Mayhem said:
I think that any item from the vast selection of
ControlBooth.com merchandise would be a perfect gift.
Suck up 8)
Given they are professional, perhaps a cast and crew 8x10 photo before the set giving the year, production and a huge thanks, perhaps even signed by everyone or a "the crew" would with a frame to hang from be very nice. Types of stuff one could plaster one's wall at work or home with and spark conversation in being proud of one's kids.
Gift certificate for sure is out, if nothing else to me it would mean something the theater needs in
purchase if not too little to be of value to me to remember having.
Other stuff as curiosities in melted plugs are additional to such things I would think. Unless they collect such things of interest, I would hope that there is not a lot of them anyway. Also to many, the junk is just that and weighs upon you as to the value of keeping beyond sentiment. At that
point also, un-personalized melted stuff would be of much more use than stuff that's highlighted and specilized. But such things I expect they would either keep or not anyway in already knowing about them as they should.
There is only so many paper weights one can use.
On the other
hand, why not a good
stage crew shirt for the show. Personal titles or not. Given they are pro's, some T-shirts I expect are not exactually rolling in. Besides I expect they are proud of the place they support thus would wear such things.
When it comes to printing, perhaps as a joke at the end of the season a pair of boxer shorts with something printed on them, otherwise stuff like monogramed socks could be of interest. A good school drama dpt. coffee mug is also of use. Perhaps a comedy and tragedy
cell phone
cover or something.
A CD of the season's musical with that mug would be nice. One to raise a smile on the commute home from work, one to drink with in the morning.
Given the advisors also have the kids breaking or abusing their tools, or just have not invested in something huge and great, how about investing in some cordless
power tool kit? Say $10.00 per show each student each show and by the end of the season there is cash on
hand for quite a present/tool kit. Otherwise given funding of kids, at least a donation with a core goal per show would probably work out better. If someone can only afford a buck they still need to be included and not excluded because they can't come up with the other nine. Everyone sits at the table and eats is the way of friends.
Given they don't do this for a living, a
book or two on doing this type of thing in the theater or industry. You know that if you buy a thing for such people in that they are doing it out of interest, they will actually read the
book also out of interest. Say some
stage sound
book etc.
Tickets to as mainstream of a Broadway show as you get would also be nice.
Destract this person for a while and engrave his tools with his name than
mark them with say a paint marker stripe so they are findable. Such things show you care enough that they get their tools back.
Parents buying a
bottle of wine for this person marginally could be appropriate also. (Sorry but not sure in being TD if adult or student, don't take the wording as offense please.)
If not normally done, especially than, during the final
curtain call, stopping everything and calling them up from the audience to recieve flowers and a card would mean a lot to them.
If you school has for the most part assigned parking, one could measure and make a sign with printed on something like "reserved for ......" with their title such as student godsend or something like that. Than hang it for the final show above a assigned parking spot's sign that is right next to the theater or in their normal spot.
Some ideas off the top of my head at least.
