Miami Light Project Presents
Kristina Wong – The Wong Street Journal
January 28-30, 2016
Thursday – Saturday at 8:00PM
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse | 404 NW 26th Street | Wynwood
The Wong Street Journal, a new solo theater work written and performed by performance artist and comedian Kristina Wong. Part plushy TED lecture, part amateur hip-hop extravaganza, and part travelogue, The Wong Street Journal breaks down the complexities of global poverty, privilege and economic theory using uneasy-to-read charts, live hashtag wars, and riveting slideshows from post-conflict Northern Uganda. Wong tells the story of how she as a not-so-white savior, became a hip-hop star in Northern Uganda.
Wong combines self-skewering personal narrative with a hilarious interrogation of America’s legacy on the rest of the world. All of this plays against an all felt version of the New York Stock Exchange that Wong sewed with her own hands.
Kristina Wong’s The Wong Street Journal Performance and Residency activities are funded by grants from ArtPlace America; Ford Foundation; The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; The Children’s Trust; The State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; Miami Salon Group and Publix Super Markets Charities. This project is made possible in part by support from the National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program. For more information: www.npnweb.org.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kristina Wong is an internationally presented solo performer, playwright, writer, and cultural commentator who has been named “One of America’s Funniest Eco-Comedians” by Mother Nature Network. She’s written five solo shows and one full length play. Most notably, WONG FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST has toured since 2006 to over 40 venues, was made into a concert film by director Mike Closson and was recently picked up for worldwide distribution by Cinema Libre Studio. She’s been a commentator for American Public Media’s Marketplace, PBS, Jezebel, xoJane, Playgirl Magazine and a guest on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on FX. Her work has been awarded with grants from Creative Capital, The MAP Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, Durfee Foundation, National Performance Network, four Artist Residencies from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and a Residency from the MacDowell Colony. Kristina received a Playwriting Commission from the Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations and a matching grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation to create THE WONG STREET JOURNAL — a new show about global poverty that will premiere in 2015.
Videos
“Wong’s irreverent critique of mainstream culture pushes the envelope about race. Her probing and provocative artistic pursuits don’t fit into neat little boxes…”
The Guardian
“Kristina Wong pelts the audience with hashtags and the crowd goes wild.”
SFGATE
Mailing Address
Miami Light Project
PO BOX 1048
Miami, Florida USA 33137
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26 Street
Miami, FL 33127
TEL: 305.576.4350
Email: info@miamilightproject.com
