--- title: "Comedian Press Kit for Event Buyers: A Roadmap | D.O.C." description: "A roadmap to a booking package event buyers say yes to: the clip, bio, photo, references and terms they ask for, in their words, and where to send it." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-comedian-press-kit.html updated: 2026-11-10 --- The Career Atlas · Private & corporate · stop 2 of 5 # A package a buyer can say yes to: your roadmap Start the playbook → Your proof The short answer 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. - **14** 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 pitch the right buyers 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… ### Comic ready for business: the act, on paper - You have a clean set you’ve tested in more than one room, at a length you can name. - A buyer or organizer has asked for your clip, bio or rates, and you had to scramble. - Your clips, photos and credits are spread across several apps, and some are out of date. - You want to be booked by people who may never see you at a mic. You’re ready to move on when… ### …to [pitch the right buyers](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-pitch-corporate-comedy-gigs.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 can offer the length an event wants: the Ivy League of Comedy recommends 20–30 minutes for a corporate show, which is usually one comedian. [Ivy League of Comedy FAQ ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/corporate-comedy-faq-for-event-planners) Your set can be fitted to the audience and the event: Metropolis Management says its comedy is adjusted to audience type, event environment and program goals. [Metropolis Management ↗](https://www.metropolismanagement.com/act-type-pages/comedy) You know the kinds of event that suit your act: Wild Hair Entertainment’s fundraiser shows go to nonprofits, associations, schools and civic groups, with performers chosen to suit the audience. [Wild Hair Entertainment, fundraisers ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/fundraisers.php) Your package is complete: a clip, a bio, a photo, references, your dates and your terms. 0 of 4 true ### The playbook 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. #### Film what you’ll sell From the Career Field Manual: Assemble booking proof and Turn one good night into a return. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 143–173, 348–366, 383–399 and 435–455. 1. Assemble booking proof · package-04 #### Record an uninterrupted live sample set **Done when** A clip showing what a buyer can expect. [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 2. Assemble booking proof · package-05 #### Prepare a separate clean clip if you sell clean work 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. [What a buyer watches for →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-demo-reel.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 3. Turn one good night into a return · audience-04 #### Record a clip with permission and a clear intended use **Done when** Source recording and permission record. [Filming a set, with permission →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/promote-your-comedy-show.html#film) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### Write it up From the Career Field Manual: Assemble booking proof. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 143–173. 4. Assemble booking proof · package-01 #### Choose the stage name used on every booking **Done when** One consistent name across your records. [Your SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 5. Assemble booking proof · package-02 #### Write a one-paragraph comedian bio 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. The 100-word bio → [How to write a comedian bio →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 6. Assemble booking proof · package-03 #### Prepare a clean headshot or clear performer photo **Done when** A usable portrait with permission to share. [Headshots and credits →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 7. Assemble booking proof · package-06 #### List your proven set lengths accurately **Done when** Lengths you can deliver in real rooms. [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 8. Assemble booking proof · package-07 #### Record recent rooms, shows and dates with references **Done when** A verifiable performance history. [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 #### Line up references From the Career Field Manual: Host, feature and headline and Become the comic rooms trust. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 115–131, 435–455 and 400–434. 9. Host, feature and headline · roles-05 #### Gather two references from rooms that booked you 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. [References: ask permission first →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 10. Become the comic rooms trust · pro-08 #### Make reliability a documented part of your reputation **Done when** Return requests or references, with permission. [Get Paid: being asked back →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/get-paid.html#room) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date #### One link, and your terms From the Career Field Manual: Assemble booking proof, Explore specialty markets and Get paid. Keep records.. In [the D.O.C. book](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-book.html): topics 143–173, 132–142 and 234–289. 11. Assemble booking proof · package-08 #### Build a one-link electronic press kit **Done when** Accessible bio, clips and contact information. [Your act on your SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html#act) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 12. Assemble booking proof · package-09 #### Claim or create your SUCDb record with sourced credits **Done when** Submitted or updated information that is accurate. [Claim your SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 13. Explore specialty markets · specialty-08 #### Track the contract and travel terms unique to the market 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. The one-page offer → [Get the deal in writing →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/get-paid.html#deal) **Your note and target date** Your note: what you did, a link, what's next Target date 14. Get paid. Keep records. · money-09 #### Set a minimum acceptable net for travel gigs 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. [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 ### What speeds this up - **Lead with your strongest minute** Many buyers decide from the start of the clip. [What goes on a demo reel →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-demo-reel.html) - **Use one link** One page that holds your clip, bio, photo and dates. [Your SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) - **Keep a current photo** It should look like the comic who arrives. [Headshots and credits →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.html) - **Show your dates** A calendar that’s up to date tells a buyer you’re working. [Your dates on your own site →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) - **Write the line to read you on** Many events have someone introduce you. The bio and your introduction → - **Have the terms ready** A buyer who can see your terms can decide sooner. [Get the deal in writing →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/get-paid.html#deal) 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. - **Film one set** Record one full set this week where the room allows it: the whole set, with the room’s laughs audible. - **Trim, don’t fake** Cut dead time from a clip if you must; never add laughs or change what happened. - **Fix one line** Make one line of your bio truer or more specific: a real credit, a current fact. - **Ask one reference** Ask one person who booked you whether you may give their name, and to which kinds of buyer. - **Test your links** Open each link in a private window to check it plays without a sign-in. - **Read one buyer’s page** Compare your package with one buyer’s published list, item by item. 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 clean-comedy network’s published criteria ### Clean Comedy Collective 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 ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) · checked 10 November 2026 A clean-comedy producer’s published rules for comics ### The Ivy League of Comedy 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 ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) · checked 10 November 2026 A college agency’s published criteria ### GP College Entertainment 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 ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) · checked 10 November 2026 ### Where to send it 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 →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedy-career-atlas.html#ways) 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 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 New York area, and touring · Clean comedy · Email #### The Ivy League of Comedy and Liberty Comedy, spots for comics 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. [Its page ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) Checked 10 November 2026 The money here ### Put your terms in the package None 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 offer** - The clean set lengths you’ve proven - What’s included: a set, hosting or an emcee spot - How far you’ll travel, and who pays to get you there - What holds the date: a deposit, and when the balance is due - What you need from the room: a microphone, a seated audience, light on you - What happens if the event is cancelled or moved 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 event The organizer’s name Your short clip’s length, in minutes Your short clip’s link Your longer sample’s length, in minutes Your longer sample’s link Your SUCDb record or website Your proven set lengths Your references The dates you can do Your credits, as they are Who your set suits What else you offer: hosting, an emcee spot How far you’ll travel, and on what terms Your deposit and balance terms Your phone or booking email ### The package email ``` 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] ``` ### The 100-word bio, and the line to read you on ``` [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]! ``` ### The one-page offer ``` [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] ``` ### Questions to ask before you say yes ``` 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? ``` 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 short clean clip and a longer sample, each with a link that opens for anyone A bio of about 100 words, with true credits only A current photo you have permission to share Two references who’ve agreed to vouch for you A one-page offer with your set lengths, dates and terms Your status ### A package a buyer can say yes to 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 · Get the yes **Pitch the right buyers** The question is whether this event suits your act.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-pitch-corporate-comedy-gigs.html) [Colleges & campuses · Ready to apply **Your campus submission kit** Send what the application asks for, in the form it asks.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/career-atlas-college-comedy-submission-kit.html) ## Go deeper - [How do you write a comedian bio?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.html) The explainer, from the D.O.C. book - [What should be on a comedy demo reel?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedy-demo-reel.html) From a ten-minute video to a headliner’s reel - [Chapter 8, Getting Booked](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. - [Clean Comedy Collective, applications ↗](https://cleancomedycollective.com/applications/) A clean-comedy network’s published criteria. - [The Ivy League of Comedy, for comics seeking spots ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/spots) A clean-comedy producer’s published rules for comics. - [GP College Entertainment, prospective artists ↗](https://www.gpentertainment.com/prospective-artists.php) A college agency’s published criteria. - [The Ivy League of Comedy, FAQ for event planners ↗](https://www.ivystandup.com/corporate-comedy-faq-for-event-planners) A clean-comedy producer’s terms for event clients. - [Metropolis Management, comedy ↗](https://www.metropolismanagement.com/act-type-pages/comedy) An event agency’s comedy page. - [Wild Hair Entertainment, fundraiser comedy shows ↗](https://wildhairentertainment.com/fundraisers.php) An event producer’s page for fundraiser clients. - [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 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?](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/answer-comedian-bio.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)