Can A 13 Year Old Become A Famouse Comedian In Cleveland,Ohio?
my son is super funny and he wants to be a comedian is this possible and if wants to get a gig out of town will they pay him to get there down here we only found 3 comedy open mic clubs so will he ever get paid and he writes his own jokes….he is already set all he needs is to get gigs but i dont have enough money to take him out of time and niether does my famly so can u please help
I know a kid in Iowa who played Boy Scout meetings; schools; birthday parties; etc. and became locally famous. He can get paid a little for those appearances. Help him (if he needs help — if he is good on the puter he might be able to do it himself) design a flyer to send out to schools and churches and scout troops etc. and get some business card stationery at Staples to print out business cards to hand out and put on bulletin boards.
See if he can get in the lineup for a local festival that needs entertainers. Take pictures and send it in to the Plain Dealer or to a smaller entertainment weekly/free paper if Cleveland has one. Put up a website and YouTube videos.
The out of town gigs — no they won`t pay his gas or bus or train fare or whatever. But if they pay well it will cover. See if some coffee houses have open mic night — I live in a small town in Iowa and our coffee houses do.
I think if he builds up some birthday party and scout/Campfire USA/church youth group/ etc. gigs he can earn a tidy sum for a teenager. Heck it can be his work by the time he is 16 instead of hefting groceries or saying “would you like fries with that?“
He can build his reputation around Cleveland and start getting some interest farther east when he is older and can put some of his birthday party gig money toward train fare to points farther east on the weekends and in the summer — when he is more like 17. 
Comedians and other performers often struggle for a while before they hit the big time.
He can further increase his fame by trying out for community theatre comedies and learn even more about timing etc. and make contacts in the biz.
Best of luck and I hope to see him ripping up the stage someday in New York.
Eric Brouman performs at Hilarities Comedy Club
