PAST EVENTS FROM 2008
January 2008
January 3-16
Kristina is in residence in Miami, FL
Doing workshops, talks, performances at Youth Expressions, New World School of the Arts, South Beach Women's Chamber of Commerce, and Miami Dade Community College.
January 16
"Free?" at Colony Theater in Miami, FL
Weeklong performance residency
Presented by the Miami Light Project and South Beach Comedy Festival
January 22, afternoon and 8pm show
CBS Sketch Comedy Showcase
Coronet Theater
Hollywood, CA
February 2008
February 7
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at UC Santa Barbara
February 12, 6:30-8pm
Kristina does excerpt performance and panel discussion at UT Austin
Sponsored by UT Austin's Center for Asian American Studies
Februray 14-16
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in Austin, TX
at the Off-Center Theater
Part of the "Throws like a Girl Festival"
February 15
Q&A in Jill Dolan's class at UT Austin, with playwright Alice Tuan
February 16, 1-4pm
Workshop at the Off Center
Austin, TX
February 28
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at CSU Long Beach
Excerpt Performance and Discussion
March 2008
March 8
Kristina previews very short section of "CAT LADY" (work-in-progress)
Venice Public Library
Venice, CA
(Then... later that Evening)
Kristina does some standup at "Magic Garage 3"
Eagle Rock, CA
March 18, 7:15pm
Kristina does 12 minutes of Stand-up! (No props!)
Lost Souls Cafe
124 W. 4th St. (Harlem Place Alley), Los Angeles, California 90012
Part of Tuesday Nights at the Cafe
FREE!
March 23-30
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in San Antonio, TX
Workshops and Performances
Part of week long residency at Jump Start Performance Company
March 25, 2pm
Performance Excerpt and Talk at UT San Antonio
UTSA 1604
March 28, 8pm
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in San Antonio TX
Jumpstart Performance Space
108 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
$12 General, $9 Discount
Event information here
March 29, 8pm
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in San Antonio TX
Jumpstart Performance Space
108 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
$12 General, $9 Discount
Event information here
April 2008
April 4-6
Kristina in attendance at Intersections Conference
New World Theater, Amherst, MA
April 5
Kristina hosts solo performances at Intersections Conference
New World Theater, Amherst, MA
April 7
(Day)
Class Visit at Amherst College
Professor Karen Cardozo's class
(Evening)
Performance Excerpt and Talk at Amherst College
April 8
Performance Excerpt and
Talk at Smith College
April 10
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Performance and Discussion
Stony Brook University, New York
April 20, 10pm(-ish)
Kristina does stand-up
Bowery Poetry Club (part of the Sulu Series)
$8 general, $5 for students
308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker St.)
New York, NY
April 23, 2:30pm
Workshop at LaGuardia Community College
New York City
April 24, 8pm
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Full Performance
Part of the Asian Theater Festival
All tickets are $10, more info here
Queens Theater, New York City
April 27, 3pm
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Full performance
Part of the Asian Theater Festival
All tickets are $10, more info here
Queens Theater, New York City
May 2008
May 3 and 4
Kristina doing guerilla performances
as part of...
Ming-Yuen S. Ma and Visual Communications Presents
"Xin Lu Video Bus Tours, Los Angeles"
Part of 24th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
See here for more info.
May 3, 4pm
"Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown" Screening
Documentary by Daisy Lin Shapiro that Kristina is featured in
(Kristina should be present during Q&A, depending one when above bus tour ends)
Directors Guild of America, Theater 1
Los Angeles, CA
Ticket info here
Documentary info here
May 27, 7pm
Kristina does Stand-up
Downbeat 720 Series
Miles Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA
This event was cancelled.
June 2008
June 2, 8pm
Hooray WHORING for Hollywood!
Kristina Wong's Big Industry Showcase
Comedy Central Workspace in Los Angeles, CA
6539 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
RSVP: 323-960-5519
FREE!
June 4
Kristina's birthday!
June 5- 8
2nd Annual Asian American Theater Conference
Minneapolis, MN
(Kristina on "APA CUNT" Panel for this Conference.)
June 15
Kristina delivers commencement speech
UCLA Department of English Graduation
Pauley Pavillion
Los Angeles, CA
June 9- July 23
Kristina gets R&R by the beach at schmancy artist's retreat!
Writing and Relaxing (Relaxing? WTF is that?!)
Hermitage Retreat for Artists
Englewood, FL
July 2008
July 1-23
Kristina still at Heritage retreat
Englewood, FL
July 24-27
Kristina at Creative Capital Retreat in Williamstown, MA
July 31- August 2
Kristina premieres NEW WORK!
"The Cat Lady"
Part of the NOW Festival
REDCAT Theater
Los Angeles, CA
September 2008 & October 2008
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in Santa Monica! (Nine Shows!)
September 19- October 5 (Fridays- Sunday!)
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30pm
Sundays at 3:00pm (please note time change)
Miles Memorial Playhouse
1130 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Purchase tickets here. Cheap group rates available!
September 23, 7:20pm
Kristina featured at Downbeat 720, Open Mic for Youth
Miles Playhouse, Santa Monica
October 2008
October 2
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Special Film Shoot (thanks to support from the Center for Cultural Innovation)
Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica
Pleae email me to part of our audience!
October 10
Kristina speaks to WAC 85 Class
UCLA, Department of World Arts and Cultures
Professor Angelia Leung
October 11- December 6 (Eight Saturdays, 2-6pm)
Kristina facilitates BECAUSE: a performance and writing workshop for women of color)
Mid Valley YMCA in Van Nuys, CA.
Part of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence Award
Please email for registration information.
PAST EVENTS IN 2007
January 2007
January 10-20
Kristina in NYC!
January 17-19
Kristina presenting at "Under the Radar Fest" as part of "Artist Speed Dating"
The Public Theater, New York City, NY!
January 20- March 10 2007, Saturdays 2-6pm
Kristina teaches BECAUSE, a 6-week Performance/Writing Workshop for Women of Color in Van Nuys, CA
(Program is 8 weeks, 7th week rehearsal, 8th week is public showing)
Part of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs "Artist-in-Residence" Grant
March 2007
March 5, 7:30pm
Kristina presents 10 minutes of new work at Max 10
Electric Lodge, Venice
March 6, 5:30pm
"The Art of Kristina Wong: Subversive Art and Activism"
Guest Lecture and workshop at UCLA
March 10, 2pm
Final Showing of BECAUSE Workshop with reception
$5 suggested donation
Van Nuys, CA
March 11, 8:30
Kristina's Stand-Up Debut! (only doing 5 minutes)
$8 with a 2 drink minimum
The Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave.
March 14
KGA Yellow Lounge (Kristina’s students performing) in Long Beach, CA
March 19-24
Kristina in Philadelphia, PA as part ot NPN residency
March 23-24, 8pm
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"-- EAST COAST PREMIERE!
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $20 | Members: $10
March 28
Cornell University in Ithaca, NY
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Excerpt and talkback
March 31
Mt Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Excerpt and talkback
April 2007
April 1-6
Kristina is the guest in residence at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Unit One Allen Hall
Doing a week of workshops, talks, and performance excerpts for students
April 7, 8
Kristina attends writing and performance retreat for "Edge of the World" in Philadelphia, PA
April 9
Edge of the World Preview Performance
Asian Arts Initiative
Philadelphia, PA
April 11, 9:30-11pm
Excerpts of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at DePaul University
Student Center, Room 220, Lincoln Park Campus
Chicago, IL
April 19
Guest Lecturer for UCLA
Grad Student Seminar
Instructor: David Wong Louie
May 2007
May 3
Kristina presents at Creative Capital Event in Los Angeles
May 7
Excerpts of Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Q&A
UC Santa Cruz
May 18-19, 8pm
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in Los Angeles!
2100 Square Feet Theater
5615 San Vicente Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Tickets: $20
Group Tickets (10 or more) $15
Reservations: 310-998-8765
June 2007
June 15, 4pm
Kristina on panel discussion "Double Exposure: Connecting Arts Presenters with the Asian American Theater Community"
At the Asia Society
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NY, NY
Please join moderator Mark Russell, Producer, Under the Radar Festival, and panelists (in formation) including Bruce Allardice, Ping Chong & Company; June Wilson, Executive Director, National Performance Network; Kristina Wong, Artist; and San San Wong, San Francisco Arts Commission for a lively discussion designed to engage and connect arts presenters and Asian American artists.
June 16, 17, and 18
Kristina performs Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in full
at First National Asian American Theater Festival in New York City!
Kirk Theater on Theater Row in Manhattan, 410 W 42nd St.
Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St, walk west to theater!
Four shows only!! Free Yarn!
Saturday, June 16 at 8pm
Sunday, June 17 at 3pm and 7pm
Monday, June 18 at 7pm
Tickets are $20, Reservations: 212-352-3101
Click here for a flyer to send to your friends!
Show description here
Buy Tickets!
June 21, 23, 10pm
Kristina in "Edge of the World"
(My first ensemble show in years!)
La Mama Cabaret
74A East 4th St. NY, NY 10003
Tickets are $20
Show description here
Buy Tickets!
July 2007
July 7, 1pm
Kristina reads a new piece: "The Years of Lying Dangerously"
Double bill with Guillermo Gomez-Pena!
We will also be doing a collaborative piece.
[Inside] the Ford, under the Ford Amphitheater
Tickets are $10
Ford Box Office: 323-461-3673
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA
July 28, 10-6pm
Kristina teaches performance/writing workshop
part of OUTFLOW
Santa Monica, CA
August 2007
August 18, 6:00pm
Kristina performs "Checklist"-- an excerpt from "Free?"
3rd Annual NewSpeak SLAM!
Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles
The Ultimate Asian American Spoken Word line-up!
Click here for flyer
Purchase tickets here
$20 presale/ $25 at the door
August 24, 8:30pm
Kristina performs in OUTFLOW
Artists examining themes of gentrification
Highways Performance Space
1651 18th St. in Santa Monica, $20/$15
August 25, 10pm
Kristina opens for Terrie Huberman's Hypno-comedy show with a 5 minute stand-up set
Hollywood, CA
Details TBA
August 26, 3:00pm
Kristina performs in OUTFLOW
Artists examining themes of gentrification
Highways Performance Space
1651 18th St. in Santa Monica, $15/$10
September 2007
September 9, 3:45pm
Kristina reads "The Years of Lying Dangerously"
Cornucopia Storytelling Series
4735 Lankershim Blvd
Actors Workout Studio in North Hollywood
September 15- November 3 (Saturday Afternoons)
Kristina leads "BECAUSE"-- a weekly performance/writing workshop for women of color
Guest Artists include Velina Hasu-Houston, Alice Tuan, Grisha Coleman
Van Nuys, CA
September 19
Kristina does stand-up!
Westside Eclectic
Santa Monica, CA
October 2007
October 4-6
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" returns to Berkeley! Encore run!
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley
Tickets are $7-15 Thursday, $12 adv/15 door Friday/Saturday
More info/Advanced Tickets
October 16, 7pm
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at Cal State LA
Music Hall, this event is Free
October 27, 8-9:30pm
Excerpt performance of "The Years of Lying Dangerously "
part of "Humor Us" show
Barnsdall Art Park
Los Angeles, CA
Ticket information
October 29, 4:30pm
Kristina does guest visit at "Asian American Pop Culture Class"
UC Irvine, Prof. Mimura
November 2007
November 3, 2pm
BECAUSE Final Showing
6901 Lennox Ave (Mid Valley YMCA)
Van Nuys, CA
November 8, 5-7pm
Kristina on "Other Options" Career Panel at UCLA
sponsored by UCLA Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
Los Angeles, CA
November 9, 8pm
Kristina performs as part of SFWAR (San Francisco Women Against Rape) Fundraiser
San Francisco, CA
November 12, 8pm
Kristina performs in Anatomy Riot
Theatre/Theater
5041 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
$10 at the door, no reservations
November 15
Kristina on Grant Panel for San Francisco Arts Commission
San Francisco, CA
November 27
Kristina is guest presenter at Theater Class
Cal State San Marcos
Professor: Judy Bauerlein
December 2007
December 1, 2-3:30pm
Kristina is guest of "The Importance of Telling Your Stories" Panel
Coordinated by the Media Image Coalition, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations
at Paramount Studios in conjunction with "Freedom Writers" Screening
December 4-10
Kristina at National Performance Network Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA
December 9, 9:30am
Kristina performs short excerpt of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Part of "Artburst" at NPN Meeting
New Orleans, LA
December 19
Kristina in Playreading of "IXNAY"
a new play by
Paul Kikuchi
David Henry Hwang Theater
120 Judge John Aiso St. in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Part of East West Players/ David Henry Hwang Writers Institute Readings
$5 Suggested donation
PAST EVENTS IN 2006
January 2006
January 2-10
Kristina writing and reading her novel in Plainfield, VT
January 11-16
Kristina in NYC!
January 19-22
Artists Exchange Retreat in Philadelphia, PA
Performance and Teach-in
February 2006
February 7
Kristina presents a Lecture/Demo at UCI Pop Culture Class in Irvine, CA
March 2006
March 3, 7-8pm
Kristina as "Fannie Wong, Former Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up" hosts an evening of performance
Part of the 4th Annual Crossing Borders Ethnic Studies Conference
at Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles
March 13, 11-2pm
Kristina on panel with other "Extremely Successful Alumni"(in Vic Marks' words, not mine!) of WAC Department, UCLA
World Arts and Cultures Seminar Class at UCLA
Kaufman Hall, Room 208
March 17, 8pm
Showing of New Work on gentrification at Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia, PA
1315 Cherry St. in Philly
April 2006
April 3, 7:30pm
Showing of New Work at Max 10 at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA
April 25
Guest presentation at CSU Long Beach (Filmmaker Karen Lin is presenting too!)
May 2006
May 11, noon
Kristina performs a preview of "Free?" at San Francisco State
May 11-17
Kristina in Bay Area for NPN residency to re-work "Free?"
May 18, 8pm
Kristina plays "Free?" (80% new!) at the Bay Area Hip Hop Theater Festival
La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley
Details Here
June 2006
June 4, 1pm
Kristina's Birthday and Performance!
(I'm showing some new new new excerpts of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with a handful of other artists showing new work.)
Angel’s Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, California 90731
For more info, go to www.teada.org or contact TeAda Productions at 310-998-8765 or leilani@teada.org
Pay-what-you-can
Reception to follow!
June 21, 7:30pm
Kristina's first ever performance in NYC!!!
Excerpts of "Free?" at the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival
The Public Theater's Anspacher Theater in Manhattan
Tickets: $25 regular, $10 students & seniors, group discounts available
Buy tickets and view line up here
July 2006
July 1
Kristina does performance for opening of
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China"
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Information on exhibit is here.
July 2-8
Kristina at VONA Voices Writing Residency in San Francisco
July 9-13
Kristina will be in SF doing research for "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
July 13, 7-9 pm
Kristina is featured reader at Poetry Mission
Oops, Kristina had to cancel this event, but go anyway to watch other poets.
July 20-22, 8:30pm
Kristina does excerpts of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at REDCAT's NOW FESTIVAL
Downtown Los Angeles
Event and Ticket Information here
July 29, 1:00pm
Kristina does different excerpts than the week before of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (more reading-esque)
at Ford Summer Playreading Series
(Also reading is Philip Kan Gotanda's "White Manifesto")
[Inside] the Ford Theatre of the John Anson Ford
2580 Cahuenga Blvd., East, Hollywood, CA 90068
Tickets are $5
August 2006
August 1-6
Kristina at Creative Capital Artists Retreat in Upstate NY.
August 7-21
Kristina sublets a Manhattan apartment in NYC pretending like she's bi-coastal and imagining that she's on Sex in the City. (But hopefully inbetween she'll be performing or something.. we'll see. Hint hint... BOOK ME!)
September 2006
September 21, 2006
Kristina performs at
APALC's 7th Annual Joseph Ileto Commemorative Event
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
at 5:30pm (during Welcome Reception)
FREE!
October 2006
October 5
Guest Presenter at UCLA class (Instructor, Dan Froot)
"The Art of Rehearsing"
Department of World Arts and Cultures
October 14, 2:00-4:30p
Kristina shows excerpt of work at [Inside] the Ford Amphitheater
2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East
part of, WORD UP! event
$10, free parking on site
Tickets: www.fordamphitheatre.org or 323 GO 1-FORD (461-3673)
October 16-30
Kristina workshopping "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's" Nest in Austin, TX
October 25
Kristina guest presents lecture demo of her work at UT Austin
October 29
Informal Reading of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Off Center Theater in Austin, TX.
November 2006
November 7-9
Kristina in Residence at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Workshops and staged reading of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
November 7- 1:00-2:30pm, Asian American Literature Class visit (Instructor, Sarita See)
November 8- 7pm, staged reading of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Rackham Amphitheater
November 9- 4:00-5:30pm, performance workshop
November 9-13
Kristina in attendance at National Performance Network Annual Meeting
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
November 21
Guest Presenter at Cal State LA
Gender and Race Course (Instructor, Reina Prado)
November 24&25
Kristina shows new work at POP TARTS
curated by Marcus Kuiland Nazario
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
Details TBA
November 29
Guest Presenter at UCLA class (Instructor, Dan Froot)
"Building Web Presence for Artists "
Department of World Arts and Cultures
December 2006
December 9, 8pm— ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Premiere of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
$12, $10 students w/ID.
http://lapena.org/event/319
Buy tickets online! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/9025
December 12, 7:30pm
Kristina performs as part of "Spoken City" an event curated by YOUTHSPEAKS
Cafe Royale, 800 Post St.
San Francisco, CA
$5 suggested donation
December 13
Kristina teaches performance workshop for San Jose Youth
December 15-16, 2006, 8pm
MACLA, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, Inc.
"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
510 South First Street, San Jose, CA
Tickets are $5-10
http://www.maclaarte.org
*Knitters and crafters (both cuckoo and not) are invited to bring their knitting to the theater and knit in the audience during the shows. |
