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The case, in 3 sentences
Our agreements already carry hair obligations. Nobody on our team owns those lines. Texture Ready™ trains our people and builds the system to meet them.
That's the hallway version. Everything below backs it up.
Already in the contracts
This isn't a proposal.
It's compliance.
- AEA: services that may alter or harm hair or skin require a licensed and qualified technician, paid upkeep, and restoration.
- SAG-AFTRA: requires "qualified" hair support. Never defines it. Renewed through 2030, still undefined.
- AGMA: recent agreements require oversight experienced with textured hair.
What it costs
No "contact us for pricing."
Why is the Full Standard more than either floor? It's both offers. It starts at Tier 2, where Train plus Equip bought separately runs $21,500 or more; bundled, from $19,500. Smaller productions scope Train and Equip individually. Film, TV, and commercial scoped in one call. Full detail: Training · Production Readiness
The 4 questions everyone asks
Answers, ready.
"We have a stylist."
Great! Keep them. A stylist can't build a budget line, a consent record, or an escalation path from the chair. The standard makes their work possible.
"We don't have budget."
Pricing scales to production budget. And a cohort can be shared: $8,500 covers the whole room, so 3 peer organizations sending 4 people each pay about $3,333 apiece, invoiced separately. The expensive version is discovering the gap during tech.
"We don't have time."
6 hours total, your choice of shape: three 2-hour virtual sessions, two half-days, or 1 full day, scheduled around your production calendar.
"Is this a DEI program?"
It's production infrastructure. Your agreements already carry these obligations. This is how a production meets them.
Proof
Hairspray.
25 performers.
Zero improvising.
Intake, plans, budget, and escalation in place before the first hair call. "Best-selling production in the theater's history to date," per Umbrella Arts.
Featured in American Theatre Magazine, May 2026. Speaking at Lincoln Center, October 2026.
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Subject: Hair obligations in our agreements
I want us to look at Texture Ready™, the Textured Hair Standard for Stage & Screen.
Our agreements already carry hair obligations. AEA requires a qualified technician for services like braids and relaxers. SAG-AFTRA requires "qualified" hair support and never defines the word. Right now, nobody on our team owns those lines.
Texture Ready™ trains our people and builds the system: intake, budget, vendor pathway, escalation. Pricing is public: training is $8,500, production builds start at $9,000. Their first case study is Hairspray at The Umbrella Arts Center, 25 performers, systems in place before the first hair call.
The full case, with pricing and proof: www.textureready.com
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