Booking
Need a comic, host, or professional vibe-checker?
Whether you're planning a corporate event, nonprofit fundraiser, women's event, birthday, private party, or community program, I bring sharp observations, warm crowd connection, and comedy tailored to the room. You'll get a host who can keep the energy moving — and leave people laughing about it afterward.
- Raleigh / Triangle based — available for travel
- Stand-up, hosting, panels, and private events
- Clean or customized material, decided per event
- Easy, professional communication from inquiry to showtime
Why it works
Three things I promise every room
I've been in your room
I spent years in real estate before I ever touched a mic. I know exactly what a ballroom full of people who were told to be there at 8 feels like — and how to win it.
Clean or customized. You pick.
Corporate rooms get a set that's clean, inclusive and HR-proof. A private party can get something a little more grown. Tell me who's in the seats and I write for them, not at them.
Custom material, included
Company references, inside jokes, the VP everybody secretly loves — I work it in. The pre-event call isn't an upsell. It's how the set gets good.
Event types
Where I show up
Corporate Retreats & Off-Sites
Team-building days and company off-sites. A set that gets the whole room laughing together — including the people who were told to be there.
Real Estate Conferences
NAR events, state REALTOR® conferences, brokerage retreats, lender events. I hold an NC license, so I speak fluent open house.
Award Dinners & Galas
Keep the room energized between the awards. I read the room and keep it moving, so the last category lands as well as the first.
Company Holiday Parties
Clean, inclusive comedy that brings the whole team together — no HR incidents, no one checking their phone.
Association Meetings
Open or close your annual meeting with a set that gets people talking for all the right reasons.
Nonprofit Fundraisers
Energy between the auction and the ask. I can host the whole night or do a tight set that sends people to the donation table happy.
Women's Events & Conferences
Leadership retreats, luncheons, networking nights. Material about grown-woman life that lands because it's lived, not researched.
Hosting & Emceeing
Awards, panels, banquets. I keep the run-of-show moving, cover the dead air, and make the sponsor thank-yous survivable.
Private Events & Milestones
Milestone birthdays, retirement parties, anniversaries. This is where the material can get a little more grown, if that's your crowd.
No guessing
What it costs
Here it is, so you can budget without booking a call first. These are the actual numbers — not a range that turns into something else once you get me on the phone.
- $750
- Awards dinner, between presentations
- $1,000
- Conference slot or association meeting
- $1,500
- Holiday party where comedy is the event
- Inside North Carolina — no travel charge.
- Outside North Carolina — travel and hotel are added to the booking.
- Two weeks minimum lead time. Longer is better if you want custom material.
Custom material and the pre-event call are included, not an upsell.
Book SheryllWhat a corporate comedian costs, in full — how these numbers compare to the wider market, and what moves them.
Before you ask
Questions event planners ask
- How long is a corporate comedy set?
- Sets run 10 to 60 minutes. Twenty minutes works for an awards dinner between presentations. Forty-five is standard for a conference keynote slot or a holiday party where comedy is the main event.
- What does "clean comedy" actually mean?
- No profanity, no sexual material, no political content, and no crowd work that puts an attendee on the spot in front of their colleagues. Corporate sets are written to be safe for a mixed-age, mixed-seniority room with HR in the audience.
- Do you customize material for our company?
- Yes. Custom material comes out of a short call before the event, where Sheryll collects the internal references, running jokes, and names the room will recognize. Company-specific bits get woven into the set rather than replacing it — a set made entirely of inside jokes stops landing by minute six.
- Why book a comedian who is also a real estate agent?
- Sheryll holds an active North Carolina real estate license and has sold with Marti Hampton Real Estate and DASH Carolina in the Raleigh market. For real estate conferences, brokerage retreats, and REALTOR association events, that means the material comes from inside the job instead of from a comedian’s guess at it.
- What kinds of events do you perform at?
- Real estate conferences, corporate retreats and off-sites, award dinners and galas, company holiday parties, association meetings, and private events such as milestone birthdays and retirement parties.
- How much does it cost to book Sheryll Wade?
- Corporate bookings start at $750 for a 30-minute set. A 45-minute set is $1,000 and a full hour is $1,500. Events inside North Carolina have no travel charge; outside the state, travel and hotel are added to the booking.
- Is travel included in the price?
- Inside North Carolina, yes — there is no separate travel charge. For events outside North Carolina, travel and hotel are added on top of the performance fee.
- How far in advance should we book?
- Two weeks is the minimum lead time. Longer is better for events that need custom material, since that comes out of a pre-event call.
Let's talk
Tell me about your event
I read every one of these myself and reply within a day. If it's a fit, we'll hop on a quick call and I'll start writing for your room.