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ACTRA’s Minors’ Trust Explained
The ACTRA PRS Minors’ Trust holds 25 per cent of a child performer’s lifetime earnings over $5,000 until they turn 18. When the young performer turns 18, every dollar contributed to the trust, plus the interest accrued, is made available for the performer to withdraw.
New Audition Rules: What Performers Need to Know
Performers voiced their concerns to us over the pandemic about onerous expectations for self-tape auditions. ACTRA was successful in negotiating some improvements to audition requirements in the latest IPA, and here are some of the highlights.
IPA 101: How Do I Get Paid for Voice Work?
There are a lot of ways that ACTRA performers can be contracted for the use of their voice. It can be confusing, especially if you are working with a producer who isn’t familiar with all the options available to them.
IPA Exclusions 101
Members, if you are asked to ‘be yourself’ or Production would like to interview you for a documentary, that Production must ‘go ACTRA’ and fill out the required paperwork in order for you to appear on their show and access the exclusions.