#1
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:43pm
On Playbill.com under job listings, it says that jobs for performers pay $1380 minimum. Is this per week? And do they usually pay more than this? Thanks!
#2
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:48pm
That is the minimum for the Production Contract - used for Broadway shows and Equity National Tours... An actor's agent can negotiate more for them - read the contracts section at actorsequity.org
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#3
Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:07pm
Yes, it's per week. Pretty sweet, eh?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#4
Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:13pm
Most actors aren't employed the entire year as we all know. So what's the average annual salary of a broadway actor/dancer?
No wonder they live four to an apartment!
And all the wonderful singers that donate their time to charity concerts on Monday nights, do they at least get the exposure they need?
No wonder they live four to an apartment!
And all the wonderful singers that donate their time to charity concerts on Monday nights, do they at least get the exposure they need?
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#5
Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:51pm
I live with three roommates, work a 40-hour week, and don't get to sing and dance for a living, midtown. They know going into it that they're not going to work steadily.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#6
Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:55pm
They may know, but they're all waiting for the 'big break'--I know my actor friends are, god bless them. They don't focus on the reality of irregular work for the next 40 years, or else they get very depressed.
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#7
Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:58pm
Ironically enough, I decided not to be an actor because it's "insecure." Meanwhile, I've had a ridiculous amount of jobs and periods of unemployment, and still don't make anywhere near what I would if I had been making Equity minimum the weeks I was employed. Sad, ain't it?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#8
Posted: 10/25/04 at 8:02pm
I think your story could be a sentence or two in Alanis Morrisette's song 'isn't it ironic.' I hope your job brings some degree of hapiness.
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#9
Posted: 10/25/04 at 8:04pm
I'm actually having a bit of a midlife crisis over the whole situation. Realizing that those wasted years could have been spent trying to get onstage, with no less "security" than I actually ended up having.
Boy can I bring a thread down!
Boy can I bring a thread down!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10
Posted: 10/25/04 at 8:09pm
This board doubles as therapy quite often. EVERYONE our age has that crisis. I've been thinking lately--"my god, i'm gonna be sitting behind a desk pushing a pencil for at least ANOTHER 25 years. And thanks to G.W. Bush using my social security money to bomb iraq, i can never retire." NOW, who wants to join me as Splash Musical Mondays for a cocktail!
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#11
Posted: 10/25/04 at 8:17pm
Hey, here's a bit of consolation, okay?
I didnt get into professional set design until I hit my early 40s; prior to that I worked in advertising as an illustrator and photoretoucher. Then I figured screw it, if I dont do it, it aint never gonna happen.
Six years later? I'm doing pretty darn well, with contracts on both sides of the Atlantic, and a teaching job coming up in January with a college that's been after me for almost a year.
Hang in there. You *can* make it happen.
I didnt get into professional set design until I hit my early 40s; prior to that I worked in advertising as an illustrator and photoretoucher. Then I figured screw it, if I dont do it, it aint never gonna happen.
Six years later? I'm doing pretty darn well, with contracts on both sides of the Atlantic, and a teaching job coming up in January with a college that's been after me for almost a year.
Hang in there. You *can* make it happen.
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