Michael Shannon

[emailjnm]

@Simon - just got a "Grace" playbill in the mail today. Sent it out Oct. 3rd, got it back now (Nov. 16th). The show goes until January, I believe. All I did was get a regular 6x9 envelope, slap two forever stamps on it, and add a nice LOR with a 6x9 SASE + two forever stamps inside of that. I sent a letter (same deal) directly to Shannon, as well, along with a Toronto International Film Festival ticket stub from the "Iceman" screening I attended this year so he could sign it. Haven't received that back yet. So it seems like your best bet would be to contact the stage manager directly. Good luck! - Joe

[Simon]

Hi Joe Thank u 4 this can i ask did u address the envelope 2 a Certain person or just to the Stage Manager? Also what do i need to write? Thanks

[emailjnm]

If you want it to get to a specific person in the production, put their name at the top like this:

Michael Shannon
“Grace”
c/o Cort Theatre
138 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10019

If you want it to get to the stage manager (and thus get him to get to all the stars), do it like this:

“Grace”
ATTN: Stage Manager
c/o Cort Theatre
138 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10019

If you send a letter to the stage manager, ONLY do so if you want a signed playbill. Don't ask for him/her to pass along photos or whatever to the stars - that won't happen. So if you want Michael Shannon to sign something, send it directly to him. But if you just want a playbill and get everyone's autograph (which is far more common and easier to get), then go with just asking for a playbill.

That's all the advice I have. I only just started myself, but I've been researching and learning over the last month. Hope it helps!

Here's a YouTube video that shows exactly what you should do and how you should do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9E8CXmhMJQ

[Simon]

Emailjnm can i THANK U for your advice which i took and i recvd a Signed playbill this Morning with Michaels signuture on it.

Thank You so Much it was well appreciated!!

[emailjnm]

Congrats, Simon! So did you get it signed by the whole cast or just by Shannon?

[Simon]

Yes it was done by the whole cast though it was only Shannon i wanted..lol

Just reading your Most Wants got all of them apart from Michael Fassbender, Edward Norton, Ryan Gosling, Chloe Moretz,

Though i did meet Norton twice and he Refused just the 2 off us, he is a very difficult signer.