Universal often casts dancers to add to the Atmosphere out in the park. Guests enjoy energy filled dance numbers by characters and variety performers alike, who meet with the guests for pictures and autographs after their performance.
Requirements: Intermediate and advanced levels of dance. Great guest interaction skills. Theme park experience a plus.

Donkey-As the ever-positive companion of Shrek and Fiona, this noble steed entertains guests with his quick wit and his waffle cart.
Requirements: Male or Female improvisational actor must have puppeteer experience and be able to impersonate Eddie Murphy's voice as Donkey.

Performers can entertain guests as part of an improv troupe that roams the park, or as a pre-show performer in shows like Hollywood Animal Actors. This position is normally included in Atmosphere Auditions; please check the Atmosphere Audition Schedule.
Requirements: Male and female performers with Improv experience, dialects are a plus, previous theme park experience a plus.

All Cartoon Characters, Atmosphere Dancers, Celebrity Look-a-Likes, Puppeteers, and Improv Performers hired for these positions will be covered under the terms and conditions of a collective bargaining agreement with the American Guild of Variety Artists.

Atmosphere Entertainment is always seeking specialty acts to fill the streets with entertaining and exciting streetmosphere. Atmosphere Entertainment occasionally holds auditions for specific talents/specialties, as well as accepts promotional material from existing performers and groups.

Musicians and Bands-The Atmosphere department is always looking for themed musical acts to entertain our park guests. Turn-key bands are a plus.

Variety Artists-Including jugglers, mimes, stilt walkers, etc...

If you have a unique or awe-inspiring act please send your promotional material to:

Universal Studios Hollywood
ATTN: Atmosphere Entertainment
100 Universal City Plaza
Building 5511/4
Universal City, CA 91608