--- title: "College Comedy Rebookings and Block Dates | D.O.C." description: "A roadmap for a campus act that" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-college-comedy-rebookings.html updated: 2026-11-10 --- The Career Atlas · Colleges & campuses · stop 5 of 5 # A campus act that’s asked back: your roadmap Start the playbook → Your proof The short answer Repeat campus work comes from schools that book you again and tell other schools, and from dates routed so the travel pays. Keep a record for each school, write again when a new board takes over, offer blocks of dates to schools near one another, and keep your kit and your price current. - **15** steps, each with its “done when” - **3** buyers, in their own words - **4** 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 several sets that adapt 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… ### Established college-market act - You’ve played campus dates, and a school has been pleased enough to say so. - You’re starting to be asked about more than one date in a region. - You’re weighing an agent, or more conferences, against what they’d bring. - You want campus dates that fit around the rest of your work. You’re ready to move on when… ### …to [several sets that adapt](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-cruise-comedian-sets.html) The travel market can be a next step for a campus act: Warshaw Entertainment looks for comedians with experience in clubs, cruise ships, resorts, casinos and colleges. These are the tests its buyers set in their own published rules. Tick each one when it’s true for you. You have two long shows, not one: Warshaw Entertainment asks for an original family-friendly show and an adult (18+) show, each 30–55 minutes long. [Warshaw Entertainment ↗](https://warshawentertainment.squarespace.com/soloists) Your clean material runs long: Lime Entertainment looks for comics with 90+ minutes of clean material. [Lime Entertainment ↗](https://lime.inc/performers/dj-techs-hosts/) Your long sets hold without leaning on crowd work. You can be away for days at a time: Warshaw says its comedians are typically away for three to seven days at a time. [Warshaw Entertainment ↗](https://warshawentertainment.squarespace.com/soloists) 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. #### Turn a date into a return From the Career Field Manual: Become the comic rooms trust and Host, feature and headline. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 400–434, 115–131 and 435–455. 1. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-07 #### Follow up after a booking without demanding another date Write again when a new board takes over: student officers change as they graduate, and the staff adviser often stays. **Done when** A concise thank-you or useful check-in. The note to a new board → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 2. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-08 #### Make reliability a documented part of your reputation **Done when** Return requests or references, with permission. Asking an adviser for a reference → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 3. Host, feature and headline · roles-05 #### Gather two references from rooms that booked you Ask a pleased adviser as well as the student who booked you, and quote no one without their permission. **Done when** Permission to share each reference. Asking an adviser for a reference → **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 4. Host, feature and headline · roles-08 #### Track repeat buyers and actual return invitations **Done when** A verified date history, not a guess. [Your booking desk →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#desk) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Route the region From the Career Field Manual: Route the road, not the poster. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 197–233 and 314–347. 5. Route the road, not the poster · road-01 #### Select three realistic nearby markets to test **Done when** Verified opportunities and reasons for each city. [The Tour Planner →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-tour-planner.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 6. Route the road, not the poster · road-03 #### Route anchor bookings before speculative support dates Start from the dates you have, then offer the schools nearby a block: APCA’s Cooperative Buying lists blocks of 2 events in 3 days, 3 in 5 and 5 in 7. **Done when** A route with confirmed dates distinguished. The block offer → [Planning tour dates →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-plan-comedy-tour-dates.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 7. Route the road, not the poster · road-08 #### Record actual net by show and by full run Count the whole run: a block’s lower price per show works when the drives between campuses are short. **Done when** Post-tour reconciliation, not ticket gross. [The Math of a Gig →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-road-maps.html#math-of-a-gig) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 8. Route the road, not the poster · road-09 #### Build a city scorecard for return decisions **Done when** Actual draw, attendance and net by town. [Compare stops in the Tour Planner →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-tour-planner.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Keep the act and the kit current From the Career Field Manual: Grow the act without padding, Assemble booking proof and Build a career you can keep. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 51–70, 115–131, 435–455, 143–173 and 400–455. 9. Grow the act without padding · set-07 #### Build forty-five minutes with a deliberate sequence A school that books you again, and the travel market after it, want a longer show, in more than one version. **Done when** Audience-tested act, not just a timed draft. [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 10. Assemble booking proof · package-08 #### Build a one-link electronic press kit **Done when** Accessible bio, clips and contact information. [Your record, current →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 11. Build a career you can keep · sustain-06 #### Revisit the room list and remove stale leads **Done when** Confirmed versus out-of-date opportunities. [Your booking desk →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#desk) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 12. Build a career you can keep · sustain-03 #### Choose three work-based priorities for your next 90 days **Done when** Three measurable deliverables under your control. [Your 90-day plan →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#plan90) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Know what it leaves you From the Career Field Manual: Get paid. Keep records. and Choose help when it solves a problem. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 234–289 and 290–313. 13. Get paid. Keep records. · money-09 #### Set a minimum acceptable net for travel gigs **Done when** A written threshold with explicit exceptions. [Run the Math of a Gig →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-road-maps.html#math-of-a-gig) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 14. Choose help when it solves a problem · team-03 #### Name the actual bottleneck outside help would solve An agent earns a place when the dates, the follow-up and the paperwork outgrow you. **Done when** A specific time, access or negotiation problem. [When you need representation →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-agent.html#topic-297) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 15. Choose help when it solves a problem · team-05 #### Read commission, exclusivity, territory and termination terms **Done when** The agreement reviewed before signing. [Before you sign →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-contracts.html#topic-288) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date ### What speeds this up - **Offer a block** A lower price per show for dates close together, with the travel included. The block offer → - **Route by region** Fewer empty miles between campuses. [The Tour Planner →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-tour-planner.html) - **Keep a profile up through the year** The associations’ memberships come with a profile schools can find between conferences. Where to send it → - **Fit campus dates around your weekends** Weekday campus shows can sit between club weekends. [Planning tour dates →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-plan-comedy-tour-dates.html) - **Let an agent carry the volume** When the follow-up and the routing outgrow you, representation can help. [When you need representation →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-agent.html#topic-297) - **Keep the show fresh** A board that books you again wants more than last year’s set. [The Writers’ Room →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/how-to-write-stand-up-comedy.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. - **Update one school’s record** After a date, note the adviser, the room, the rules and what you were paid. - **Look at the map** Find two schools near a date you already have, and write to them. - **Write to a new board** When a school’s officers change, introduce yourself again, with something new to show. - **Refresh one piece of the kit** A newer clip, a current bio line or this year’s price. - **Ask for one reference** Ask a pleased adviser whether you may give their name to other schools. - **Check the run’s numbers** What the last run left you after travel, school by school. 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. The campus buyers’ association ### APCA Conferences Schools at APCA’s conferences can pool their buying power and offer an act a block of dates, for a lower price and shared travel. - offering performers/speakers a block of dates in a specified time period in exchange for a lower price and sharing of travel costs with other schools - 2 events in 3 days - 5 events in 7 days [APCA Conferences’s page ↗](https://apca.com/artists-agents-conferences/) · checked 10 November 2026 The campus buyers’ association ### NACA Membership NACA’s rule for its lower-priced showcase acts: a single date can leave travel out, but a block price includes it. And schools can post what they’re looking for in NACA’s 24/7 database, which tells members who fit. - Isolated dates for Spotlight Low can be exclusive of travel, but block prices must include travel. - Schools enter information about acts/services they are looking to source and you'll get notified if you meet the criteria. [NACA Membership’s page ↗](https://www.naca.org/join/associate-membership.html) · checked 10 November 2026 The campus buyers’ association ### APCA APCA’s artist profiles stay up through your membership year, and a school’s interest form goes straight to you or your agent. - Schools and talent buyers can view your profile and submit an Attraction Interest form at any time throughout the year. - Interest forms are forwarded directly to the Agent or Self-Repped Artist! [APCA’s page ↗](https://apca.com/artists-agents-membership/) · checked 10 November 2026 ### Where to send it Places that publish how a campus act 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) Seasonal: check first Hershey, PA · College market · Membership #### APCA National Campus Activities Conference Join APCA first (a self-represented artist membership is $269 a year), then apply to showcase at its national conference, 27 February to 2 March 2027: there’s no application fee, and nothing to pay until a showcase is accepted. A 10-minute non-catered showcase package is $2,399, a booth included. **Worth knowing.** If you’re accepted, you also need a delegate pass ($549 early, by 25 January) and a room in the conference hotel block, and payment is due within 10 days of the showcase notice. [Its page ↗](https://apca.com/event/2026-apca-national-campus-activities-conference-3/) Checked 10 November 2026 Seasonal: check first St. Paul, MN · College market · Membership #### NACA St. Paul, regional showcase Showcasing at a NACA regional conference takes associate membership first (a regional membership covers one conference a year), then a $180 showcase application, a booth and a full registration. Of the 2026–27 regional conferences, NACA St. Paul (8–10 April 2027) is still taking showcase applications, until 7 January 2027. **Worth knowing.** The costs add up, and delegates are expected to stay in the conference hotel block: price the trip first. An act that has never showcased at NACA, with minimal tech needs, can also apply for its People’s Choice Showcase, for St. Paul by 11 February 2027. [Its page ↗](https://www.naca.org/events/conferences/performing-exhibiting.html) Checked 10 November 2026 Published route Nationwide · College market · Email #### GP College Entertainment At least 5–8 minutes of clean, college-appropriate material on video, a bio of 200 words at most, two high-resolution photos and your college dates. **Worth knowing.** A submission to an agency isn’t a booking or a promise of representation. [Its page ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) Checked 10 November 2026 Published route Nationwide · College market · Email #### KP Comedy, representation inquiries A college comedy agency’s representation inquiry: a bio, a headshot, your experience in the college market, your credits, your website and social links, and a video demo of 4–8 minutes, sent to the address on its page. **Worth knowing.** It asks for a college-appropriate video, not a club set with a note that you can be clean, and does most of its reviewing in May and November. [Its page ↗](https://www.kpcomedy.com/about.html) Checked 10 November 2026 The money here ### Price the block, and get it in writing None of the buyers on this page publishes what a school pays a comic, so this page gives no figure. Quote two prices, a single date and a lower price per show in a block, and say what each includes: NACA’s own rule for its lower-priced showcase acts is that block prices must include travel. **In writing, for each block** - Each date in the block, its school and its contact - The price per show, and what it includes - Travel and lodging between the dates: who pays - Each school’s paperwork and payment date - What happens if one school in the block cancels - Content and recording rules, school by school Questions to ask before you take a block · [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 The term or semester The school When you played there The adviser’s name One line on how the show went Your clip’s link The dates you’re routing Your single-date price Your price per show in a block ### The note to a new board ``` Subject: Comedy for [The term or semester]: [Your name], who played [The school] in [When you played there] Hi [The adviser's name], I performed for [The school] in [When you played there], and I'd love to come back. [One line on how the show went] Here's a recent clip: [Your clip's link] I'm routing campus dates near you [The dates you're routing], as a single date or as part of a block with schools nearby. Best, [Your name] ``` ### Asking an adviser for a reference ``` Hi [The adviser's name], Thank you again for having me at [The school] in [When you played there]. May I give your name and email to other schools as a reference? If you'd rather not, I completely understand. Best, [Your name] ``` ### The block offer ``` Subject: Campus dates near you, [The dates you're routing] Hi [The adviser's name], I'm [Your name], a clean stand-up comic, and I'll be performing at schools near you [The dates you're routing]. A single date is [Your single-date price]. As part of a block with schools nearby, it's [Your price per show in a block] per show, travel included. Video and one-sheet: [Your clip's link] Best, [Your name] ``` ### Questions to ask before you take a block ``` 1. Which schools are in the block, and how far apart are they? 2. What's the price per show, and does it include travel and lodging? 3. Who is my contact at each school, and who signs? 4. What paperwork does each school need, and when does each pay? 5. What are each school's content and recording rules? 6. What happens if one date is cancelled? ``` 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 school that booked you, booking you again A reference from an adviser, with permission to share it A run of campus dates routed by region, with what it left you after travel A record for each school: contact, room, rules, paperwork and pay Your kit current: this year’s clip, bio and price Your status ### A campus act that’s asked back 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 [Cruises & travel · Length and fit **Several sets that adapt** Ship and travel buyers want long, versatile sets: build them first.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-cruise-comedian-sets.html) [Private & corporate · Rebook **Build repeat accounts** A few buyers who come back can matter more than thousands of followers.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-repeat-corporate-bookings.html) ## Go deeper - [How do comedians get college gigs?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-college-comedy-gigs.html) The explainer, from the D.O.C. book - [The College Market: how comics get booked on campus](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/working-comic.html#college-gigs) The road map: block booking and the rebook - [Chapter 15, Traveling Comic](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html) In D.O.C.’s companion book, Stand-Up Comedy: From Writing to Touring ## 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. - [APCA conferences, for artists and agents ↗](https://apca.com/artists-agents-conferences/) The campus buyers’ association. - [NACA associate membership ↗](https://www.naca.org/join/associate-membership.html) The campus buyers’ association. - [APCA associate membership, for artists and agents ↗](https://apca.com/artists-agents-membership/) The campus buyers’ association. - [Warshaw Entertainment, comedian criteria ↗](https://warshawentertainment.squarespace.com/soloists) A cruise agency’s published criteria. - [Lime Entertainment, comedians ↗](https://lime.inc/performers/dj-techs-hosts/) A cruise agency’s published criteria. - [APCA National Campus Activities Conference ↗](https://apca.com/event/2026-apca-national-campus-activities-conference-3/) Its published route, checked 10 November 2026. - [NACA St. Paul, regional showcase ↗](https://www.naca.org/events/conferences/performing-exhibiting.html) Its published route, checked 10 November 2026. - [GP College Entertainment ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) Its published route, checked 10 November 2026. - [KP Comedy, representation inquiries ↗](https://www.kpcomedy.com/about.html) 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): colleges & campuses, stop 5 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 how the college market works, read [How do comedians get college gigs?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-college-comedy-gigs.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)