It’s the holidays, and that means one thing:
people everywhere are trying to figure out what on earth to buy the actor in their life.

So in this episode of The Working Actor NYC, Patrick and I put together the ultimate gift guide — featuring 20 actor gifts that range from genuinely helpful… to deeply questionable… to what fever dream did this Etsy creator wake up from?

Full link list below. We’ve got everything from:
🎭 A website promising “How To Get A Restaurant Job With Zero Experience”
🕯️ A “Smells Like World’s Best Actor” candle
🎖️ A Tony Award replica (tell me you don’t want one…)
🛋️ Your own face on street furniture (yes, really)
🔪 A Sweeney Todd straight razor (please don’t give this to method actors)
🧣 A Shakespeare throw blanket for the drama queen in your life
🧑‍🎨 And… The Working Actor NYC Merch Table, obviously.
(Truly the perfect gift. I don’t make the rules.)

Some gifts are sweet.
Some are ridiculous.
Some are surprisingly awesome.
And one of them is literally a bus stop bench with your headshot on it.

But honestly?
The best gift for your actor might just be what we talk about at the end:
love, support, and a soft place to land when the industry gets loud.

Happy holidays from The Working Actor NYC — now go get your theatre kid something magical.