SNL's Bowen Yang Interview

Saturday 5/16/20

7:00pm PST

As part of the celebration of Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, join UCSC’s Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center and Colleges 9 & 10 in live zoom interview with Bowen Yang.

Bowen Yang is a NY-based actor, writer, and producer. He is currently a featured player for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE after beginning as a writer last season. He is also co-starring on the Comedy Central show, AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS. He co-hosts the wildly popular podcast and live show LAS CULTURISTAS with Matt Rogers (featured on THE TONIGHT SHOW, ranked number 10 on Esquire’s Best Podcasts of 2017 and number one on TimeOut’s Best NYC Comedy Podcast). Bowen was named one of Comedy Central’s Up Next comedians at Clusterfest in San Francisco. Bowen has appeared on JON GLASER LOVES GEAR (truTV), BROAD CITY (Comedy Central), HIGH MAINTENANCE (HBO), and THE OUTS (Vimeo), and has created various live shows including LIVE ON BROADGAY at Littlefield, LAKE HOMO HIGH at The Annoyance, and DRAG COURT at The PIT. He performs sketch with POP ROULETTE—named one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch” in 2015. His work has been featured on Above Average, The Onion News Network, Mashable, and CollegeHumor.

We are happy to host Bowen in a special conversation moderated by L.S. Kim (Department of Film & Digital Media). We will be exploring Bowen’s comedy, his career, and getting some insight from him on the importance of humor in these unusual times.

Participants may also have the opportunity to ask any questions they might have for Bowen!