If your theater or organization meets any of the following criteria, you are considered professional for the purposes of performance-rights licensing:
- Any of your actors is a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) being compensated at greater than or equal to minimum scale.
- Any of your actors, AEA member or otherwise, is being compensated at greater than or equal to $500 per week.
- Your director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) being compensated at greater than or equal to minimum scale.
- Your director, SDC member or otherwise, is being compensated at greater than or equal to $500 per week.
- Any tickets are sold for $50 or more.