On this episode Samantha Rund and Bernice Ye discuss how to become comfortable with fear and what it means to be brave. Bernice shares her experience moving from China to the US alone at 21. We discuss juggling careers, passion projects, overcoming self consciousness, and the connection between comedy and forgiveness.
Samantha Rund is a professional actor, comic, and creator of Beyond Technique Coaching. Recently, she can be seen on 3 Busy Debras on Adult Swim. She's passionate about using performance principles to help enrich and empower people's lives.
www.samantharund.com
www.beyondtechniquecoaching.com
Bernice Ye is a Seattle-based comedian, writer and dancer. Born and raised in China, she came to the US by herself at the age 21, with $1000 and 2 suitcases in 2004.
Outside her job as a Senior Program Management Lead at Hulu, Bernice has been performing dance (since 2010) and stand up comedy (since 2018). She has studied hip hop, jazz, Argentine tango, and is one of the original choreographers and dancers from Dare to Dance community and their shows. For comedy, Bernice has performed in Northwest Women’s Comedy Festival, Crazy Woke Asians show,San Diego Comedy Festival, Seattle Intersections Festival, Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival (San Francisco), as well as shows all over WA, OR and CA. She is also a writer at The Syndrome Magazine, with the mission to empower women, one laugh at a time.
She's producing a big fundraiser online comedy show for Deaf Children and super excited about it!!! It's on 9/17 7pm PDT. https://givebutter.com/hear-the-laughter
All shows can be found at www.berniceye.com, and her IG page @bernicecomedy.