Hire costumed characters
in Santa Ana.
Trained character performers in screen-accurate costumes for retail openings, family days, brand activations, and corporate events with kid-facing components.
OC corporate character work runs heaviest at Anaheim Resort District activations (where a portion of our character roster has prior Disneyland Resort and Universal training), Fashion Island and South Coast Plaza retail openings that want a branded mascot to anchor the crowd, and themed performers for murder mysteries and immersive corporate events at Newport and Irvine venues. Brand marketing teams use our characters for retail launches, family days hosted by employer brands, and themed corporate parties. Our OC character pool understands resort-district operational standards — character integrity, gesture, gait, and the boundary between IP-safe brand performance and trademarked properties. 100% W-2, AB-5 and AB-2257 compliant.
Showcraft serves Santa Ana and the surrounding CA area with 100% W-2 talent, full insurance, and senior captains on every event. Santa Ana is the cultural and civic anchor of Orange County — the OC government center, the Bowers Museum, the Discovery Cube, and the Downtown Santa Anita Arts District all anchor a real event calendar that the rest of OC underestimates. We staff brand ambassadors and demo crews for Downtown SA Artwalk activations, lead-capture and registration for civic and government conferences at the OC Sheriff Training Academy and Bren Center adjacencies, family-day production at the Discovery Cube and Bowers Museum, and bilingual community-activation crews across the Fourth Street and Bristol Street corridors. Roster is one of our most heavily bilingual EN/ES pools — Santa Ana is the most Latino-majority large city in OC, and our staff reflects that. All staff are 100% W-2 and AB-5 compliant.
- Costumed Characters dispatched anywhere in Santa Ana
- 100% W-2 staff (CA AB-5 / AB-2257 compliant)
- Comprehensive GL + workers' comp on every event
- COI naming your venue and additional insureds
- Captain on-site for events with 6+ staff
Costumed Characters at Santa Ana venues we know.
Other character experiences we offer in Santa Ana.
Costumed Characters in nearby cities:
Questions Santa Ana buyers ask about costumed characters.
What kind of corporate events use costumed characters in Santa Ana?+
Retail grand openings, brand activations with family-day components, trade show booth attractors, sports promotions, company family days, and corporate holiday parties in Orange County. Costumed characters pull foot traffic, anchor photo moments, and add a memorable layer to brand-led events in Santa Ana.
What's the difference between a Showcraft character and a Characters.io character?+
Same talent roster, different lane. Showcraft handles the corporate side — brand activations, retail openings, trade show floors, and corporate family days in Santa Ana. Characters.io handles consumer and private events. The performers are W-2 employees of the same parent company, with the same vetting and training standards.
Are your Santa Ana character performers trained?+
Yes — every Showcraft character performer in Santa Ana is a working actor with character-performance training (movement, in-character voice work, photo-pose discipline, guest interaction). They're not random people in costume; they're vetted performers backed by Characters.io's 18-year track record.
Are your Santa Ana character performers W-2 and insured?+
Yes. Every character performer Showcraft deploys in Santa Ana is a W-2 employee with workers' comp and general liability coverage. We issue COIs naming the venue and additional insureds. In California, the payroll structure is fully AB-5 / AB-2257 compliant.
Hire costumed characters in Santa Ana today. on demand.
Tell us what you're putting on. Quote in minutes, talent on-site in days. No phone tree.