Hire costumed characters
in Irvine.
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 Irvine and the surrounding CA area with 100% W-2 talent, full insurance, and senior captains on every event. Irvine is the corporate offsite capital of Orange County — Blizzard, Broadcom, Edwards Lifesciences, Glidewell, and the broader Irvine Spectrum tech corridor all run their major HR offsites and partner days here. We staff brand ambassadors and lead-capture for product launches in the Spectrum / Great Park business district, family days and team-building production at the Orange County Great Park, registration and check-in for corporate offsites at the Irvine Marriott and Hyatt Regency, and demo crews for healthcare-tech events at Edwards and Allergan. Roster runs heavily bilingual EN/ES with strong Mandarin, Korean, and Vietnamese pools — the actual demographic reality of Irvine, not the brochure version. All staff are 100% W-2 and AB-5 compliant.
- Costumed Characters dispatched anywhere in Irvine
- 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 Irvine?+
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 Irvine.
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 Irvine. 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 Irvine character performers trained?+
Yes — every Showcraft character performer in Irvine 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 Irvine character performers W-2 and insured?+
Yes. Every character performer Showcraft deploys in Irvine 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.
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