Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Does your theater pay?

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   Our CT is entirely run by unpaid volunteers, with only ONE exception.

Occasionally our CT engages an actor or a director who is a member of Actors' Equity, and we are obliged to pay the fees required by Equity.

Most of the Equity fees go to the actor/director; our CT requests that he/she donates his/her entire fee back to our CT.  Since our CT is a registered non-profit organization and a registered charity, we can provide the Equity actor/director with a charitable donation receipt for income tax purposes.

However, some of the Equity fees go only to Equity.  We consider these part of the expenses budget for that particular show.

We usually engage an Equity actor 2 to 4 times per year.  We usually engage an Equity director about once every other year.  

Poll Question: Our theater
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
has full-time or part-time paid staff	31	[17.03%]
offers at least one paid position per show	58	[31.87%]
Does not usually pay anyone for working on a show	73	[40.11%]
None of the above (feel free to explain below)	20	[10.99%]
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SpenceKenzer Star Joined: 1/23/09 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 71	Posted: 2/12/09 at 11:54am
	Our CT is entirely run by unpaid volunteers, with only ONE exception. Occasionally our CT engages an actor or a director who is a member of Actors' Equity, and we are obliged to pay the fees required by Equity. Most of the Equity fees go to the actor/director; our CT requests that he/she donates his/her entire fee back to our CT. Since our CT is a registered non-profit organization and a registered charity, we can provide the Equity actor/director with a charitable donation receipt for income tax purposes. However, some of the Equity fees go only to Equity. We consider these part of the expenses budget for that particular show. We usually engage an Equity actor 2 to 4 times per year. We usually engage an Equity director about once every other year.
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jcf0mtr Walk-On Joined: 7/07/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 3/30/09 at 9:56am
	Music Director, orchestra, and a Director Honorarium
	Joe Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts
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lparks Star Joined: 1/12/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 58	Posted: 6/02/10 at 1:21pm
	We usually engage an Equity director about once every other year. Are you sure about that? There are no equity Stage Directors. I think you mean "Society of Stage Directors and Choreography" perhaps?
	Landon Parks, Producing Artistic Director, Bloomington Repertory Theatre Co
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SpenceKenzer Star Joined: 1/23/09 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 71	Posted: 6/02/10 at 4:07pm
	In Canada, Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA, or usually just "Equity") represents stage actors, directors, choreographers, and stage managers. I gather from your note that this is not the case in the U.S.A.
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