upcoming
Kristina's Portrait is up at "Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels"
Alta is a social-impact art project that showcases 100 extraordinary individuals creating positive change across Los Angeles County. Each participant is represented through photographic portraits, ancestral DNA, and interviews that reveal how their lives intersect with the region—past, present, and future—creating a legacy work that documents and conserves a deeper narrative for generations to come about the city, its people, and its communities.
Each of them will tell you some of their stories if you download the free, interactive App. Storytelling is a powerful tool for preserving historical perspectives, and can often offer a more nuanced understanding of our complicated past. In a sprawling metropolis like Los Angeles, storytelling can also emerge as a potent tool to bridge divides, cultivating a sense of belonging that can transcend cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic differences.
Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels is presented by the Getty Conservation Institute in collaboration with Marcus Lyon at the Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide. PST ART is presented by Getty. Lead partners are Bank of America, Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace, and the Getty Patron Program. Principal partners are Simons Foundation; Eva and Ming Hsieh, Co-Founders of Fulgent Genetics; and Peggy and Andrew Cherng, Co-Chairs and Co-CEOs of Panda Express. Additional support for Alta / a Human Atlas of a City of Angels is provided by John E. and Louise Bryson.
Kristina in Residence at ASU Gammage
In the ASU Gammage community all week, culminating my three year Artist-in-Residence
“KRISTINA WONG, FOOD BANK INFLUENCER” makes its CULMINATING premiere at ASU GAMMAGE!
ASU Gammage's artist-in-residence, Kristina Wong, returns to the stage combining comedy, theater and conversation in #FoodBankInfluencer, Wong's newest work-in-progress. The show is determined to change the narrative around food banks through an immersive experience, commentary on systems and distribution and investigating the impact of food insecurity.
Kristina reading at Women at Work (Roots and Wings) project
WOMEN AT WORK
A SOUL-STIRRING SHOWCASE OF UNTAMED STORIES.
The Roots and Wings Project Theatre Company and The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture proudly presents WOMEN AT WORK, a transformative evening of works-in-progress plays by BIPOC femme writers, Directed by Larryjean Powell.
This event will feature excerpts from groundbreaking plays by powerhouse writers in various stages of development. This ongoing series has been a launchpad for incredible new works, including Kristina Wong’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated SWEATSHOP OVERLORD, and continues to provide a space for artistic growth and audience feedback.
WOMEN AT WORK is a crucial part of the Roots and Wings Project's mission to dismantle oppressive structures and uplift the voices of the unnamed, unknown, and misunderstood. The event will offer a safe and creative space for writers to nurture their craft, receiving both support and constructive feedback as they navigate the ongoing challenges of a misogynistic society.
The evening will open up with a violin performance by Alma Cielo, and an incredible Live Painting by Alfie Numeric. The evening will feature a diverse lineup of talented writers, with works that delve into the complexities of women’s experiences in today’s world. Each piece is an exploration of truth, survival, and resistance, offering a glimpse into the voices that have long been silenced or overlooked.
"It is critically important to provide a platform for works-in-progress by BIPOC femme writers, as our voices have been left out of the narrative for too long. WOMEN AT WORK not only gives these stories visibility but honors the messy, vital creative process, of offering writers the support they need to shape their work and bring new, powerful narratives to the world." – Jesse Bliss, Founder/Artistic & Executive Director of The Roots and Wings Project
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: April 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Location: Pop-Hop Books, Highland Park (5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042)
Directed By: Larryjean Powell
Live Music By: Alma Cielo
Live Painting By: Alfie Numeric
FEATURED WRITERS:
Jesse Bliss
Sigrid Gilmer
Aiko Little
Gabriela Ortega
Kristina Wong
TICKETS:
Donations are warmly welcomed but not required. A suggested minimum donation of $10 helps support our shows and future endeavors.
Kristina will be in Ireland! ☘️
I am part of an NYC- Ireland Artist exchange. More details to be announced!
Justice + Art Jam
FREE event. Open-to-all! Working with KIRN KIM of API RISE on a performance event installation
What is it?
A timely festival uniting the community in a meaningful expression of resilience, solidarity, and transformation. 25 artists, advocates and social justice organizations will create + showcase artworks, social services, + interactive experiences. The event will combine practical support such as an expungement clinic, discussions + workshops with creative expressions like storytelling, performance art, music, theatre + visual art installations.
Who is it for?
Everyone is welcome specially System-impacted individuals + their families, justice-focused artists, advocates, groups, organizations + elected officials as both audience + participants
Where:
Los Angeles State Historic Park, near Chinatown, Lincoln Heights, metro, buses + parking
When:
Saturday, May 24,2025 (1-4 pm)
Site:
Open park space with fresh air, abundant nature + social safety
Facilities:
Open grassy areas, low hills, trees, dirt paths, a flat stone pathway, a cement circle stage, a bridge, a glass-sided building, bathrooms, fences + stone picnic tables
Why this matters?:
As our LA communities navigate significant policy shifts and systemic challenges, many feel the need to come together - to share stories, tend to each other + realize a compassionate city. Join us for dynamic artistic expressions and open dialogues focused on freedom, safety, prevention, restoration, reentry, and abolition. At the heart of this festival is a commitment to creating a space that fosters healing, builds solidarity, encourages networking. and leverages creative methods to support those most affected by the justice system.
Avant Premiere: Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer at UMass Amherst
It’s the show before the big show! See this before it makes it’s big debut!
Panel: Sex, Lies, and Foodbanks
Sex, Lies, and Foodbanks
Panel discussion on food access
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 4-6 p.m.
UMass Old Chapel Free.
Registration required.
Featuring participants from UMass, Grow Food Northampton, and the Amherst Survival Center, and moderated by Kristina Wong, this panel will explore topics related to food access and food justice and raise awareness of resources available to the UMass community. Bring your taste buds and your questions!
4 p.m. Gather for local appetizers from UMass Catering
4:30 p.m. Panel discussion
5:30 p.m. Q&A
Panelists
Kia Aoki
Member of Grow Food Northampton board of directors and founding member of the Food Access Advisory Committee there. Kia is also a founding partner of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council.
Lev BenEzra
Executive director for the Amherst Survival Center.
Gaby Immerman
MS3 sustainability science [umass.edu/sustainsci/] graduate student at UMass and horticulture teacher and experiential learning specialist at the Smith College Botanic Garden.
Terrell "TL" James
PhD student at UMass in anthropology and a trainer for the UMass Alliance for Community Transformation.
Kristina in Residence at ASU Gammage
Will be in the ASU Gammage community all week as part of my three year Artist-in-Residency.
HOLD YOU SO TIGHT SCREENING AT Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival
I won’t be there but the film I am is!
Kristina co-moderates a panel at APAP
Open to registrants of the APAP conference.
Co-moderated by Dan Froot, Kathryn Garcia (ED of Live Arts Miami), Melissa Salguero (Community Outreach Director at Utah Presents), Kristina Wong
"Choreographing the Campus" is a participatory workshop that offers a deep dive into the potential of performing arts projects to unite and inspire college campuses, while extending their reach to surrounding communities. This session will explore how artists, campus presenters, agents, and university communities can collaborate to weave the performing arts into the fabric of academic and communal life. Through rich discussion and shared insights, attendees will examine how performing arts projects can serve as catalysts for interdisciplinary connections and foster genuine reciprocity between artists and campus stakeholders. The workshop will delve into questions of scale, fit, and strategy—asking how to determine the "right" project, artist, and partners, as well as the appropriate time and resources to build meaningful and lasting engagement.
The panel will share successful models of collaboration where the arts have activated institutional missions and broadened campus-community ties. The workshop will invite participants to consider the sustained work required to establish reciprocal relationships, focusing on the value of advance visits, multi-year engagements, and evaluations to maximize impact. Ultimately, this session will help campus presenters, artists, and agents envision how arts-based projects can leave campuses stronger—cultivating new faculty and student relationships, enhancing community ties, and positioning the arts as essential to the university's goals. The discussion will encourage participants to reflect on how artists can become integral leaders within campus ecosystems, and how collaborative projects can lead to deeper, more enduring relationships across institutional boundaries.
Kristina at UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL “Coming Attractions”
Attending the Under the Radar Festival or APAP? Come here me talk about my new show “Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer” at Coming Attractions. 🎟RSVP HERE
The GhostLIGHT PROJECT (online GATHERING)
🚨🚨AN ONLINE GATHERING TO TALK ABOUT WTF WE ARE DOING IN THIS MOMENT.🚨🚨
Join us on Monday 3pst/6est, January 6th, as we re-convene our community with a conversation about how you are keeping the light on with your theatrical practice.
Ghostlight Project 2025
We get it. There doesn’t feel like there’s enough time to do anything. We’re exhausted from the past year and stressed for what’s to come. For these reasons we center accessibility, replenishment, inspiration, and collective power when we invite you to join us for an hour Jan 6. This day has many powerful resonances for the community from the Epiphany to the 2021 Insurrection. We chose this day in order to prepare for the 20th which will also be a day we must thoughtfully prepare for. It is both Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Day. Many of us are starting our short winter breaks now and some are not planning to be active for all of January. Keeping that in mind we invite you to join us for a short gathering, where we will be able to amplify and illuminate all we have to offer. Let’s start our year off on a powerful note.
https://forms.gle/XLCoiY1LwswNojY39
https://theghostlightproject.com/
KRISTINA AT UC IRVINE— EVENT WITH RAMEN!!
Kristina Wong: Performance Artist & “Food Bank Influencer”
This Illuminations event will offer a taste of her new show "Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer," which will premiere in April 2025. We will learn about food insecurity and sustainability while watching a hilarious and enlightening short performance and slurping hot ramen!
The event will take place in the Demonstration Kitchen at the Anteater Recreation Center. Chef Daniel Baquerizo and team will provide you a hands-on experience in designing and assembling a delicious and sumptuous ramen meal. You will learn how to have a fancy meal with a budget of 3 dollars!
Please arrive 15 minutes early. We encourage you to bring your own chopsticks (and soup spoons, if you wish)!
Date & Time: 11:30am to 1pm, Nov. 19.
Location: Demonstration Kitchen at the Anteater Recreation Center.
"HOLD YOU SO TIGHT" screening at We Make Movies International Film Festival
I won’t be there, but my presence in “HOLD YOU SO TIGHT” which screening before the feature film, SYNC, will be there!
SUNDAY NOV 10, 3:40 PM
@ THE BROADWATER THEATER
1076 Lillian Way (at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd.)
Los Angeles 90038
Kristina in Residence at ASU Gammage
Will be in the ASU Gammage community as part of my three year residency.
"Hold You So Tight" screening at San Jose Short Film Festival
(I won’t be there but say hi to the gang for me!)
Part of the 6:30pm program “The World Beyond”
API RISE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
I’m on the board of this organization and would love for you to support us!!
“HOLD YOU SO TIGHT” Screening at Topanga Film Festival
Topanga Film Festival
"One of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world”
— Filmmaker Magazine
*I won’t be at the screening, but my presence in Eric Rudnick’s “HOLD YOU SO TIGHT” will be!
International Narrative | Shorts Competition
Screening in a block of shorts -
SATURDAY OCT 19, 3:00 PM
@ CORAZON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
125 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA 90290
Kristina on the "Asian Americans For Democracy Online Power Hour" Call
🎟REGISTER FOR THE FREE EVENT HERE
Date: October 10th, 2024 (Thursday)
· 2:00 - 3:00 PM Hawai'i 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific 7:00 - 8:00 PM Central 8:00 - 9:00 PM Eastern
Asian Americans For Democracy to Host Online Power Hour October 10
Film directors, writers, playwrights, actors, and other members of the AANHPI creative community join Asian Americans for Democracy to discuss the importance of voting for Kamala Harris.
You’ll hear luminaries in our creative community share their unique perspectives on Donald Trump and his racist misogynistic homophobic policies and why they're dangerous for our AANHPI communities, education, reproductive and immigrant rights. And why they are supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Join us for a fun & interesting hour!
Join: Philip Kan Gotanda, Amy Hill, David Henry Hwang, Freida Lee Mock, Kristina Wong, Alice Wu, Jeff Yang, Helen Zia in a panel moderated and hosted by Tamlyn Tomita.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Philip Kan Gotanda, Playwright, U.C. Berkeley Professor
Amy Hill, Actor, Comedian
David Henry Hwang, Playwright, Screenwriter
Freida Lee Mock, Director, Writer, Producer
Tamlyn Tomita, Chair of CAPA21, Actor
Kristina Wong, Writer, Performer
Alice Wu, Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Jeff Yang, Writer, Journalist
Phil Yu, Writer, Speaker
Helen Zia, Founder, Vincent Chin Institute; Author and Activist
VIDEO APPEARANCES:
Jon Jon Briones, Actor, Singer
· Date: October 10th, 2024 (Thursday)
· 2:00 - 3:00 PM Hawai'i 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific 7:00 - 8:00 PM Central 8:00 - 9:00 PM Eastern
Please share this invitation with friends, family and allies who are interested in preserving democracy and learning about the critical work taking place in swing states!
HERE is the registration link to share with others!
And here you can DONATE HERE!
Kristina is a guest at "1st International Latinidades Arts Symposium" in Dallas
Presented by Cara Mia Theatre. Info here.
Kristina in Residence at ASU Gammage
Will be in the ASU Gammage community all week as part of my three year artist-in-residency.
KRISTINA WONG— LIVE FROM THE FOOD BANK!
I will be doing my version of a rock concert at 1pm on a Thursday afternoon at my favorite place in Los Angeles, World Harvest Food Bank to preview my new work “Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer.” This is happening during operating hours and there will be camera crew present from the Kennedy Center filming and interviewing people after (possibly you!). Seating is limited. Bring a foldable stool if you insist on sitting! Get there early to find street parking. You can also make a donation after and get some groceries!
"Hold You So Tight" screening at Silicon Beach Film Festival
The short film I’m in, written and directed by Eric Rudnick, is playing at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres
Thursday, September 12th at 9:30 pm in Theater 3 (Block MMMM) -
More details here...
Work-in-Progress showing of Kristina wong: #FoodBankInfluencer at Catskill Art Space
🎟PURCHASE FUNDRAISER TICKETS FOR THE 5:30pm RECEPTION
Saturday, August 24, 2024
7:00 PM- 8:40 PM. (Show itself is free to the public and begins around 7pm! No reservations, just come in.)
Kristina Wong will present a work-in-progress entitled, Kristina Wong: #FoodBankInfluencer at Catskill Art Space. In the week prior, she will immerse herself in a CAS-hosted artist residency allowing her time and space to further develop the performance and engage in several programs and activities in Livingston Manor and Sullivan County.
Through her latest project, Wong will be creatively exploring functional food banks and includes a commentary on food systems and distribution as well as a treatise on food insecurity. Peppered with Karaoke songs with her original lyrics, Wong provides a look at the future of emergency food and the role of food banks as a permanent part of the American food system.
Food Bank Influencer is presented in partnership with En Garde Arts and The Dr. David M. Milch Foundation. Her engagement will include leading a youth workshop with CAS Kids, a free community performance and a reception (including performance) to benefit the Sullivan County nonprofit A Single Bite and their mission to feed and educate children and their families with real, local food.
Ahead of the performance, there will be a cocktail reception in the ground floor galleries of CAS, with small bites and drinks served. Tickets to this event are $200 and include reserved seating for the performance to follow at 7pm. All proceeds benefit A Single Bite + Catskills Food Hub.
About Kristina Wong
Kristina is the recipient of the 2023 Joan D. Firestone Fund awarded by En Garde Arts, a five-year program that presents an unrestricted award to a theatre artist to support the development of a new work at the intersection of theatre and social change. Public sharing each year is part of the En Garde Arts Uncommon Voices series, a new work developmental residency program that gives artists working at the intersection of theatre and social change.
About En Garde Arts
En Garde Arts is a New York City-based theatre company, and a pioneer in site-specific theatre and serves as an incubator for dynamic experiences that encapsulate today’s most pressing issues and move the public into action.
About A Single Bite + Catskills Food Hub
A Single Bite is a Sullivan County non-profit that feeds and educates children and their families with real, local food. Since March 2020, the five-year old organization’s Free Meal Program has prepared and delivered more than 155,000 servings of scratch made food to local families struggling to put healthy food on the table. Working closely with educators, their Real Food Education Program is a four-part, immersive experience that teaches students about making healthy food choices.
Kristina in Residence at Catskills Art Space
For a week and a half, I’ll be in Sullivan County, NY working out my new show Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer at the Catskill Art Space and meeting with local food distribution hub A Single Bite. I will also being doing an event for kids and anyone else at 9:30am on August 20.
The residency will culminate in a public showing of my show-in-progress on August 24. Information on that showing here.
Kristina at “Rant and Rave” at Rogue Machine Theater
Reading a new story as part of this story telling series.
Kristina teaches MASTER CLASS: “TOOLS FOR POLITICAL HUMOR WRITING” PRESENTED BY FRINGE BENEFITS
👋 GO HERE for more information on Fringe Benefits master class series.
“Tools for Political Humor Writing”
July 7, 2024
ABOUT: A workshop for participants who are new to writing comedy or curious about strategies for incorporating humor into writing about seemingly unfunny subjects. Participants will be presented with my personal rubric of strategies and some exercises to hone the “eye” for funny.
OVERVIEW: In this series of monthly, online Master Classes, participants will have an opportunity to learn a variety of ways to create community-based theatre for social justice. They will practice skills in political humor, storytelling, indigenous methodologies, collaborative playwriting & dramaturgy, best practices in partnering with stakeholders, and more. The topics explored will include impactful political activism; community-building; racial, disability and environmental justice; as well as LGBTQ+, women’s, immigration and voting rights; and more! All of the sessions will be highly interactive.
Creative Capital Carnival
No performance or presentation from me, but as a Board member of Creative Capital, I encourage you to come meet our new class of grantees! I will be there!
Kristina giving KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT AANHPI Summit
I am beyond thrilled to share that I'll be speaking at the @asianpacificfund’s 2024 AANHPI Summit: Reclaiming and Redefining Our Mental Health! Join me for what promises to be an inspiring event where we'll dive deep into crucial conversations about mental health within our AANHPI community.
As a Bay Area native, this cause is incredibly close to my heart, and I can't wait to share my journey with you all. From my experiences as a performer, comedian, actor, writer, and even a former elected official, I've seen firsthand the importance of mental health advocacy, especially in our community.
I'll be sharing insights and inspiration from my own path, including my latest performance art piece, "Sweatshop Overlord," which delves into some timely and important themes. From navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic to addressing systemic issues like #antiAsian racism, we'll cover it all with my trademark wit and humor.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Let's come together, learn, and reclaim our mental health. I can't wait to see you there!
Grab your tickets now at https://2024aanhpisummit.eventbrite.com and let's make a difference together. Don't miss out!
POSTPONED: KRISTINA AND PRODUCERS OF RADICAL CRAM SCHOOL ON A PANEL AT TEACHING FOR JUSTICE CONFERENCE at UC IRVINE
UPDATE: THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
We’ll be talking about our forthcoming book “Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism” (Beaming Books, Spring 2026)!
🔥Register for the “Teaching for Justice 2024” conference here.
POSTPONED: Rites of Passage at Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA
This event is postponed.
🏆Will be performing at the Sunday show. Event description here!
Acclaimed artist Daniel Alexander Jones curates an original series exclusively for CAP UCLA and the UCLA Nimoy Theater. A Guggenheim Fellow and Doris Duke Artist Award winner, Jones is a modern renaissance-man, accomplished in music, theater and literature. His work “creates multi-dimensional experiences where bodies, minds, emotions, voices, and spirits conjoin, shimmer, and heal.” (Herb Alpert Foundation)
Featuring renowned artists Lynell George, Roger Guenveur Smith, Luis Alfaro, Adelina Anthony, Alice Tuan and Kristina Wong, alongside their chosen LA-based collaborators, Rites of Passage is a celebration of The Nimoy’s opening season centering the arts as a tool to enliven the past, present and future of civic life.
Kristina's Vagina on exhibition at "There Is No Sincerity Without Irony"
There Is No Sincerity Without Irony
Exhibition Explores How Sex Is Inherently Intersectional, Necessarily Seen Through Race and Feminism
Title: There Is No Sincerity Without Irony
Date: May 11 – June 8, 2024
Opening: Saturday, May 11, 4-6 pm (Performance by Kyoung eun Kang at 4:30 pm)
Address: AHL Foundation Gallery, 2605 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY 10030
Curator: Joyce Chung
Participating Artists: Sara Jimenaz, Kyoung eun Kang, Kakyoung Lee, Jiwon Rhie, Hyeree Ro, Kristina Wong, and Kim Ye
New York, NY (April 24, 2024) – AHL Foundation Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 AHL-Chun Family Foundation Curatorial Open Call Exhibition: “There Is No Sincerity Without Irony.” The exhibition explores the female reproductive system and its relevant activities through an intersectional framework of race and feminism.
Featuring seven Asian and Asian American female artists, including Sara Jimenaz, Kyoung Eun Kang, Kakyoung Lee, Jiwon Rhie, Hyeree Ro, Kristina Wong, and Kim Ye, the exhibition addresses specific female body parts and corporeal experiences. The works reflect how women’s engagement with their bodies shape and develop their perception of sex and sexual attitude.
The oppression of Asian women’s sexuality is similarly intertwined with culture specific norms such as parental influences, immigration, media play, and identity politics. What are the ways Asian women have claimed their sexual choices and demands, against exoticization, hypersexualization and hierarchy? What compromises have been made surrounding the fetishized Asian female body in relation to male heterosexuality?
“The artists represented here transgress the boundaries set for them by utilizing body knowledge, law, and the methodology of post-colonialism,” says Joyce Chung. “Each work emphasizes how women’s bodies can in turn become a site for building and exercising self-determination and agency.”
“There Is No Sincerity Without Irony” reveals that the absurdities associated with Asian women’s bodies cannot be explained as a simple combination of elements such as misogyny and racism; however, it can be used as a reminder and a tool to produce sincerity, an acknowledgement of the exploitations and a desire to provoke moral certainty and political action to banish the persistent irony. Attuning to vernacular sexuality and feminisms, the exhibition strives to facilitate critical contemplation around the shared pasts, present, and possible futures surrounding women’s bodies.
“There Is No Sincerity Without Irony” will be accompanied by a screening and panel discussion on May 18 about prostitution law in collaboration with Red Canary Song, a collective of Asian & migrant sex workers and allies in New York. The program maps different stakeholders and temporalities as an exercise in liberating notions of what women’s bodies can do.
The exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday, May 11, from 4-6 pm, featuring a performance by Kyoung eun Kang at 4:30 pm. The work explores a woman’s journey of self-discovery and relationship with her body through
It runs through June 8, 2024, at the AHL Foundation Gallery, located at 2605 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY 10030 (corner of 139th Street). Public hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12 pm to 6 pm.
For more information, please visit www.ahlfoundation.org or contact info@ahlfoundation.org
"Hold You So Tight" West Coast Premiere at Beverly Hills Film Festival
I am doing a run of my show in San Francisco, so won’t be there in person but come visit me on the screen!
We’re in Block 6 at 3:45pm!!