Writing letters to performers....

You can't always write directly to a theatre. A few times I've had them returned to me if the show has been at the theatre before and the post office considers it an invalid address.

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My friend of mine has been into writing to the actors to ask them questions on performing etc or to talk about the show that they are in or things like that. As a theatre fan for years I must say that that is something that I kind of want to do but never have gotten around to doing it. She uses facebook and write them a fan message that way. And, to my surprise a vast majority of them have been friendly. The only way I would even consider doing something like this is if the actor or actress has a website and they offer their email address on the website.

It's interesting, now that I realize it. I remember going to the website of Tale Of Two Cities and the cast on the website for the most part had either their myspace or facebook or both. And keep in mind that there are performers who use myspace and facebook as a way to interact wit the fans and of course family. And, then there are others who just use it for personal reasons.

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I have also learned by witnessing that if you stage door the same show more then once and your quite they tend not to find you as freaky as those who chat with the actors like they are good friends. I remember being at In The Heights and there was someone there who I guess had seen the show a bunch of times. Now, I have seen it a couple of times and stage doored both times. But, the difference between me and the other person was that they were chatting it up with the cast as if they knew them. Yet, when one of the actresses went to her it was clear that she was uncomfortable with his actions. But, when she came to me she was joking with me about how I am always quite and if I ever talk etc and that in and of itself got a little chat started.

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If an actor contacts you would that allow you to be a little more friendly I would think?

I have only ever written a letter once. I usually go through Facebook or Myspace if I have a question or just to tell them what I thought of the show if I didn't get a chance to stagedoor and tell them that way. All the people I have contacted that way are very nice about it and will answer my questions and write back to me. But then again I don't do that all the time or to everyone in the cast. Just the ones that have kinda gotten know me through stagedoor meetings.

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Ok, thanks

I emailed an actor from Chicago's Spelling Bee cast, and he answered all of my question and was really nice about it.

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