Want To Be Big Bird? Sesame Place Is Hiring Actors For 2017 Season, Website Says

If you're longing to dress up as a big yellow bird, or a small cute red creature, you might be in luck.

Sesame Place in Langhorne is hiring dancers, actors and puppeteers for the 2017 season, according to the website backstage.com. The park, based on the show "Sesame Street," is filled with a variety of well-known characters, including Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster.

Backstage.com calls the local theme park "the perfect place for talented performers to hone their inner child while providing an unforgettable experience for children and adults alike." Hired actors will play multiple characters and will participate in the daily parades, performances and sing alongs, the website says.

Auditions are held in January and July and each Sesame Place hopeful should be prepared with a dance routine. Click here for more information.

According to Sesame Place, you can start the process by applying online at http://sesameplacejobs.com.

If hired, expect to work weekends in April and May, up to 40 hours per week from June through Labor Day and weekends September through December. "There are age restrictions on various positions due to scope of work," Sesame Place says on its website.