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Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), formerly known as Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), is an independent national labor union established in 1959, representing theatrical directors and choreographers working on Broadway, National Tours, Off-Broadway, and in various resident, regional, and stock theatres throughout the United States.
SDC collectively bargains contracts with producers, creating the national standards for stage direction and choreography. SDC's Executive Board consists of 34 directors and choreographers working across the country. Twenty-nine Board members serve at-large and five Board members serve as Regional Representatives, charged with serving the interests of their region as part of their Executive Board service. Regional Reps are voted on by the entire Membership. SDC's regions include Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western, and Northwest.
Currently, the President of the Executive Board is Evan Yionoulis and the Union's Executive Director is Laura Penn. SDC is based in NYC, where it has been based since 2015.
Professional stage directors and choreographers become Members of SDC in order to unite with one another, collectively bargain for better terms and working conditions, and be legally protected in their work. SDC collectively bargains agreements with employers, creating the national standards for the employment of stage directors and choreographers.
SDC covers the employment of directors and choreographers under Collectively Bargained Agreements in the following jurisdictions: Broadway, National Tours, Off-Broadway, Association of Non-Profit Theatre Companies in New York City (ANTC), League of Resident Theatres (LORT), Council of Resident Stock Theatres (CORST), Traditional Summer Sock (TSS), New England Area Theatre (NEAT), Regional Musical Theatre (RMT), and Outdoor Musical Stock (OMS).
SDC also provides Tier, Regional Commercial, Development, and Special contracts to protect Members who wish to work for theatres or producers not covered by or referenced to one of the above-mentioned Collectively Bargained Agreements. In addition, SDC negotiates Independent Producer Agreements with individual theatres, some of which reference a collectively bargained agreement listed above, while others are unique to a specific organization such as Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, New York Stage and Film, or The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, to name a few.
In recent years, SDC has expanded its jurisdiction to cover the employment of Fight Choreographers and Associate/Resident Directors and Choreographers in several of the above jurisdictions.
According to SDC's reports to the Department of Labor, the union is composed of “Members” and “Associate Members,” with the latter ineligible to vote in the Union.
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Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), formerly known as Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), is an independent national labor union established in 1959, representing theatrical directors and choreographers working on Broadway, National Tours, Off-Broadway, and in various resident, regional, and stock theatres throughout the United States.
SDC collectively bargains contracts with producers, creating the national standards for stage direction and choreography. SDC's Executive Board consists of 34 directors and choreographers working across the country. Twenty-nine Board members serve at-large and five Board members serve as Regional Representatives, charged with serving the interests of their region as part of their Executive Board service. Regional Reps are voted on by the entire Membership. SDC's regions include Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western, and Northwest.
Currently, the President of the Executive Board is Evan Yionoulis and the Union's Executive Director is Laura Penn. SDC is based in NYC, where it has been based since 2015.
Professional stage directors and choreographers become Members of SDC in order to unite with one another, collectively bargain for better terms and working conditions, and be legally protected in their work. SDC collectively bargains agreements with employers, creating the national standards for the employment of stage directors and choreographers.
SDC covers the employment of directors and choreographers under Collectively Bargained Agreements in the following jurisdictions: Broadway, National Tours, Off-Broadway, Association of Non-Profit Theatre Companies in New York City (ANTC), League of Resident Theatres (LORT), Council of Resident Stock Theatres (CORST), Traditional Summer Sock (TSS), New England Area Theatre (NEAT), Regional Musical Theatre (RMT), and Outdoor Musical Stock (OMS).
SDC also provides Tier, Regional Commercial, Development, and Special contracts to protect Members who wish to work for theatres or producers not covered by or referenced to one of the above-mentioned Collectively Bargained Agreements. In addition, SDC negotiates Independent Producer Agreements with individual theatres, some of which reference a collectively bargained agreement listed above, while others are unique to a specific organization such as Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, New York Stage and Film, or The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, to name a few.
In recent years, SDC has expanded its jurisdiction to cover the employment of Fight Choreographers and Associate/Resident Directors and Choreographers in several of the above jurisdictions.
According to SDC's reports to the Department of Labor, the union is composed of “Members” and “Associate Members,” with the latter ineligible to vote in the Union.