GETTING PAID
When you work in any venue other than theatre, your checks go directly to your representative, who deposits your check in an escrow account (which protects your funds from co-mingling with other actors' money). The agent then deducts his/her 10% commission and mails the balance with all corresponding paperwork to the client (OR to the manager, if the actor has one). The manager in turns does the same as the agent, and mails the balance minus his/her 15% commission to the actor. Residuals will go to the representative you had when you booked the project, even if you no longer are represented by him/her. In theatre, union rules require you to be paid each Thursday. The check is generally presented to you at the theatre during rehearsal or before your evening show. You are then responsible for paying your representative his/her commission in a very timely fashion. Sometimes theatre companies will deduct your rep's commission from your checks and send the commission directly to your representative (but only if you authorize this). Sometimes actors prefer to have their whole check mailed to their representative in order for the representative to take out his/her commission and send the balance back to the actor.
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