"I managed to get him to sign it before leaving that evening. He was in a big hurry to leave after the show and apologized while signing that he didn't have time to personalize it (I also suspected he didn't want to have others see him sign it, thereby delaying his exit).

I worked for FDU at the time and was able to get "backstage" as I knew most of the FDU employees and students running the show. In my brief encounter Shep was very pleasant."