North Pole Experience Santa Claus

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.•Tampa, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking cheerful, exceptionally kind and dedicated talent to create a memorable, family friendly Santa's North Pole experience. Skilled performance actors to fill the role of the Main Guy in the red suit. This is a live acting role that requires extensive guest interactions and the ability to create a realistic North Pole Experience.

Requirements

At least 18 years of age
Maintaining a tidy and safe work area
Responsible for clocking in and out at the beginning and end of assigned shifts
Available for shifts between the times of 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM on event nights and during some rehearsals (Shifts will vary and some start later in the day)
Available for rehearsals, to include weekend days which occur on select nights prior to the event openings
Able to disclose accurate availability for all event/rehearsal dates during the audition process
Talent must have the ability to sit for extended periods of time
You will be asked to learn a dance combination and participate in improve and athletic stamina exercises.
Costumed character auditions are based primarily on movement, non-verbal communication, and physical coordination.
Please arrive early enough to stretch and warm up before the audition begins.
Please wear form fitting dance attire that allows a full range of movement and tennis or jazz shoes.
Please do not wear jeans.
Prepare a resume and headshot, which will be retained by the audition team.

Nice To Haves

Actors - Great stage presence and interactive comedic skills that excel at improvisation.
Costumed Characters - Personable, animated people with fun, outgoing personalities to bring Sesame Street® characters to life.
Dancers - Demonstrate technical proficiency in a variety of styles including jazz, musical theatre, ballet, and modern. Partnering skills, break dancing, tumbling, tap, or other specialties are a plus.
Event Performers - Bring our special and seasonal events to life such as Event Host, Culinary Performers and Santa's Helpers.
Instrumentalists - Proficient in percussion, brass, woodwinds or guitar. All instrumentalists should have the ability to play varying styles ranging from pop/rock to Motown to gospel and must be able to memorize music for shows and perform with great stage presence.
Scare Squad - Enthusiastic performers, who are passionate about Halloween, to add fun and scary excitement to our award-winning Howl-O-Scream events.
Vocalists - Great energy and stage presence who can demonstrate technical proficiency in a variety of styles including pop, rock, musical theatre, classical, contemporary, and a cappella vocal styling. Capacity to hear/sing harmonies is a must. Sight reading skills are not required but are preferred.

Responsibilities

Create a realistic North Pole Santa Claus experience for families at Busch Gardens Christmas Town
Interact with guests of all ages to create a magical Christmas experience
Pose for photographs
Consistently perform the same high energy, in character experience repetitively throughout the night of the event
Take and implement direction from Production Team
Maintain a professional, in character demeanor at all times while working with a diverse group of customers, leadership and co-workers
Perform other duties as assigned based on business need
Develops skills/knowledge to maintain excellent quality show/appearance
Follows through on show notes to ensure progress in specific areas and adhere to creative vision of the Production Team
Maintain personal appearance by meeting costume and make-up requirements