USA Projects

Kristina Wong is a nationally presented solo performer, writer, actor, educator, culture jammer, and filmmaker. Described by the East Bay Express as "brutal but hilarious... a woman who takes life's absurdities very seriously," her body of performance work includes short and full-length solo performance works, outrageous street theater stunts and pranks, subversive internet installations, and plays and sketch comedy.  Her performances have been shown in spaces that include:  the Public Theater, REDCAT, Mark Taper Forum, Jumpstart Performance Company (San Antonio, TX), La MaMa ETC, the Painted Bride (Philadelphia, PA), the Comedy Central Workspace among dozens of others.   She was awarded the Creative Capital Award and a Creation Fund from the National Performance Network to create her third full-length solo show, "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" exploring the remarkably high incidence of suicide among Asian American women in a world that's more nuts than we are. The performance was recently captured in Kristina's first ever concert film through the thoughtful direction of Michael Closson. The film website is flyingwong.com.  Her show "Free?" was also featured at Comedy Central's South Beach Comedy Festival in Miami. Kristina was invited as the alumna commencement speaker for the 2008 UCLA Department of English graduation.  She is completing a novel started with the PEN USA Rosenthal Emerging Voices Fellowship. She is a freelance commentator for American Public Media's Marketplace radio show, Playgirl Magazine, Jezebel and PBS. Her mail order bride website is www.bigbadchinesemama.com.