If you are a member of SAG, the following rules apply:
Do performers get paid for auditions?
- 1st and 2nd Auditions: No payment is due for the first hour from the call time or arrival time, whichever is later. For each additional half-hour, a performer is entitled to $37.00.
- 3rd Audition: No payment is due for the first 2 hours as long as 3 or fewer performers are called back per role, and none of those performers is on their first audition. Otherwise, a performer is entitled to $148.10 for the first 2 hours. For each additional half-hour over 2 hours, $37.00 is due.
- 4th Audition & thereafter: No payment is due for the first 2 hours as long as 3 or fewer performers are called back per role, and none of those performers is on their first audition. (For each additional half-hour, $37.00 is due.) Otherwise, a performer is entitled to $296.10 for the first 4 hours. For each additional half-hour, $37.00 is due.
- Remember to use your SAG member ID number, not your Social Security number, to prevent identify theft and to sign in and out. If you are entitled to audition overtime and do not receive a check within 12 business days, contact the SAG office so that a claim can be filed. Do not use “on file” on the audition sign-in sheets. Please be aware that if you do not put down an ID #, you may not be paid. Additionally, Pension and Health contributions are made on audition payments – yet another reason to make sure you are properly compensated.
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