Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
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February 12 – March 12, 2023
Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina
“Critics’ Pick! A spiky comic tonic for gloom!” -- The New York Times
“Wong [is] a compelling, irrepressible onstage presence” -- The Wrap
“High energy…Delightfully acidic…Makes you laugh out loud for real…” -- Broadway World
On Day 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bed sheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. Before long, she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a work-from-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers—including children and her own mother—to fix the U.S. public health care system while in quarantine. It was a feminist care utopia forming in the midst of crisis. Or was it a mutual aid doomsday cult?
As the demand for masks abated and we began to return safely to space, Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina began to put her life together post-pandemic cult leadership. With hilarity and boundless generosity, she invited the audience in on her work building community in isolation, while reflecting on what we’d been through and imagining what we wanted to become in this Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle award winner for Outstanding Solo Show.
“Selflessness and human connection are dominant themes of this narrative. Sweatshop Overlord is about mothers and daughters and heritage and how at a time of horrific anti-Asian bigotry and violence in this country, some of those women harnessed perennially undervalued skills for an urgent common good. Amid corrosive cultural discord, they acted with a kind of ferocious grace.” -- The New York Times
Creative Team
Directed by Chay Yew
Scenic Design By Junghyun Georgia Lee
Costume Design By Linda Cho
Lighting Design By Amith Chandrashaker
Sound Design By Mikhail Fiksel and Adam Salberg
Projection Design By Caite Hevner
CTG Associate Artistic Director Lindsay Allbaugh
Production Stage Manager Julia Zayas-Meléndez
Written & Performed by Kristina Wong
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During some performances of Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, portions of the Gallery section have been designated as “Masks Required” to accommodate patrons who would feel more comfortable attending in a designated section with audience members that are masked. Please use promo code MASKUP to purchase tickets in these special locations for performances March 9 – 12.
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