Hire costumed characters
in Venice.
Trained character performers in screen-accurate costumes for retail openings, family days, brand activations, and corporate events with kid-facing components.
Corporate character work in LA splits across three lanes — branded mascots at retail openings on Rodeo Drive and the Grove, costumed characters at brand family days for studio and agency clients, and themed performers (period actors, sci-fi, noir) for murder mysteries and immersive corporate experiences across DTLA and Hollywood. Showcraft's LA character roster overlaps with our working-actor pool: SAG-AFTRA performers comfortable in costume, on camera, and in front of executive audiences. Brand marketing teams at studios, CPG companies, and Westside tech book us for activations where a mascot or themed performer needs to actually perform — not just stand there. 100% W-2, AB-5 and AB-2257 compliant.
Venice is the Westside's creative-and-CPG anchor — the Abbot Kinney corridor runs as a year-round flagship-launch destination, Boardwalk activations dominate brand sampling calendars, and Snap's Venice campus drives a steady tech-offsite calendar. We staff brand ambassadors and demo teams for CPG launches along Abbot Kinney and Rose, lead-capture for tech offsites at Snap and surrounding studios, sampling crews for the Boardwalk and Strand, and host teams for First Fridays and pop-up retail. Our Venice talent skews younger, on-camera-comfortable, and built for the surf/skate creative aesthetic that Venice brands lean into. Bilingual EN/ES talent available across all roles. All staff are 100% W-2 and AB-5 compliant.
- Costumed Characters dispatched anywhere in Venice
- 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
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What kind of corporate events use costumed characters in Venice?+
Retail grand openings, brand activations with family-day components, trade show booth attractors, sports promotions, company family days, and corporate holiday parties in Los Angeles. Costumed characters pull foot traffic, anchor photo moments, and add a memorable layer to brand-led events in Venice.
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 Venice. 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 Venice character performers trained?+
Yes — every Showcraft character performer in Venice 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 Venice character performers W-2 and insured?+
Yes. Every character performer Showcraft deploys in Venice 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 Venice today. on demand.
Tell us what you're putting on. Quote in under 24 hours, rush staffing available. No phone tree.