5) Production may require up to two (2) hours of additional tech rehearsal the day after the first
performance.
Presenter must make its tech staff available for this rehearsal at no additional charge
to
Producer.
"May" is optional. "Must" is required. You're telling the venue to schedule people for something that might not happen. If you decide not to rehearse, you need to pay them. Saying they must be available at no extra charge to you isn't going to happen. I'd give you my billing rates for my crew and you can either pay the minimum, pay for the actual time, or elect to not do it so that I don't have to schedule somebody.
6) If Company is travelling by air,
Presenter will pay for and provide all transportation between airport
and hotel and between hotel to
venue.
Be more specific as to the type of transportation and the quality of the driver, otherwise you run the risk of getting some tweaker stagehand in a '72 Datsun 280z try to wedge you and your team into his rattle trap sled of a car.
7) If travelling by
vehicle, Production will arrive in a SUV or van and
Presenter must provide parking at
the
venue
Specify that parking must be at the loading dock, or within a certain range of the stage entrance. You might wind up in a parking garage a half mile away otherwise. If said garage is on the venue property, you're still "at the venue". Think- how far away are Vegas casino parking garages from the showroom?
8) Sanitary toilet facilities with hot and cold running water must be provided for cast. These restrooms
should be separate from those provided for the audience.
"Should" is discretionary, and "must" is non-negotiable. Word this with "must".
9) Production requires access to drinking water. If water fountains are not available,
Presenter is
responsible to pay for and provide drinking water to show cast and crew at no additional charge to
Producer.
Presenter is responsible to pay for and provide soft drinks, tea, coffee and an assortment
of healthy snacks (example: assortment of fruit, yogurt, muffins,
etc.) for
Load-in as well as one (1)
hot meal show cast and
producer/tour manager at least two hours prior to performance.
Drinking fountains cannot be your only option. Bottled water is a must. You must also specify quantities of each and every item, otherwise you're going to wind up with 3 soft drinks, no ice, no cups, a warm vat of tea, and since I think that Snickers are healthy snacks because of the peanuts in them, you'll wind up with that. Hope nobody you're bringing has nut allergies?
11)
Presenter shall supply a production office for
producer/tour manager
How many phone lines do you need? Data lines? Are you bringing a phone? Do you need a printer? A computer? Tables? Chairs? How many outlets do you need? If you don't get specific, you're going to get stuck in a cinderblock box with none of these things by somebody.
13)
Producer must be informed of any picture
call and requests for Meet & Greets no less than 48
hours prior to the
call, barring extenuating circumstances.
What determines extenuating circumstances? Remove that part, otherwise the ball is in someone else's court, not yours.
1) A
level playing space
clear of obstructions with a width of 28 to 48 feet and a depth of 13 feet.
Do you have requirements for the actual surface? Does it matter if the floor is wood or concrete? Sprung or not? Again, be very specific.
A small box weighing approximately 3.5 pounds will be hung
downstage right using touring rope
and a
carabiner. It remains static throughout the performance.
How will this be hung, on what kind of rope? At what height? If you came into my venue and none of this was properly set up to be hung, it won't be. If I inspect it at load in and anything is wrong with it, it won't be hung. Is that an actual rated carabiner, or a key chain that looks like a carabiner? Most venues will do the same thing.
11) Hanging position for touring
backdrop at back of specified playing space required.
Backdrop
measures 48 feet wide x 30 feet high. A black drape is to be hung on the same
line and will sit
behind
backdrop to prevent light leak. Chain or tail
batten required, pocket measures 2.4 inches.
Scenic
masking to top and sides of
backdrop if required. The
backdrop remains static throughout
the performance.
You'll have all this flameproofed, and documentation for it, yes?
2) Production requires one (1)
venue staff to assist with the
Load-in, set up, breakdown, and
Load-Out
of the show. This includes unpacking, hanging and packing
backdrop, hanging and unhanging box.
You should ask about the minimum crew requirements of the venue. I can't figure out how to safely hang things on a lineset without 2 people.
Presenter will kindly provide local crew and supplies for basic set, wardrobe, and
props repairs at
no additional charge to Production.
Again, use the term "shall". I don't have to kindly provide anyone with anything for free. My venue is a for-profit operation, nobody rides for free. Why am I paying to fix your problems?
Sound and lighting: be (again) very specific about what you actually need. Podunk County Playhouse may not have the PA you're thinking of, and the
current language leaves things wide open to any number of set
ups.
Now, for some fun and a very good example of how specific to get with a
rider, you need to read Iggy Pop's
rider. In terms of details, aim in this direction as to make your problems disappear before you even show up. Jos, Iggy and that lot have been at it a while. They know what they're doing, and it would benefit you (as well as make you chuckle) to read this several times.
Behold the raw
power!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/iggy-pop-2012-rider?page=1