We also, through long experience with Playwrights Canada Press and other publishers, have developed a recommended publishing contract , that lays out the terms you can expect to see if you are offered an agreement. If the contract you are offered differs signifigantly from this one, you may want to contact our office to discuss it. When a school, community group or other amateur group wants to produce your play, the representative will contact PUC to make arrangements about date, number of performances, promotion plans and royalty to the playwright. At the end of the production run, the amateur group will make a final accounting to PUC and enclose a cheque for the agreed on remuneration, plus copies of promotional material and reviews, if any. This service to members is optional.
Some members prefer to administer their own amateur rights.
Over the years, PUC has built up a list of theatres and other international connections which will also receive the catalogue. Finally, the catalogue is distributed at any displays PUC attends. In this programme, requested scripts are copied and cirlox bound, using the title page as a cover, on card stock. The PUC catalogue is now a searchable on-line database. The Playwrights Union of Canada administers a portion of the programme on behalf of its members.