The Things We Never Say...

To the Techs,

On behalf of all the performers, thank you. Your job is weird in that, the better you are at it, the less anyone notices you're there. Sometimes we link attention with importance, yet, without your silent presence, we'd all be screwed.

You're often at shows before we arrive and you stay back long after we're gone. Sometimes you're teching several shows in a row. You sit through the same scripts, the same songs, the same jokes again and again. Your patience knows no bounds, as soon as we notice a mistake, we are on you like pouncing tigers. But still, you show up. You create your magic through sound, set, or lights and you make the show complete.

We may forget to thank you as often as we should. We may be short with you, ungrateful, or downright rude. And on behalf of all performers, I apologize for this. You are every bit as important for this show as us. You are our co-stars. You are our heroes, and you are our guardian angels - sometimes literally shining light down on is in times of darkness.

So thanks, keep us the great work.

-The performers.