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Director & Choreographer Contracts
Payment & Schedule
Intellectual Property
Right of First Refusal
Electronic Rights
Billing, Comp Tickets
Share of Subsidiary Income
Pension & Health
Spokane, WA Music Director fired for using mentioning employer when posting on
swinger websites and when posting nude photos on Craig’s List
After fired, started blog campaign against Artistic Director
AD sued for defamation and for harming the business
Lost suit- said attack was personal not professional
Then she was fired for being a bully and difficult to work for- despite financially rescuing the company
Washington,DC
Ari Roth, Artistic Director of Theatre J
Fired for insubordination
Stemmed from producing the “Voices of a Changing Middle East” festival
Outrage from over 60 theatre companies made no difference
Today in Theatre
More problems organizationally than on a show
Big picture & tangential picture
May be perception more than action
Is it right that a director (or an artistic director) is never “off duty?”
Fight Directors
If an SDC member, can use those contracts
Otherwise negotiating independently with theatre
Equipment
Actor Safety
Training/Appointing Fight Captain
Designers
Intellectual Property
Deliverables & Dates
Transportation & Housing
Construction Guarantees
Supplies
Assistants
Liability
Responsibility when people get hurt
Who makes decisions about set/props
Employee conduct on and off the job
Expertise
TD Job Description (Academic)
Professional TD
Technicians & Construction
Determination of “expertise”
IATSE
Rigging Certifications
When do local building codes apply
What do other unions specify
What happens when the audience is “onstage”
Bishop v. Texas A&M University Guest director & fight choreographer/prop master
Used a “real” knife for a production of Dracula
Actor got stabbed
Sued school- Guest Director & Designer, Faculty Advisor
At issue- independent contractors or is the school responsible? Who is charged with safety?
Murder at the Met Orchestra member murdered by stagehand during intermission
Stemmed from musician slapping him for indecent comment in an
elevator
Should Met be liable? Happened during work but not as a result of work activities?
Musician’s husband filed Workers Comp claim- Met fought because not “work”
What is an employer’s full responsibility to an employee?
The Simpsons- AFM Got clearance/owned creative material to take from show to ride
Did not ask for permission for theme song recording
…no added compensation "shall be payable for the reuse of any portion of the music sound track of a motion picture in the following circumstances: (a) When used for promotional, trailer, news or review purposes…”