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Shereen Kassam
An internationally touring comedian and speaker, Shereen present on topics related to creativity, entrepreneurship, marketing and more.
2021 Orlando Business Journal “40 Under 40”
Award-Winning solo-show ‘1,001 Red Flags’
Stand-Up Comedian
Florida’s Funniest Female Winner
Seen on HBO & NBC
Podcaster
International Women’s Podcasting Award Winner
Speaker
TEDx Talk Speaker
About Shereen
Shereen Kassam
Creative Entrepreneur
Shereen is an internationally touring stand-up comedian who has performed worldwide on stages from New York to Saigon. Named Florida’s Funniest Female, Shereen has also appeared on HBO and NBC. In addition, she is the previous winner of the Orlando Improv Clash of the Comics and the Brickell Comedy Festival. Shereen has had the opportunity to work with Arsenio Hall, Preacher Lawson, Carlos Mencia, Gina Brillon, and Zarna Garg.
Shereen’s comedy draws on her background as an East-African (Kenyan/Tanzanian), South-Asian Muslim woman who grew up in the United States.
Shereen is also the host of the top-rated Apple podcast – Creative Breakthrough – a podcast that spotlights successful creatives and artist. The International Women’s Podcast Awards crowned Creative Breakthrough the winner in the Moment of Badass Business Advice category.
Shereen also enjoys acting and has appeared in commercials, including for the Florida Lotto, and webseries, such as DROP.
When Shereen’s not touring the world, she’s helping people live their best life at My Pain Center. Previously, she has worked in various roles at JPMorgan, Deloitte, Disney, and Amazon. Shereen received her BA from Brown University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, she resides in Orlando, Florida and has a serious problem saying no to chicken wings.
In 2021, Shereen was honored as one of Orlando Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. And in 2022, Shereen performed a TEDx Talk at TEDx Eustis titled, “How Chicken Wings Made Me Unstoppable”.
In 2023, Shereen had a sold-out run of her award-winning solo show ‘1,001 Red Flags’, at the Orlando Fringe Festival. In 2024, she will be returning ti the Orlando Fringe Festival with a new show – stay tuned!
Testimonials
Appearances
2023 Orlando Fringe Festival, “1,001 Red Flags”
2022 TEDx Talk, “How Chicken Wings Made Me Unstoppable”
2022 Orlando Voyager “Rising Star”
2021 Orlando Business Journal “40 Under 40”
2021 International Women’s Podcast Award Winner
2019 Florida’s Funniest Finalist (one of eleven comedians)
2018 Florida’s Funniest Female
2017 ColorCreative.tv’s Freshwave TV Writing competition Semi-Finalist
2017 HBO Comedy Wings Finalist
2017 NBC’s Stand-up for Diversity
2016 Monsters in the Morning Comedian of the Year Finalist
2016 Florida Laughs for the Holiday’s Winner
2016 Hurricane Vegas Comedy Competition Winner
2016/2015 Orlando Improv Clash of the Comics Winner
2015 Inaugural Brickell Comedy Festival Winner
Festival Appearances
Orlando Fringe Festival (Orlando, Florida)
LaughFest (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Asheville Comedy Festival (Asheville, North Carolina)
Out of Bounds (Austin, Texas)
The World Series of Comedy (Las Vegas, Nevada)
The Women in Comedy Festival (Boston, Massachusetts)
SheDot Comedy Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
American Black Film Festival (Miami, Florida)
StandUp NBC (Atlanta, Georgia)