KRISTINA WONG BRINGS COMEDY IN A GROCERY BAG TO FAIRFIELD'S QUICK CENTER

Musicals can be written about any topic under the sun, from ships hit by icebergs to green monsters who dwell in the swamp, people who want to assassinate presidents to yentas who arrange marriages according to cultural traditions. No subject matter is too bizarre or controversial to be ignored.

For a new twist on an old theme, come make the acquaintance of Kristina Wong, an Asian-American entertainer who has personally tackled political issues, cat skeptics, sweatshops, sewing squads, and now she is a self-proclaimed “Food Bank Influencer” plying her important message about food insecurity in a musical at Fairfield University Quick Center on Friday, September 12 at 8 p.m.

Would you believe that one out of eight Connecticut residents wrestles with a lack of nutritional food. Kristina Wong is showcasing this emergency food system, celebrating it with humor and music, highlighting the need to collect and distribute free food. She encourages helping your neighbors and community by sharing produce and giving gift cards to those in need. Personally she uses her energy to go to food banks and then filling a refrigerator in her Korean neighborhood.

Kristina Wong wants to shorten the food line and close the wealth gap, until the need for food banks no longer exists. With enthusiasm, she wants to take away the stigma of needing free poultry and produce. This self-described "nutsy lady” sews her stage sets on a Hello Kitty sewing machine, taking back her power to make a point. Jessica Hanna directs what is clearly the only solo karaoke show of food distribution musical on stage.

For tickets ($35, $25 Quick member, $5 Fairfield University student), call Fairfield University Quick Center,1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield at 203-254-4010 or online at quickcenter.fairfield.edu/2025-26-season-calendar/theatre/kristina-wong.html.

In 2020 she organized 800 Aunties in 33 states to sew 350,000 much needed masks during the pandemic over 504 days utilizing Facebook. A 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama for her “Sweatshop Overlord” program, Kristina Wong is a unique, one-of-a-kind entertainer with a solo show highlighting her love of food banks and what their generous shelves offer in abundant harvest. You may even get some food to take home.