--- title: "Clean Comedy Set for Private Events: A Roadmap | D.O.C." description: "A roadmap to a tested clean set for private and corporate events: what buyers mean by clean, in their own words, how to test it, and the proof to keep." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-clean-comedy-for-events.html updated: 2026-11-10 --- The Career Atlas · Private & corporate · stop 1 of 5 # A tested clean set: your roadmap Start the playbook → Your proof The short answer Private and corporate buyers book a set they can trust with their guests, so the clean version of your act has to be written, tested and timed before anyone pays for it. Learn what each buyer means by clean, build the set at the lengths events ask for, test it in mixed rooms, and keep the proof. - **15** steps, each with its “done when” - **3** buyers, in their own words - **3** places to send it - **4** notes ready to send By D.O.C. Editorial · [The Career Atlas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html) ## This roadmap, in five parts Your roadmap ## From here to a package a buyer can say yes to Where you are, the tests for the next stop, and the steps between, in the order most comics take them. The steps are the Career Field Manual's; mark each one as you go, and the day goes in your passport. You’re here if… ### Clean, adaptable comic: the act that fits the guests - You have a short set that works in front of strangers, and a host or booker has seen it. - Some of your best minutes already work without profanity or adult subjects; others would need rewriting or replacing. - You’ve been asked, or would like to be asked, to play a party, a fundraiser, a church night or a company event. - You can’t yet say how many clean minutes you could deliver tomorrow, in a room you’ve never played. You’re ready to move on when… ### …to [a package a buyer can say yes to](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-comedian-press-kit.html) These are the tests the next stop’s buyers set in their own published rules. Tick each one when it’s true for you. You have a clean clip a buyer can open: the Clean Comedy Collective asks for a video link to your stand-up, 4–5 minutes suggested, and Wild Hair Entertainment for a link to a 5–10 minute performance clip. [Clean Comedy Collective ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) · [Wild Hair Entertainment, submittal ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) You have a headshot, and a website or EPK that isn’t your social media: the Clean Comedy Collective asks each applicant for both. [Clean Comedy Collective ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) You have a short, true bio: GP College Entertainment asks for 200 words at most, with two high-resolution photos. [GP College Entertainment ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) You can name the clean set lengths you’ve proven in front of real audiences. 0 of 4 true ### The playbook 15 steps in 4 parts, from the Career Field Manual. Each has its “done when”, a D.O.C. tool for it, and your status, note and target date; star up to twelve for your 90-day plan. #### Decide what clean means for your act From the Career Field Manual: Choose your starting point and Explore specialty markets. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 1–20, 435–455, 132–142 and 143–173. 1. Choose your starting point · start-04 #### Identify three kinds of audiences you want to test **Done when** Three audience descriptions, not follower counts. [Clean vs. Dirty: what rooms can you work? →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/clean-dirty.html#rounds) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 2. Explore specialty markets · specialty-01 #### Separate club-clean from client-clean material Write down what clean means at a club’s clean night and what it means at a client’s event: the second often rules out subjects as well as words. **Done when** Two clearly defined content policies. [Clean, corporate and family-friendly →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/clean-dirty.html#terms) [Club clean vs. corporate clean →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-corporate-comedy-gigs.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Build the clean set From the Career Field Manual: Grow the act without padding and Write original material. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 51–70, 115–131, 435–455 and 21–50. 3. Grow the act without padding · set-02 #### Prepare a separate clean five-minute version A clean version is a real set, not the club set with the words bleeped: rebuild each bit on its real idea, or replace it. **Done when** An actual timed set, not censored placeholders. [How to write a clean set →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-clean-comedy-set.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 4. Grow the act without padding · set-03 #### Build ten usable minutes without adding filler **Done when** A ten-minute recording and notes. [From five minutes to ten and twenty →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-expand-a-comedy-set.html) [Log the set in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#log) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 5. Grow the act without padding · set-04 #### Create alternate openers and closers **Done when** Two usable opening and closing choices. [The Writers’ Room →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/how-to-write-stand-up-comedy.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 6. Write original material · write-07 #### Create a cuttable thirty-second section **Done when** A shorter version that still closes clearly. The set list for a clean night → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 7. Grow the act without padding · set-05 #### Build a flexible twenty-minute set Events often want a longer set than a club spot; grow the clean version toward that length, one tested piece at a time. **Done when** A recording that shows pacing across the act. [Log the set in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#log) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Test it in mixed rooms From the Career Field Manual: Become the comic rooms trust and Build a repetition habit. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 400–434, 96–114 and 415–434. 8. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-02 #### Confirm each room’s code of conduct and recording rules Ask each room for its content rule before the set, and write it down: rooms and clients set different limits. **Done when** A note for rooms with different expectations. The questions to ask → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 9. Build a repetition habit · reps-01 #### Keep an accurate log of every performance **Done when** Venue, date, minutes, set and room notes. [Your log in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#log) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 10. Build a repetition habit · reps-03 #### Run a transcript through Comic Critique **Done when** The findings you choose to act on. [Read the set in Comic Critique →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/critique.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 11. Build a repetition habit · reps-04 #### Revise one bit based on what happened onstage **Done when** Two versions and the reason for the change. [Rewriting blue material clean →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-clean-comedy-set.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 12. Build a repetition habit · reps-05 #### Try the revised bit in a different room Take the clean set to rooms with mixed ages and strangers, not only your home mic: a clean showcase, a community night, an early show. **Done when** Two-room comparison rather than one verdict. [Find another room in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#find) Asking a host for a clean test spot → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 13. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-05 #### Respect set time even when the room is going well **Done when** Consistent finish times over several sets. [Your log in Stage Time →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#log) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Prove what you can deliver From the Career Field Manual: Explore specialty markets. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 132–142 and 143–173. 14. Explore specialty markets · specialty-02 #### Build an actually tested clean set **Done when** A live recording of the specific clean set. [Set up the tape: Stage Time’s Tech tab →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html#tech) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 15. Explore specialty markets · specialty-03 #### Document the length of clean material you can deliver Count only the clean minutes that have held a real audience; that number is what you can sell. **Done when** A proven runtime, not an optimistic estimate. The plain description of your clean set → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date ### What speeds this up - **Name your versions** Keep your club set, a clean club set and a client set as separate set lists. [Separate clean and club sets →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-clean-comedy-set.html) - **Know the standards apart** Clean, corporate and family-friendly are different promises. [Four different things →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/clean-dirty.html#terms) - **Audit your act** See which minutes travel to any room, and which don’t. [The five-minute act audit →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/clean-dirty.html#audit) - **Host a clean night** Hosting shows a buyer you can hold a room and keep it clean. [The host’s job →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-host.html) - **Read the room** A corporate lunch and a late club show are different jobs. [Reading the room →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-read-the-room.html) - **Keep the crowd work clean** Ad-libs are where old words slip back in. [Crowd work →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-crowd-work.html) Each week ## Your weekly rhythm here Habits, not a timetable: the atlas has no stopwatch. Keep these going, and the proof for this stop builds up week by week. - **Go up clean** Do at least one set this week in its clean version, on purpose, in front of a mixed audience. - **Log the version** Note which version you did, the room, the minutes, and where the laughs held without the old words. - **Rewrite one bit** Pick one adult bit and rebuild it clean, or replace it: find the real idea under the language. - **Practice the edges** Rehearse your openings, transitions and crowd lines clean too: old habits show up in the unscripted parts. - **Watch a clean act** Watch one full set by a clean headliner, and note how the big laughs come inside the limit. - **Ask one buyer** Read one buyer’s page, or ask one organizer, what clean means for their event, and write it down. What buyers check ## In their own words Each buyer's published rule, quoted from its own page, checked on 10 November 2026. They differ, so send each one what its page asks for, and read the page again before you send. A producer’s published submission rules ### Funny Girl Events Not all its shows are clean, but many are clean or PG-13, and the video you send it should hold no explicit language or content. - Not all our shows are clean. - many shows are clean or PG-13 (naughty not vulgar) - No explicit language or content. [Funny Girl Events’s page ↗](https://www.funnygirlevents.com/submission.html) · checked 10 November 2026 An event producer’s published content lanes ### Wild Hair Entertainment It sorts acts into four content lanes, from family-friendly to mature adult, so a client’s kind of show can be matched to the act. A lane describes the content, not the comic’s talent; its clean adult lane is PG-13, with minimal profanity. - Lanes describe content range and expectations — not talent level. - Lane 2: Clean Adult - Minimal profanity [Wild Hair Entertainment’s page ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/guidelines.php) · checked 10 November 2026 A clean-comedy producer’s published rules for comics ### The Ivy League of Comedy Clean shows at venues public and private, where how clean depends on the venue, and where clean alone isn’t enough: the material has to suit a high-end show. - The spots require clean sets, with various degrees of clean depending upon the venue - We’re selling high-end shows. - So just being clean isn’t enough. [The Ivy League of Comedy’s page ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) · checked 10 November 2026 ### Where to send it Places that publish how a clean comic gets in, each checked on 10 November 2026. Save one to your booking desk to keep its status, a follow-up date and a note. [62 places in all, on the Career Atlas →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#ways) Published route Nationwide · Clean comedy · Form #### Clean Comedy Collective Its comedian form, the first step to booking gigs with the clean-comedy network; producers have a form of their own. **Worth knowing.** Joining the network doesn’t promise a date or a fee. [Its page ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) Checked 10 November 2026 Published route Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK, and its other clubs · Club spots · Form #### BARK Entertainment, paid MC What it looks for in a paid MC, before you apply: a clean 10–15 minute set, no worse than PG-13 even when the headliner works dirty, and a comic who’s easy to work with, polite to staff, sober on stage and keen to learn the MC announcements. **Worth knowing.** Its page calls MCing a difficult position that sets the tone of the night, and not for everyone. [Its page ↗](https://www.barkentertainment.com/paid-mc) Checked 10 November 2026 Published route Southeastern Virginia and beyond · Show / roster · Form #### Wild Hair Entertainment A form to join its list of comics asked for availability: your experience, a bio and a link to a 5–10 minute performance clip. **Worth knowing.** Being on an availability list isn’t an offer of work. [Its page ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) Checked 10 November 2026 The money here ### Know the job before you promise it None of the buyers on this page publishes a fee, and a test set may pay nothing at all. What you need at this stop are answers: what clean means to this buyer, for this audience, at this length. **Ask before you promise a clean set** - What clean means here: no profanity, or no adult subjects as well - Who’s in the audience: their ages, and whether they know each other - Any topics the organizer wants left alone - How long the set runs, and when you go on - Whether crowd work is welcome - Whether you may record the set for your own use Questions to ask before you say yes · [Road Maps: the Math of a Gig, with your own numbers](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-road-maps.html#math-of-a-gig) · [Get Paid, Get Back: the deal in writing](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/get-paid.html#deal) · [The IRS on gig work ↗](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/manage-taxes-for-your-gig-work) Ready to copy ## The notes to send Fill in what you know once: it fills every note below and stays on this device. Anything left blank shows in [brackets], to fill in by hand. Your details Your name Your home town The host’s name The show Your clean set’s length, in minutes Your clip’s link The dates you can do Your style, in a few words The rooms where you’ve tested it Who it suits Your opener Your closer The bit to cut first The topics to leave alone ### Questions to ask before you say yes ``` 1. Who's in the audience: what ages, and do they know each other? 2. What does clean mean for this event: no profanity, or no adult subjects as well? 3. Are there topics you'd like left alone? 4. How long is my set, and when do I go on? 5. Is crowd work welcome, or would you rather I didn't? 6. Is there a microphone, and someone who can adjust the sound? 7. May I record my set for my own use? ``` ### Asking a host for a clean test spot ``` Subject: A clean set for [The show] Hi [The host's name], I'm [Your name], a stand-up from [Your home town]. I'm testing the clean version of my act, [Your clean set's length, in minutes] minutes, and [The show] has the mixed audience I'd like to try it on. A recent clip: [Your clip's link] I'm free [The dates you can do]. Thank you, [Your name] ``` ### The plain description of your clean set ``` [Your name]'s clean set runs [Your clean set's length, in minutes] minutes: [Your style, in a few words]. No profanity, and no adult subjects. It has been tested in front of [The rooms where you've tested it]. It suits [Who it suits]. ``` ### The set list for a clean night ``` CLEAN SET: [Your clean set's length, in minutes] minutes Open: [Your opener] Close: [Your closer] Cut first if the time runs short: [The bit to cut first] Topics this client asked me to leave alone: [The topics to leave alone] ``` Your proof ## Proof for your passport Tick each piece when you have it: the day goes in your passport with it. The passport keeps your whole career's record on this device, to download, print and review once a year. The evidence ### This stop is done when you have A clean set at a length you can name, timed in a real room Two or more performances of it in your log, in different rooms with mixed audiences A recording of the clean set you would sell Separate set lists for your club and clean versions A plain, written description of who the set suits Your status ### A tested clean set A link to your proof: a tape, a booking, a review Your private note **On your record** Nothing yet: your status changes and ticks appear here, each with its day. [Your whole passport: the timeline, your booking desk, your 90-day plan, the printable career record, the yearly review and the cloud copy →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#passport) Saved in this browser ## Next stops [Private & corporate · Show the work **A package a buyer can say yes to** A complete, accurate package makes the decision quicker.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-comedian-press-kit.html) [Colleges & campuses · Read the campus **An act for campuses** A campus is a buyer with a job to do, not just another comedy room.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-college-ready-comedy-act.html) ## Go deeper - [How do you write a clean comedy set?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-clean-comedy-set.html) The explainer, from the D.O.C. book - [Chapter 7, Working Clean](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html) In D.O.C.’s companion book, Stand-Up Comedy: From Writing to Touring - [Brian Regan: Making Ordinary Life Absurd](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/study-brian-regan.html) The comic study: clean describes the content; the craft is what makes it funny ## Sources The buyers' rules are quoted from each buyer's own page, checked on 10 November 2026. A buyer can change its rules at any time, so read its page before you send anything. - [Funny Girl Events, submissions ↗](https://www.funnygirlevents.com/submission.html) A producer’s published submission rules. - [Wild Hair Entertainment, comedian guidelines ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/guidelines.php) An event producer’s published content lanes. - [The Ivy League of Comedy, for comics seeking spots ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) A clean-comedy producer’s published rules for comics. - [Clean Comedy Collective, applications ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) A clean-comedy network’s published criteria. - [Wild Hair Entertainment, comedian submittal ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) An event producer’s published route for comics. - [GP College Entertainment, prospective artists ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) A college agency’s published criteria. - [Clean Comedy Collective ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) Its published route, checked 10 November 2026. - [BARK Entertainment, paid MC ↗](https://www.barkentertainment.com/paid-mc) Its published route, checked 10 November 2026. - [Wild Hair Entertainment ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/comedian/application.php) Its published route, checked 10 November 2026. - [The D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html) The playbook's book topics, matched to the book's contents on 10 November 2026. ## About this roadmap **By D.O.C. Editorial.** This is one stop of [the Stand-Up Career Atlas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html): private & corporate, stop 1 of 5. It's a way to plan, not a promise of bookings: it gives no expected years, its only figures are the ones buyers and venues publish on their own pages, and the buyers' rules are theirs. For what a buyer means by clean, read [How do you write a clean comedy set?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-clean-comedy-set.html). Updated 10 November 2026 · [The Career Atlas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html) · [Comic's Corner](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tools-for-comedians.html) · [Privacy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/privacy.html)