[malex]

Most technicians that I have worked with loathe the idea of being placed in the lights. Our reward is the satisfaction of a job well done and hopefully a good day rate. Personally, my only request of directors is that they offer a hand to the booth and the pit during curtain calls. I don't see it as a way for the audience to recognize the people in black, but a way for the performers to remember who makes things go. I also like to try to talk directors into limiting their curtain calls. I figure a bow for supprting characters and leads, followed by a company bow suffices.