, the Stage Manager may not be re-engaged or replaced in the same season at a lesser salary (unless for a stage of lower category).
(6) A replacement Stage Manager may be engaged on a one week contract, which
Stage Managers. (1) STAGE MANAGERS and their Assistants are those persons hired by the EMPLOYER to be responsible for the coordination and operation of rehearsals and performances as directed by the EMPLOYER. Further, the STAGE MANAGER will be responsible for “calling” those rehearsals and performances on the stage in the theater.
(2) STAGE MANAGERS managing only one (1) production shall be engaged at least five (5) days prior to the date of the first Principal rehearsal of the production for which they are employed, which five (5) days shall be utilized for preparation only. Stage Managers managing two (2) productions shall be engaged at least one (1) week (six (6) days and one Free Day) prior to the date of the first Principal rehearsal of the first production for which they are employed, which one (1) week shall be utilized for preparation only.
(3) The minimum compensation of STAGE MANAGERS shall be on a weekly basis, as follows: 3% 3% 2% Stage Manager 1-1-2022 1-1-2023 1-1-2024 Per Week $1,287.71 $1,326.34 $1,352.86
(4) The hourly rate for STAGE MANAGERS shall be the STAGE MANAGER’s weekly salary divided by forty (40). The overtime rate for STAGE MANAGERS shall be one and one-half (½) times the hourly rate (the STAGE MANAGER’s weekly salary divided by forty (40) times one and one-half (1½). The double time rate for STAGE MANAGERS shall be twice the hourly rate (the STAGE MANAGER’s weekly salary divided by forty (40) times two (2)). Such compensation shall be computed in quarter (¼) hour segments.
(5) Rehearsal week shall consist of sixty (60) hours. In any week in which the sixty (60) hours is exceeded, the STAGE MANAGER shall be paid at the overtime rate for every hour beyond sixty (60) in the week.
(6) STAGE MANAGERS shall receive one (1) Free Day in each week as required in Section 2(p) (Free Day) above.
(7) No rehearsal or performance shall be scheduled sooner than nine (9) hours following the end of the preceding day’s rehearsal or performance. Any infringement of this nine (9) hour rest period shall be compensated at the overtime rate. For this section, the end of the preceding day’s rehearsal shall mean the end of any production meeting following the rehearsal. The Employer can stagger calls or begin other services for which the Stage Manager’s presence is not essential (such as allowing a lighting designer to begin making cues) prior to the Stage Manager’s call.
(8) For rehearsals in the studio, STAGE MANAGERS are entitled to a minimum of one (1) hour meal br...
Stage Managers. (1) The Stage Manager shall be the individual who is assigned to and is primarily responsible for a specific production or productions. The Stage Manager is not permitted to act.
(2) The Stage Manager’s position is full-time. The Stage Manager shall not function in areas which impinge upon his duties.
(3) There shall be no fewer than one Stage Manager employed in each company and each production must be assigned a Stage Manager who shall be primarily responsible for the Stage Managerial functions.
(4) Each Stage Manager shall be engaged and receive contractual salary beginning at least one week prior to rehearsals for each production of the season unless already under Contract. However, no pre-production shall be required for table/music stand readings under the Experimental Theatre provision (see Rule 57(C)(7)).
(5) If the Theatre terminates the Stage Manager’s employment, he may not be re-engaged or replaced in the same season at a lesser salary (unless for a stage of lower category).
(6) A replacement Stage Manager may be engaged on a one-week contract, which may be pro-rated in sixths during rehearsal weeks and in eighths during performance weeks, provided the days of employment are consecutive. A full Rule 64. STAGE MANAGERS AND ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS week’s Health contribution shall be paid when a replacement Stage Manager is engaged for four days or more or four performances or more, whichever occurs first.
Stage Managers. (A) A Stage Manager shall be employed under an Equity contract either when five or more Equity contracts are in force in a single production or when the University and/or Theatre is presenting a season in repertory (as defined in Rule 18(D)). However, a University and/or Theatre shall be exempt from this requirement if it has a bona fide professional Stage Management training program in its curriculum and an Equity Stage Manager on its faculty who actively supervises the student stage manager(s) provided documentation of said program and the name of the supervising Equity Stage Manager is furnished to Equity prior to the beginning of each season. It is agreed that the Stage Manager's responsibilities require full time attention. The Stage Manager shall not function in areas, which impinge upon the primary duties of a Stage Manager, except for teaching assignments. The Stage Manager shall be engaged and receive contractual salary beginning at least one week prior to rehearsals. If the University and/or Theatre terminates the Stage Manager's employment, he may not be re-engaged or replaced in the same season at a lesser salary. If a Stage Manager rehearses and/or performs hours which would have given an Actor overtime had the Actor rehearsed and/or performed those same hours, that Stage Manager shall receive the overtime compensation that would have been due the Actor.
(B) Any Stage Manager who is called to perform services in productions, either prior to the week before rehearsals begin or after the production has closed shall be paid no less than 1/6 of weekly contractual salary per day.
(C) The Stage Manager is not permitted to act or understudy.
Stage Managers. (a) The EMPLOYER agrees to engage at least one (1) Stage Manager if the dance company consists of ten (10) or more dancers.
(b) Whenever a Stage Manager or an Assistant Stage Manager misses a company Free Day and is required to work or travel, he/she shall receive a compensatory Free Day off either six (6) weeks prior to or six (6) weeks after the missed Free Day or Days have occurred (within a six (6) week period).
(c) Stage Managers shall be compensated not less than One thousand sixty-five Dollars and Fifty-four Cents ($1065.54) as of 7/1/99; One Thousand One Hundred Seven Dollars and Ninety-seven Cents ($1107.99)as of 7/1/2000; and One thousand Fifty-seven Dollars and Eighty-three Cents ($1157.82) per week. Assistant Stage Managers shall receive not less than Seven Hundred Ninety-one Dollars and Ninety Cents ($791.90) as of 7/1/99; Eight Hundred Twenty- three Dollars and Fifty-eight Cents ($823.58)as of 7/1/2000; and Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars and Sixty-five Cents ($860.65) per week. If the Stage Manager or Assistant Stage Manager is required to appear outside the City of Origination, the EMPLOYER will provide the ARTIST with a hotel room explained under Paragraph 17(a)(3) of the Basic Agreement, plus meal money allowance totaling $46.00 as of 7/1/99; $47.00 as of 7/1/2000, and $48.00 as of 7/1/2001.
(d) Stage Managers and Assistants shall have the same legal holidays as the ARTISTS.
(e) Stage Managers and their Assistants shall be employed upon AGMA contracts and receive all Retirement and Health benefits in the Basic Agreement.
(f) Stage Managers shall be engaged at least one (1) week prior to the opening of a season, and Assistant Stage Managers shall be engaged at least three (3) days prior to the opening of a season on a pro-rata basis.
(g) Stage Managers called to Emergency Rehearsals will be compensated at the hourly Overtime Rate for ARTISTS.
Stage Managers. 1. The Stage Manager shall be the individual who is assigned to and is primarily responsible for a specific production or productions. The Stage Manager is not permitted to perform in the production.
2. The Stage Manager’s position is full-time. The Stage Manager shall not be expected to function in areas which impinge upon their ability to perform their Stage Manager’s duties.
3. There shall be no less than one Stage Manager employed in each production who shall be primarily responsible for the Stage Managerial functions.
Stage Managers. All Stage Managers shall be engaged no less than one (1) week prior to the first rehearsal for their first production unless the Festival and Equity agree that the period may be shorter. All replacement Stage Managers shall be hired no less than one (1) week prior to the date on which they are to take over the production, unless the Festival and Equity agree that the period may be shorter.
Stage Managers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the sole and exclusive terms and conditions governing Stage Managers and Assistant Stage Managers shall be as stated in this Paragraph 43 and in Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6(a)(b)(c)(e)(i)(g), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16(c),(e)(l)(s)(u)(x), 17(a)[3], 17(a)[4] and 17(b)(d)(e), 22(a)(b)(c)(e), 27, 28(h), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 80, 81 and 82 hereof.
a) The EMPLOYER agrees to engage at least one (1) Stage Manager if the dance company consists of ten (10) or more dancers.
b) Stage Managers shall be guaranteed employment for the number of weeks designated in Paragraph 30 plus three (3) additional weeks. Assistant Stage Managers shall be guaranteed employment for the number of weeks designated in Paragraph 30 plus one (1) additional week. Scheduling of weeks will be determined by EMPLOYER.
c) Compensation Stage Managers shall be compensated not less than the following: $1,318.31 $1,357.86 $1,405.38 $1,454.57 Assistant Stage Managers shall receive not less than the following: $1,139.99 $1,174.19 $1,215.29 $1,257.82 If the Stage Manager or Assistant Stage Manager is required to appear outside the City of Origination, the EMPLOYER will provide the ARTIST with a hotel room explained under Paragraph 17(a)(3) of this Agreement, plus meal money allowance as provided in Paragraph 17(a)(4) of this Agreement.
d) Stage Managers and Assistants Stage Managers shall have the same legal holidays as the ARTISTS.
e) Stage Managers and Assistants Stage Managers shall be employed upon AGMA contracts and receive all Retirement and Health benefits in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
f) Stage Managers and Assistant Stage Managers called to Emergency Rehearsals will be compensated at the hourly Overtime rate for ARTISTS.
g) On days that have a Technical Rehearsal, Dress Rehearsal or Performance, Stage Managers and Assistant Stage Managers shall receive a one (1) hour meal break after five (5) consecutive hours of work. If Stage Manager or Assistant Stage Manager reaches five (5) consecutive hours of work, they shall ask the Production Director, or EMPLOYER equivalent, whether or not they should take a meal break. Violations by the EMPLOYER will be paid at the applicable overtime hourly rate, in half hour increments, until a meal break is provided. If a meal break of one (1) hour is not p...
