Table of Contents
Preface
How to Use This Book
General Contract Preparation Advice
Legal Boilerplate
PART ONE: PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
1. Rehearsal Rental
Form 1:Rehearsal Space License
2. Single Show Simple License
Form 2:Single Show Rental License (Simple)
Form 3:Single Show Theater Rental (Full License)
3. Booking Agreements
Form 4: Booking Agreement
4. Joint Ventures
Form 5: Joint Ventures
5. Concessions
Form 6: Concessionaire License
6. Programs and Souvenir Books
Form 7: Program Advertising
PART TWO: LITERARY TALENT
7. Simple Production License
Form 8: Simple Production License
8. Commissions
Form 9: Commission Agreement
9. Options to Present a Major Production
Form 10: Option to Produce Play (Nonmusical)
Form 11: Option to Produce Play (Musical)
10. Collaborations
Form 12: Collaboration Agreement (Nonmusical)
Form 13: Collaboration Agreement (Musical
11.Agreement Canceling Collaboration
Form 14: Agreement Canceling Collaboration
12.Underlying Rights
Form 15: Option for Underlying Rights(Dramatic Play)
Form 16: Option for Underlying Rights (Musical)
13. Real Person Release
Form 17: Real Person Release
14.Song Licensing
Form 18: Musical Composition License
15.Archival Recordings
Form 19: Author's Limited License to Record Play
PART THREE: PERFORMING ARTISTS
16. Non Equity Actors
Form 20: Non Equity Actor's Contract
17. Archive Recordings:Artists
Form 21: Artist's Limited Consent to Record Play
18. Nudity
Form 22: Consent to Appear Nude
19: Stage Combat and Stunts
Form 23: Consent to Stage Combat
PART FOUR: DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
20. Directors and Choreographers
Form 24: Director Agreement
Form 25: Choreographer Agreement
Appendix A: Trade Publications
Appendix B: Performing Arts Attorneys
Index

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"Anyone who is tempted to follow the gleeful example of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Babes in Arms...tell them to meet me in the barn...we're gonna put on a show should read BUSINESS AND LEGAL FORMS FOR THEATER from cover to cover. This book is so much more than just a collection of forms. Author Charles Grippo, an entertainment lawyer, playwright, and producer, clearly describes why each legal agreement is needed and explains, in plain English, the agreement's key provisions."
--David Rodger, Editor, Theater Design & Technology

"Finally! For years, we've searched in vain for a practical and usable reference and form book to recommend to our many theater clients and volunteer attorneys. Thank you, Charles Grippo, for your clarity and practical advice. Allworth Press, you've done it again. Thanks for the newest addition to our reference library!"
--Elena M. Paul, Esq., Executive Director,
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

"BUSINESS AND LEGAL FORMS FOR THEATER is a comprehensive collection of readable and (thanks to a CD-ROM)easily adaptable model contracts that will be a useful resource for anyone involved in theater production."
--Joan Channick, Deputy Director, Theatre Communications Group and Lecturer in Theatre Management, Yale School of Drama

"Hey, get a 'Grippo' and spend less time on the 'Biz' and more on the 'Show!'"
--Jimmy Binns, Artistic Director,
Noble Fool Theater Company

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