1. The Manager engages the Actor to render service in part of —— (Here insert name of part; also if Actor is required to understudy.) in the play now called —— (Here insert present title of play) and the Actor hereby accepts such employment upon the terms herein set forth.
Opening Date
2. The date of the first public performance shall be the —— day of ——, 19—, or not later than fourteen days thereafter.
Employment hereunder shall begin on the date of the beginning of rehearsals, and shall continue until terminated by notice given as herein provided and not otherwise.
Compensation
3. The Manager agrees to pay the Actor the sum of —— Dollars ($——) each week on Saturday thereof, from and after the date named in Paragraph 2, and until this agreement is duly terminated.
Duties of the Actor
4. The Actor agrees to be prompt at rehearsals, to pay strict regard to makeup and dress, to perform his services in a competent and painstaking manner, to abide by all reasonable rules and regulations of the Manager, and, except as otherwise herein provided, to render services exclusively to the Manager from the date of beginning of rehearsals, and shall not render services to any other person, firm or corporation without the consent of the Manager.
5. The Manager agrees that he has notice that the Actor herein is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and as such member is bound to conform to its lawful rules and regulations, and that it is a lawful rule and regulation of said Association that, as far as the Manager herein is concerned, the Actor is to work only in companies operated by the Manager herein when all members of said company or companies are members of the Actors' Equity Association in good standing and continue to be such during the entire term of employment hereunder. And the Manager agrees that the Actor shall not be required to work hereunder in violation of said rule or other lawful rule of said Association, and further agrees to the full extent to which said agreement is lawful that all actors in the company in which the Actor herein is employed, shall be and shall continue throughout the term hereof to be members in good standing of the Actors' Equity Association, except as provided in paragraph 37 of the Rules.
Should the Manager employ any non-member of the Actors' Equity Association, or any member not fully paid up or not in good standing, or one who fails to continue himself in good standing, or should the Manager breach any covenant herein made, the Actor may (the Actors' Equity Association consenting) not only terminate this agreement forthwith, but the Manager also agrees to pay the Actor all sums due to the date of termination, plus his return fare and plus, as liquidated damages, no present basis for calculation existing, a sum equal to two weeks' salary.