An event buyer often decides from a link and a paragraph, before seeing you live. Put together what buyers ask for in their own words: a clean clip that opens, a short true bio, a current photo, references who’ll vouch for you, your dates and clear terms, and send it the way each one asks.
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.
These are the tests the next stop’s buyers set in their own published rules. Tick each one when it’s true for you.
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14 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.
From the Career Field Manual: Assemble booking proof and Turn one good night into a return. In the D.O.C. book: topics 143–173, 348–366, 383–399 and 435–455.
Assemble booking proof · package-04
Done when A clip showing what a buyer can expect.
Assemble booking proof · package-05
Sell the clean set from a clean clip: one continuous take of that set, before a real audience, so a buyer sees what their guests will hear.
Done when An actual clean performance sample.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-04
Done when Source recording and permission record.
From the Career Field Manual: Assemble booking proof. In the D.O.C. book: topics 143–173.
Assemble booking proof · package-01
Done when One consistent name across your records.
Assemble booking proof · package-02
Lead with who you are and what you do; give only true credits, the ones that help this kind of buyer.
Done when Current facts without inflated credits.
Assemble booking proof · package-03
Done when A usable portrait with permission to share.
Assemble booking proof · package-06
Done when Lengths you can deliver in real rooms.
Assemble booking proof · package-07
Done when A verifiable performance history.
From the Career Field Manual: Host, feature and headline and Become the comic rooms trust. In the D.O.C. book: topics 115–131, 435–455 and 400–434.
Host, feature and headline · roles-05
Ask before you list anyone, and tell them which kinds of buyer may call; for event work, an organizer who booked you counts.
Done when Permission to share each reference.
Become the comic rooms trust · pro-08
Done when Return requests or references, with permission.
From the Career Field Manual: Assemble booking proof, Explore specialty markets and Get paid. Keep records.. In the D.O.C. book: topics 143–173, 132–142 and 234–289.
Assemble booking proof · package-08
Done when Accessible bio, clips and contact information.
Assemble booking proof · package-09
Done when Submitted or updated information that is accurate.
Explore specialty markets · specialty-08
Write down what’s different about event work: deposits, travel, tech and cancellation. That list becomes your offer and, later, your agreement.
Done when A market-specific cost and risk checklist.
Get paid. Keep records. · money-09
Decide the least an event must leave you after travel before a buyer asks; it makes quoting quicker and calmer.
Done when A written threshold with explicit exceptions.
Habits, not a timetable: the atlas has no stopwatch. Keep these going, and the proof for this stop builds up week by week.
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 headshot, a website or EPK that isn’t your social media, and a video link to your stand-up, 4–5 minutes suggested. It judges how funny you are, whether you seem a decent person, and how professional you are.
A website or EPK (not to be confused with social media)
A video link to your standup comedy (suggested length, 4-5 mins)
How Professional Are You?
Clean Comedy Collective’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
At least ten minutes of unedited video, or a late-night TV set; a bio or list of credits; at least one high-resolution professional headshot; and, if you have one, a reference from a comic it already works with.
Video should be at least ten minutes (or a late-night TV set) and unedited.
You need to have at least one hi-res professional headshot
A reference from a comedian I already work with is helpful.
The Ivy League of Comedy’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
For the college market: at least 5–8 minutes of clean, college-appropriate video with your strongest material in the first 90 seconds, a bio of 200 words at most and two high-resolution photos.
please put your strongest material in the first 90 seconds
Current Biography (200 words max)
Two (2) high-resolution photos
GP College Entertainment’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
Places that publish how a clean 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 →
Published routeSoutheastern Virginia and beyond · Show / roster · Form
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.
Checked 10 November 2026Published routeNationwide · Clean comedy · Form
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.
Checked 10 November 2026Published routeNew York area, and touring · Clean comedy · Email
Paid spots on clean shows at venues public and private: email a link to at least ten minutes of unedited video (or a late-night TV set), a bio or list of credits, at least one high-resolution professional headshot and, if you have one, a reference from a comic it already works with.
Worth knowing. Its Ivy League of Comedy shows book full-time working comics; its Liberty Comedy shows can book comics with less experience, for shorter sets.
Checked 10 November 2026None of the buyers on this page publishes what it pays, so this page gives no figure. Decide your terms before a buyer asks, and put them in writing in the package.
On your one-page offerQuestions to ask before you say yes · Road Maps: the Math of a Gig, with your own numbers · Get Paid, Get Back: the deal in writing · The IRS on gig work ↗
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.
Subject: Clean stand-up for [The event]: [Your name] Hi [The organizer's name], I'm [Your name], a clean stand-up comedian from [Your home town]. Everything you need to decide is below. A clean clip, [Your short clip's length, in minutes] minutes: [Your short clip's link] A longer sample, [Your longer sample's length, in minutes] minutes: [Your longer sample's link] Bio and photo: [Your SUCDb record or website] Set lengths I can deliver: [Your proven set lengths] References, with their permission: [Your references] Dates I can do: [The dates you can do] Thank you for considering me, [Your name]
[Your name] is a stand-up comedian from [Your home town] who works clean. Credits, as they are: [Your credits, as they are]. [Your name]'s set suits [Who your set suits]. Clips and dates: [Your SUCDb record or website] To read before the set: Please welcome a comedian from [Your home town]: [Your name]!
[Your name]: clean stand-up comedy Sets: [Your proven set lengths] Also available: [What else you offer: hosting, an emcee spot] Travel: [How far you'll travel, and on what terms] To hold a date: [Your deposit and balance terms] What I need: a hand-held microphone, the audience seated, light on the stage Clips: [Your short clip's link] References: [Your references] Booking: [Your phone or booking email]
1. What's the event, and what is it celebrating or raising money for? 2. How many people, what ages, and do they know each other? 3. How long is my set, when do I go on, and what happens around it? 4. What's the content rule, and are there topics to leave alone? 5. Is there a microphone and someone on sound? Will the audience be seated? 6. What's the fee, and who signs the agreement and pays it? 7. Does it cover travel or a room? 8. What happens if the event is cancelled or moved?
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.
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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.
By D.O.C. Editorial. This is one stop of the Stand-Up Career Atlas: private & corporate, stop 2 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 goes in a comedian’s bio, read How do you write a comedian bio?.
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