Child care is hard to come by, and so are well\u002Dpaying comedy gigs, making the comedian babysitter a good solution. Find out more.
since the start of the pandemic, and those that are available have jacked up their prices. On child-care website UrbanSitter, the sitters are charging 11 per cent more than in 2021, averaging US$20.57 an hour for one child, and US$23.25 for two children. The two-child hourly rate is more like US$24 to US$27 in New York and San Francisco, according to chief executive Lynn Perkins. The worker shortage is particularly acute for part-time gigs, she said.
“Comedy is mostly a nighttime project, and babysitting pays more than minimum wage,” said Jessica Delfino, a comedian and author of Dumb Jokes for Smart Folks, who nannied for a decade while performing in the evenings, and now hires comedian-sitters for her two children. “Kids are inherently hilarious. They provide a different perspective, which is always good for comedic material.”Article content
“Working with children is all an improv skit — the whole thing,” Kristina Wilson, founder of Sitters Studio, a nanny service that mostly employs performers in New York and Chicago. “People forget that entertainment is a very orderly profession. When the show goes up, it goes up. Kids need that structure too, but inside that moment, we allow ourselves to be present and let loose, and that ability is so specific to the performing arts.
“We live on the Upper East Side, where life is so scheduled and full of helicopter parenting, and Michael just comes in without a plan and vibes off their mood, often in open-ended play that’s creative. They’re always entertained,” said Lillie Howard of improv comic and actor Michael Delisle, who she employs for her nine and 12 year-old boys after school. “My friends say, ‘Where did you find this guy? He’s great.’” Her younger son is now fond of performing, to which she credits Delisle.
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