Kristina Wong

Kristina Wong

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 in Theater 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. Kristina wrote and
performed in the CBS Multicultural Comedy Showcase. 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 contributor to anthologies and
magazines that include Playgirl Magazine. Her mail order bride website is
www.bigbadchinesemama.com.

Site is www.kristinawong.com

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