Halloween Scare Actor

Field of Horrors in Troy, NY is hiring Halloween Scare Actors for their 2023 haunted attraction season. This is a live performance role where actors inhabit character-driven scares across seven distinct haunted house environments, delivering scripted and improvised interactions to paying audiences night after night. The role suits performers with a background in physical theatre, stunt performance, or live entertainment who thrive in high-energy, crowd-facing work.

About the Role

Halloween Scare Actors at Field of Horrors are placed within one of seven haunted house sets, each with its own aesthetic and character roster, running live performances across the full season. A typical shift runs from 5:00 PM to midnight on weekends, with actors cycling through crowd interactions, physical movement sequences, and character hold positions. This is seasonal live performance work, not a rehearsal-heavy shoot, so adaptability and stamina on the floor matter more than prior credits.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform character-driven scare interactions with guests moving through assigned haunted house environments across the full seasonal run.
• Execute physical performance elements including running, jumping, and sustained character physicality over multi-hour shifts.
• Maintain character consistency and energy levels across repeated live performance cycles throughout each evening.
• Take direction from production staff during training and apply scare technique notes to improve guest throughput reactions.
• Collaborate with other scare actors within your assigned house to coordinate timing and spatial blocking for maximum effect.
• Represent Field of Horrors performance standards by staying in costume and character for the duration of each operational window.

What You Bring

• Must be 18 years of age or older at time of hire.
• Available every weekend from September 17th through November 7th, 5:00 PM to midnight, with no exceptions for the core run dates.
• High physical energy and the ability to run, jump, and perform sustained movement throughout a shift.
• Valid government-issued photo ID plus a Social Security card or birth certificate required for onboarding.
• Prior live performance, theatre, or crowd-facing entertainment experience is a genuine asset, though not a stated requirement.

Why This Role

Field of Horrors holds the reputation as Upstate New York’s top haunted attraction, which means the production quality of the sets and costume work gives performers real material to work with. Pay is $16.00 per hour for a part-time, temporary, seasonal engagement running through early November. For performers building out live entertainment credits or transitioning into stunt or physical performance work, this is a legitimate seasonal production with a track record in the region.

Apply now for the Halloween Scare Actor role at Field of Horrors and bring your performance instincts to one of Upstate New York’s most established haunted productions.