Delinquent
Performers Letter of Agreement and Understanding
• Performers agree to attend, to the best of my ability, rehearsals every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for a total of 8-10 hours per week from Tuesday Sep 2 until Saturday Nov 8.
* Performers agree to be available for Tech rehearsals Tue Nov 11 (5-10pm), Dress Rehearsal Wed Nov 12 (5-10pm), and Performances Thu-Sat Nov 13-15 (6-10pm).
* Performers will receive a minimum of $700 to be paid in two installments of $350, October 6 and Nov 13. If the budget allows, Keith & Sonya will decide if a bonus can be paid. Keith agrees to make the accounting public to anyone who requests.
• Performers agree to grant Keith Hennessy, in his role as director, the power to veto any contribution by individuals or collaborations. Keith agrees to grant individual performers the power to veto any suggestion. This means that performers do not have to do anything they don’t want and it means that Keith has the final say about what performers do in the performance. These agreements are made in a spirit of mutual trust and a genuine desire to collaborate with each other, to share the creative process, and to inspire each other.
• All performers will receive a DVD of the whole performance and a CD of photos. Additionally, if other media is generated (for example, an edited short video), it will also be available to all cast members without cost.
• Intellectual property (texts, choreography, images, music) created by individuals during the process of Delinquent belongs to the individual who created it. Intellectual property created in collaboration belongs to the partners of that collaboration. What does this mean? It means that Keith Hennessy does not own the poems or dances that performers create. It means that you can use documentation of individual scenes or the whole work when looking for grants, applying to schools or auditions, online social networking (facebook etc...). In most cases, in which sharing the work will not result in financial gain, this informal agreement about collaborative work will suffice. In the rare case in which there is a profit potential, performers agree to enter a mediated negotiation with any relevant collaborators to determine the most equitable way to proceed.
• Based on interest and talents, all performers agree to participate in promoting the show to their friends and communities.
• All performers and collaborators (director, designers, project manager) agree to an intention of mutual respect and support.
I ________________________________________ have read the above.
I understand and accept these agreements.
Signed: _________________________________________________ Date: ______________
Parent/guardian signature for performers under 18: _________________________________________
Keith Hennessy: