I don't need a response? I honestly just want to compliment someone's performance and if I include a SASE I feel like it will be asking for a response when all I really want is to just pass my message on. But it seems like everyone says it's rude not to include one, so, just checking...
No, it isn't rude. I guess it was almost two years ago when I gave a certain actor a personal note wishing him a happy birthday, etc. Sircumstances worked out so I was able to hand deliver it to him actually on his birthday. I had met him quite a few times before that night, but after that, he associated a name with a face. (For better or worse.)
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
From a person that's sent many short stories and plays to magazines and theatres, and included many SASE, and still get no responses (and when I do it is a form letter), I'll say no, it is not rude if you don't include one, especially in this case. Now if you were submitting a play or a short story, that's different.