# 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Performers and Broadway Fans

**Actor Aesthetic’s 2023 holiday gift guide** aims to make shopping for actors and theatre kids more personal, thoughtful and FUN!

Here are **25+ gift ideas** any performer or Broadway fan will adore.

## Broadway or Bust:

### Scenery Bags

#### Own a piece of Broadway! [**Scenery Bags**](https://scenerybags.com/) handmakes accessories from discarded theatrical materials, and a portion of all proceeds is donated to TDF to introduce students to theatre.

[Shop Now](https://scenerybags.com/)

### Periodic Table of Broadway Musicals

#### 118 of the greatest musicals of all time in one richly illustrated poster, [**The Periodic Table of Broadway Musicals**](https://www.periodictablebway.com/) belongs on every musical theatre lover’s wall.

[Shop Here](https://www.periodictablebway.com/)

### Coloring Broadway

#### Inspired by Broadway, Colored by YOU! Add your own colors to the lyrics you love. Great gifts for theatre nerds of all ages.

[Shop Here](https://www.coloringbroadway.com/)

### SALBERT DESIGNS

#### **_salbert_** was born in 2017 out of a need for lightweight jewelry.

[SHOP HERE](https://salbertdesigns.com/)

### Curtain Call Cosmetics

#### Curtain Call Cosmetics specializes in hand-mixed Broadway inspired nail polish.

[Shop Here](https://www.etsy.com/shop/CurtainCallCosmetics)

## Essentials For Actors:

### Amazon finds:

### Ring Light

#### A **self-tape** is an audition the actor films remotely. Help an actor out by giving the gift of a **ring-light** to use for self-tapes!

[Buy Now](https://amzn.to/47AYvyK)

### MyPurmist Handheld Steamer

#### **Mypurmist® steam inhalers** are proven to provide fast, natural, drug-free relief from allergies.

[Buy Here](https://amzn.to/2JyoJfn)

### STanley Cup

#### Every performer knows how important it is to stay hydrated! Give the gift of a **Stanley**.

[Buy Here](https://amzn.to/3GmUnXj)

### BeltBox

#### Acting as a portable warm-up room, The [**BELTBOX**](http://www.beltyafaceoff.com/) is a vocal dampener for singers.

[Buy Here](https://amzn.to/2HSbdTu)

## Must-Read Books For Performers:

01. [“The Professional Actors Handbook: From Casting Call by Julio Agustin](https://amzn.to/3Gmlemh)
02. [“Dear Future Producer: A Guide To Create Your Own Content And Gain Creative Freedom” by Maggie Stiggers](https://amzn.to/4802gxE)
03. [“When Broadway Was Black” by Caseen Gaines](https://amzn.to/3Gmlemh)
04. [“An Actor’s Life” by Jenna Fischer](https://amzn.to/3Ip6DGH)
05. [“How To Stop Acting” by Harold Guskin](https://amzn.to/3ErIY61)
06. [“El Camino Del Artista” by Julia Cameron](https://amzn.to/3xW1yAI)
07. [“Black Broadway: African Americans on the Great White Way ” by Stewart F. Lane](https://amzn.to/3Ip8bjK)
08. [Sondheim’s “Finishing the Hat”](https://amzn.to/3Gmebbr)
09. [Sondheim’s “Look I Made A Hat”](https://amzn.to/2ZV4yRd)
10. [“If You Have To Cry Go Outside” by Kelly Cutrone](https://amzn.to/3lBDKNJ)
11. [“Respect For Acting” by Uta Hagen](https://amzn.to/3Et7GD4)
12. [“An Actor Prepares” by Stanislavski](https://amzn.to/3onPxAX)
13. [“Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays” by David Ball](https://amzn.to/3rzlLeB)
14. [“The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles” by Steven Pressfield](https://amzn.to/3osAtCd)
15. [“Audition” by Michael Shurtleff](https://amzn.to/3GdicPh)