Mermaid & Princess Performers | Fun, Flexible Student Job
Be a mermaid. Be a princess. Get paid. ๐งโโ๏ธ๐
Your coolest college job could come with a mermaid tail or a princess gown.
$25โ$50/hour with tips at our Newport Beach venue. $100/hour for outside events. Flexible, part-time work around classes.
Imagine clocking in to a world of mermaid lagoons, a grotto, a jellyfish salon, an indoor treehouse, and princess tea parties on Balboa Island. Your job: step into character, make children laugh, tell unforgettable stories, and become the person they cannot wait to see again.
Once Upon An Island is hiring mermaid and princess performers for venue experiences, birthday parties, and traveling events. Bring your personality, your warmth, and your biggest imagination.
๐ธ Meet our real performers and see your future workplace
๐ฌ Watch our mermaid parties ยท ๐ฌ Watch our princess celebrations
Why you will love it
- High-paying, creative work with tips at our venue and a separate $100/hour rate for outside events.
- A college-friendly, part-time schedule with availability coordinated around classes and booked events.
- A cast to belong to. Perform alongside people who love storytelling, children, and making each other smile.
- Training provided. Previous professional character experience is not required.
- Ongoing opportunities beyond the Christmas season.
Choose your character
Mermaids: Create your own original underwater personality and share it through playful conversations, transformations, tea parties, and birthday adventures.
Princesses: Bring beloved stories to life through character interactions, storytelling, private experiences, and celebrations at our venue and family homes.
Founded by Heather Burbich, a former Disney princess performer at Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Disney Cruise Line, Once Upon An Island is built around giving children time to connect with the characters they love.
Who we would love to meet
Warm, dependable, expressive people who enjoy children, teamwork, and staying in character when a child asks the wonderfully unexpected. Theatre, improv, dance, and childcare experience are welcome. Singing is optional. Tell us your availability, including weekends.
Ready for your main-character job?
Apply here on Handshake. Tell us whether you are interested in mermaids, princesses, or both. Review the role-specific self-tape directions and photos, then send a viewable audition link in a Handshake message. A phone camera and everyday clothes are fine. Selected applicants will be invited to an in-person callback in Newport Beach.
Questions? Message Heather here or email info@onceuponanisland.net.
Once Upon An Island ยท Balboa Island, Newport Beach, CA