upcoming
Book Event in Long Beach: Auntie Kristina's Guide to Asian American Activism
Free event! We will be reading and signing copies of our book! All ages invited to come!
LOS ANGELES SCREENING OF AUNTIE SEWING SQUAD DOCUMENTARY
I’m in the documentary and I also will be there!
SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE of THE AUNTIE SEWING SQUAD DOCUMENTARY
I’ll be in the audience and fielding questions with other Aunties.
"Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer" at Portland Center Stage! A Special Engagement!
Back in Portland for this short engagement on the mainstage in 2026! Stay tuned to Portland Center Stage’s site for more details!
Book Launch event at the VILLAGE WELL IN CULVER CITY
Free book event with all four authors and special guests. A chance to also get your copy signed by us! Free!
"The Kids are the Future: Activism For Young Adults" Book Event at LA Times Festival of Books
Session Title: The Kids are the Future: Activism For Young Adults
Date/Time: Sunday, April 19 -- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue: YA Stage - Signing Area 9
Panelist(s): Taylor Cassidy, Theodore Chao, Kristina Wong, Andrew Aydin
Moderator: Julia Torres
Outdoor stages require no reservation! See you there!!
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT: AUNTIE KRISTINA'S GUIDE TO ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM
🎟 Get tickets here! Ticket price includes a copy of the book!
Join us for a family friendly book launch event! The writers, Young Rebels and even a few Auntie Heroes will be present to sign and celebrate the launch of our new book!
Book Event at ACT San Francisco
We’ll be talking and reading from our book! No reservation needed! Free! Just come on up! There’s a show, Girls Chance Music, in the theater at 1pm which we highly recommend seeing. Make an afternoon of it!
Book Event at Night of IDeas San Francisco
Join me and co-writer Jenessa Joffe and our special kid guests Vivian and Sloane, at the library for a reading of some of the book, some activities and a signing afterwards! Free as part of a day long event called Night of Ideas!
Book Event at LOS ANGELES Public Library in Chinatown
Note: I won’t be here because Jenessa and I are at a book event in San Francisco that day, but Teddy and Anna Michelle will be there! Free!!
Kristina's Play is in a 29 hour developmental reading week
I wrote a new play with a cast that doesn’t include me. It was commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse and we’ll be in the rehearsal room with actors for 29 hours with a private closed reading to follow. In New York City.
Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer in New York City
🚨FREE TICKETS! RSVP HERE! Free supplemental groceries available after each show!🚨
Two locations in the East Village! Free tickets! Limited availability!
Self-proclaimed “Food Bank Influencer” Kristina Wong offers her rendition of the American Musical—like nobody ever asked for—by celebrating our emergency food system.
Having experienced food distribution (or lack thereof) from New York to the Navajo Nation, she shares irreverent commentary while illuminating American food insecurity and the subsequent national pastime that is collecting and giving away free food. But, how will she pull this off with humor? It’s a SNAP! (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!)
This NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP: WORK OUT presentation will take place at two locations:
HETRICK MARTIN INSTITUTE
Entrance at 2 Astor Place
March 20 @ 6:30 PM
March 21 @ 1 & 5PM
ST LUKE IN THE FIELDS
487 Hudson Street
March 22 @ 7PM
March 23 @ 7PM
All tickets are free and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited and RSVP is required.
ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
Music Director and Musicologist Howard Ho
Production and Stage Manager Amanda Eno
Author Keynote at Teaching for Justice: Communities of Care
✍️More information and register here!
The authors of “Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism” will be giving the morning keynote at this conference!
ABOUT:Teaching for Justice: Communities of Care
A two-day conference for K–12 educators and community partners focused on AAPI-centered, justice-driven teaching that centers community knowledge and lived experience while exploring how to bring justice, equity, love, and solidarity into classrooms and schools.
Kristina's Short Play in Las Vegas!
Kristina’s new short play “Tweets and Consequences” will be performed as part of the University of Las Vegas Short Play Festival with acting students at UNLV.
Description
The short play festival is back! This year’s theme “The Worker” is a contemporary and immediate snapshot of the American workforce—a compelling and fascinating look at work, jobs, and the people who do them. Join NCT as we bring you six world premiere short plays written for Las Vegas by some of the most thrilling voices in American theatre. Shorts is made possible by the David and Stephanie Vondrak Short Play Festival Fund.
FEAST MODE: A Friendly Show ABOUT Food Insecurity
FEAST MODE: A Friendly Show About Food Insecurity
Join us for a culminating performance of the FEAST MODE workshop facilitated by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kristina Wong where we’ve explored issues around food justice as inspiration for original writing and performances. Cheer our participants on as they share what they’ve been creating in this fun informal showing!
FREE Admission!
FREE Refreshments!
Donations Welcome!
World Harvest Food Bank
3100 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019
Street Parking Available, Park south of Venice on Arlington recommended.
Additional Questions?
feastmodeworkshop@gmail.com
This free workshop and performance is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)’s Creative Optimism-Uplifting Promises (CO-UP) Grant.
Kristina is Opening Guest at Creative Mornings Los ANgeles
I’ll be talking about food justice and my upcoming book!
Free event! Registration required. More info here.
Kristina at "Outtake-O-Rama" part of SF Sketchfest!
**I know, I’m not on the flyer. But I will spinning a wheel and bantering as part of this.
SF Sketchfest: The San Francisco Comedy Festival presents 3 weeks of non-stop live sketch, improv, stand-up, podcasts, reunions, and more!
Join the stars of FUTURAMA for a riotously uncensored tribute to the most notorious celebrity outtakes ever accidentally recorded! Featuring voice legends John DiMaggio, Billy West, and Maurice LaMarche, plus Futurama head writer David X. Cohen. Always a wild party!
Ages 18+!
Kristina on the Futurama Panel at San Francisco Sketchfest!
*I’m here reading some guest parts!!! I know I’m not on the flyer, but I will be there!
FUTURAMA is LIVE on Earth for one night only! Prepare to be invaded by comedy overlords John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, and Billy West, plus Invasion Coordinator/Producer Lee Supercinski, and Saucer Pilot/Head Writer David X. Cohen. Enjoy one final evening of laughs and lasers as they seize control of your weak, tiny planet! Muhuhuhahahaha!
Kristina will mend your textiles at the Echo Park Repair Fair
It’s not a “gig” but me volunteering with one of my favorite community building projects in Los Angeles. Bring your ripped clothing items or missing button shirts that need repair, and myself or another community volunteer will fix it.
It’s first come, first served. I recommend getting in line early!
There’s also a clothing swap, lead testing, free knife sharpening and all sorts of repair services on site on site.
FEAST MODE: Free Writing and Performance Workshop
FEAST MODE!
Free Performance and Writing Workshop Exploring Themes of Food Insecurity
TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL DISPONIBLE
Participants will pick up FREE groceries each week!
Get creatively charged up and hone your skills in writing and theater while making original performance pieces on the topic of food insecurity. This workshop is facilitated by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kristina Wong.
Meeting dates:
TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS MORNINGS 10-11AM
BETWEEN JANUARY 13- FEBRUARY 17, 2026
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE ON FEBRUARY 17, 11AM
All workshops happen at:
World Harvest Food Bank, 3100 Venice Blvd. LA, CA
Advance enrollment recommended. Drop-in participants are welcome. Questions? Email: feastmodeworkshop@gmail.com
This free workshop is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)’s Creative Optimism-Uplifting Promises (CO-UP) Grant.
MODO PACHANGERO
Taller Gratuito de Actuación y escritura sobre la inseguridad alimentaria
¡Los participantes recibirán comestibles GRATIS cada semana!
Impulsa tu creatividad y perfecciona tus habilidades de escritura y teatro mientras creas piezas teatrales originales sobre el tema de la inseguridad alimentaria. Este clase es impartido por Kristina Wong, finalista del Premio Pulitzer.
MARTES Y MIÉRCOLES MAÑANAS 10-11AM
ENTRE EL 13 DE ENERO Y EL 17 DE FEBRERO DE 2026
ACTUACIÓN PÚBLICA 17 DE FEBRERO, 11AM
Todos los talleres se realizan en:
World Harvest Food Bank, 3100 Venice Blvd. LA, CA
Se recomienda la inscripción anticipada. Se aceptan participantes sin cita previa. ¿Preguntas? Correo electrónico: feastmodeworkshop@gmail.com
Este taller gratuito cuenta con el apoyo de la Ciudad de Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)’s Creative Optimism-Uplifting Promises (CO-UP) Grant.
Kristina in Miami Guest Facilitating for Young Arts
This is a closed event for YoungArts artists in Miami, FL. Kristina is leading two interdisciplinary workshops as part of their YoungArts week.
Kristina is RUNNING/ TRUDGING the NEW YORK MARATHON
I haven’t learned me lesson the first two times I did marathons with minimal training. Can you help me build a hospital in Kenya as part of what I think might be the last time I do something so brazenly dumb?
Free Screening of “I’d RATHER BE TURNED INTO CAT FOOD” in DTLA (Kristina did voices on this!)
A totally free screening of an animated movie I was a voice in!
No reservations or tickets required. More info is here.
Kristina gives Keynote at Re(Generations): UCLA Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Reunion
Giving the keynote around lunchtime!
Harvard University: “OFA ArtsBites: Performance Artist/Activist Kristina Wong”
❤️Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 12 to 1pm
OFA ArtsBites: Performance Artist/Activist Kristina Wong
Office for the Arts,
74 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA
Join the OFA and classmates for an informal lunch and conversation with performance artist Kristina Wong, an OFA visiting guest artist on Sept. 23 and 24. Wong will touch upon her approach to writing, pathways to arts and activism and what it means to live a creative life. Students drive the conversation so come ready to eat and talk! Sign up with a friend or come on your own. See you at the OFA!
Check out the promo video for Wong's performance Septmeber 19-21 at ArtsEmerson.
Capacity: 20 students (to join a waitlist once capacity is reached, please email anstead@fas.harvard.edu with the subject "Wong Lunch Waitlist") The OFA expects that if you sign up, you will show up. If you sign up and find you can't attend, we expect you to tell us in a timely way so we can give your seat to someone else.
Registration required! Please sign up for the event through this submission form.
Registration Deadline: 5 pm Monday, September 22
Check out the entire ArtsBites season for Fall 2025!
This event is hosted by the Office for the Arts at Harvard through the generous support the Peter Ivers Memorial Fund.
Kristina’s Schedule at Harvard University
My full schedule of activities with the Harvard community is here.
Kristina emcees “Creative Labor, Creative Conditions”
TICKETS BY INVITE ONLY
This one-day convening of artists, cultural workers, policy experts, and advocates will mark the culmination of a national campaign from May Day to Labor Day dedicated to elevating the visibility, dignity, and sustainability of creative labor across the arts. You can learn more about the campaign, its vision, and the Doris Duke Foundation’s initial investment by clicking here.
At a time of shifting policy and social urgency, it is more important than ever to engage in meaningful dialogue about the future of artistic labor and policy within the creative sector. We believe you would bring essential insight to these timely and necessary conversations as we look towards a more equitable and prosperous future within the creative ecosystem.
Creative Labor, Creative Conditions will begin promptly at 8:30 AM with a welcome coffee and conclude at 6:30 PM with a networking reception. We plan to send out a final agenda after Labor Day. As we prepare for this one-day convening, we want to ensure that every detail supports a meaningful and inclusive experience for all participants.
Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer at the Quick Center for the Arts
Comedian and theater artist Kristina Wong utilizes humor and joy to explore challenging topics. Her latest solo show has evolved from her role as a self-proclaimed “food bank influencer.” With irreverent commentary, Wong shines a light on the American food distribution system. How has a food bank, conceived as an emergency temporary solution to a crisis, turned into a regular source of food for so many?
Wong was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist in drama for Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord. That show tells the story of how she accidentally founded the Auntie Sewing Squad, a national network of volunteers who created homemade masks in the early months of the COVID epidemic, in a time of rising anti-Asian bigotry. Her earlier solo shows include Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Going Green the Wong Way, The Wong Street Journal, and Kristina Wong for Public Office.
The Quick Center for the Arts is excited to be partnering with the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies to offer companion programming with this event including panel discussions, workshops, and ways to make an impact on our community. More details will be added to this page later this summer.
Justice + Art Jam
❤️🎟REGISTER HERE! It’s FREE FREE FREE!!
FREE event. Open-to-all! Kristina won’t be here IN PERSON but worked with KIRN KIM of API RISE on this “Missed Opportunities PROM” 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.
Kristina will be in Ireland! ☘️
I am part of an NYC- Ireland Artist exchange. More details to be announced!
"Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer" at San Francisco State University!
I’m doing a one afternoon only performance of “Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer” at San Francisco State! And it’s at 3:30pm in the afternoon! On a Monday! Presented by AA Cares at SF STATE.
FREE! Walk-up audiences welcome. RSVPs are highly recommended.
About: Self-proclaimed "Food Bank Influencer" Kristina Wong offers her rendition of the American Musical like nobody ever asked for by celebrating our emergency food system. Having experienced food distribution (or lack thereof) from New York to the Navajo Nation, she shares irreverent commentary while illuminating American food insecurity and the subsequent national pastime that is collecting and giving away free food. But, how will she pull this off with humor? It's a SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!).
Free supplemental groceries items available after the show! Appropriate for audiences 13 and over.
Presented by AA CARES at San Francisco State University. Please email quyen@sfsu.edu for any questions.
