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The Big "Thank You Notes" Thread!

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KC_SM_0807:
I do thank you notes for all cast and crew, and usually buy a small gift for my ASM and Director.  You want to leave a good impression... as stated above, you never know who might know someone.  That one thank you note may serve as a rememberance of you work, and therefore may get you another job.  I also just love thanking the cast and crew to show that everyone in every area or production is appreciated.

KFullerton:
My last show I did a general thank you to the cast by making a big plate of cookies and sticking them on the table in the makeup room downstairs with a note on them.

I did smaller thank-you notes for my crew, they weren't fantastic but they tried so I felt they deserved something.

My booth crew was awesome, so I wrote a little more in their cards than the others.

And then both of my ASMs (both non-SM majors, one is a dramaturg and the other is my best friend who's an actress who got thrown in due to lack of ASMs and did amazingly well) a dozen roses and Venti Frappuchinos that I sat on their tables right before they got to the theatre.

As for the director....well...she got the finger for her thank you gift when she wasn't looking...

Didaskalos:
A director I had in college had a creative way of making thankyou cards, which I have adopted.  He took a few of the show posters and cut them into card-sized sections, folded them in half so that the printed side of the poster became the outside of the card, and wrote his sentiments on the blank inside.  Cheap, unique, easy and very memorable.

stgmgr4life:
It depends on the show and how much time you have. I've always been a very personal person. I enjoy writing cards but that can get pretty costly when you have a large orchestra, cast and crew. The last show I worked on my SM made me a blanket! Where she found the time I have no idea and while I'm very grateful I also think she's crazy to have been able to do everything and make me a blanket from scratch. Now mind you this was our second time working together but I doubt I'll ever make someone a blanket. At least not while SMing a show at the same time. For me it really depends on who you're closest to while working with them. That's just me.

PSMKay:
At one house that I worked at, the pre-opening photo call usually included a full company shot with cast and crew.  The SM there would get a copy of this shot, paste it to the front of blank notecards and use those for her thank you notes.

One thing that I did on a particular show with very political overtones was to find little quirky buttons with appropriate political slogans on them for each character and leave them on the counter for all to chuckle at and take home.

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