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Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer

Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer
May 26 – June 7, 2026
On the Main Stage

Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer

  • Written and Performed By Kristina Wong
  • Directed by Jessica Hanna
  • Presented by Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts

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In a SNAPpy (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!) musical comedy like no other, Kristina Wong, self-proclaimed #FoodBankInfluencer gives us a karaoke fueled education on America’s emergency food system. After experiencing the lacking food distribution from New York to the Navajo Nation, Kristina Wong returns, as only she can, with this hilariously irreverent examination of food insecurity, government assistance, and grassroot solutions to global issues.


“This social commentary — both fierce and darkly funny — was the theater experience I didn’t know I needed.” — PDX Parent

More About This Production

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Stage & Studio: Interview with Kristina Wong

Stage & Stduio's Dmae Lo Roberts interviews Kristina Wong about her new show #FoodBankInfluencer, returning to Portland, and why "food banks?." Listen online or wherever you get your podcasts now.

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How do you become a food bank influencer? Comedian Kristina Wong has answers

Isabella Bernstein interviews Kristina Wong on #FoodBankInfluencer for the Boston Globe

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Multnomah County Library My Discovery Pass Reading List

Enjoy a thoughtfully curated list of readings to complement your Kristina Wong, #foodbankinfluencer experience!

Related Events

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Working Thru It: Workshop + Social

Sat, May 23, 4:30 p.m.  •  FREE

Join us for our third installment of Working Thru It, a FREE workshop + social open to artists of ALL mediums. This month we have Janessa Narciso from The 1905 giving us The Experience Edit, a workshop on event design. We'll also have vendors on our mezzanine and complimentary beer from Deschutes Brewery! Our social will be our Dancing Thru It portion of the evening, with the music of Frank Ocean from local DJ ANUU. Enter our free raffle for a chance to win the Blonde album on vinyl.

Preview image for Gallery Exhibit: Through The Eye of I by Izaya Golden

Gallery Exhibit: Through The Eye of I by Izaya Golden

May 26 – June 30

A Mirror, A lens. 
Opening on May 26th. 5:30PM. We are all creative beings.  Painting is a spiritual practice, as is writing. Together, they form an exchange of energy that opens up a new realm of thinking.  Every stroke becomes a reflection of my vessel. 

Preview image for BIPOC Affinity Night: Karaoke Party for Milk Crate Kitchen

BIPOC Affinity Night: Karaoke Party for Milk Crate Kitchen

Sat, May 30, 5:30 p.m.  •  FREE

Wanna help fight food insecurity? Sing a song with us!  Sticking with Kristina Wong's amazing theme, for our BIPOC Affinity Night, we will be hosting a Karaoke Party at The Armory. Every song sung will be a meal donated to local nonprofit Milk Crate Kitchen, so come sing for a good cause! Oh, and of course, there'll be come complimentary beer from  Deschutes Brewery :)

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June First Thursday w/ Alana Rich

Thu, Jun 4, 5:30 p.m.  •  FREE

Join us for fun filled First Thursday with complimentary beer from Deschutes Brewery, live music from local pop sensation Alana Rich & an evening performance of Kristina Wong #FoodBankInfluencer! Also, check out the new gallery exhibit Through The Eye of I by Izaya Golden.

Meet the Cast & Creative Team

Kristina Wong, Writer & Performer

Kristina Wong is a Doris Duke Artist Award winner, Guggenheim Fellow and the first Asian American woman to be named Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama. She’s a performance artist, comedian, actor, writer and former elected official who has been presented internationally across North America, the UK, Hong Kong and Africa. Notable 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. Her role in accidentally starting the Auntie Sewing Squad, a national mutual aid mask sewing network during the Covid-19 pandemic, was the subject Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord— a New York Times Critics Pick that premiered off-Broadway at New York Theater Workshop. That show was the 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama and winner of the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Solo Performance. Her three year Artist-in-Residence appointment at ASU Gammage has run concurrent to being a Kennedy Center (rest in peace) Social Practice Fellow. Her work has been awarded with support from Creative Capital, The MAP Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, National Performance Network, a COLA Master Artist Fellowship from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, nine Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence awards, Center Theatre Group’s Sherwood Award, the Art Matters Foundation, and the Joan D. Firestone Commissioning Fund from En Garde Arts. In addition to guest starring roles on movies on Netflix and shows on Nickelodeon and ABC, she’s been a commentator on late night shows on NBC, Comedy Central and FX. She starred in her own pilot presentation with Lionsgate for truTV. Her commentaries have appeared on American Public Media’s Marketplace, PBS, VICE, Jezebel, Playgirl Magazine, Huffington Post and CNN. She’s been awarded artist residencies from MacDowell, San Diego Airport and Ojai Playwrights Festival.  Her new book is Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism (Beaming Books) and is co-written with the producers of Radical Cram School, the web series she has created for kids. www.kristinawong.com 

Jessica Hannah
(She/Her)
, Director

Jessica Hanna is a Los Angeles based Director, Producer & Space Maker. She is founding Producing Artistic Director of Outside In Theatre, a member of The Kilroys (2018 - 2025) and was Chair of SITI Company’s Board of Directors (2019-2023). Her focus as a director has been on new play development. Recent: Roger Q Mason’s Hide And Hide at Skylight Theatre, Justin Elizabeth Sayre’s Lottie Plachett Took A Hatchet at The Cavern Club, The Los Angeles LGBT Center and Assembly Roxy Upstairs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Also Sayre’s Three Little Girls Down A Well at The Public Theatre for Under The Radar Festival 2023. Other world premieres include Deathplay written & performed by Lisa Sanaye Dring at Circle X, as well as Dring’s Hungry Ghost at Skylight Theatre; John Ross Bowie’s Four Chords And A Gun, Kerri-Ann McCalla’s The Willows, and Georgette Kelly’s I Carry Your Heart all at Bootleg Theatre. Currently producing for Outside In Theatre: World Premieres of Room By The Sea by John Guerra at Outside In Theatre and Octopus’s Garden by Weston Gaylord at Boston Court Pasadena. Upcoming Directing: Los Angeles premiere of Jami Brandli’s O: A Rhapsody In Divorce at Outside In Theatre May/June 2026. Ongoing Directing: Kristina Wong #FoodBankInfluencer - NYTW March 2026, Portland Center Stage  May/June 2026. Jessica is thrilled to be working with Kristina Wong and thankful to NYTW for their participation in the development of #FoodBankInfluencer in 2024.  www.JessQueen.com for more info.

Alexz Trent Eccles, Lighting Designer

Alexz Trent Eccles is excited to be designing with Portland Center Stage. Alongside being the Main Stage Master Electrician at Portland Center Stage, Alexz enjoys the opportunity to design lights in our community. You may have seen their design work in PCS's production of Its A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, and Mrs. Harrison on the Main Stage. Alexz has also designed lights for Lakewood’s production of Jersey Boys for which they were awarded Best Lighting Design. Alexz has also worked with Third Rail Repertory Theatre designing productions such as Middletown Mall and Music Man.Outside of theatre Alexz is reading Dungeon Crawler Carl, lounging on a sunny patio with their cats, and chasing their youngest nephews around the park. Enjoy the Show!!

Howard Ho
(He/Him)
, Music Director & Musicologist

Howard Ho is a playwright, composer, and Youtuber based in New York City. He recently sound designed the Off Broadway show My Man Kono at Pan Asian Rep and has earned sound design nominations from the Ovation Award and SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle. He is a 2024 winner of the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival for Beethoven’s Third. His play Reset was produced at Moving Arts and is published by Next Stage Press. His Youtube musicology channel (youtube.com/HowardHoMusic) has over 125,000 subscribers and was recognized by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu. Based on his Youtube analyses, his forthcoming book How Hamilton Works: The Music Theory of Lin-Manuel Miranda is being published by Smith & Kraus. He thanks Kristina and Jessica for their collaboration. IG:@howardwho

Amanda Eno
(She/Her)
, Production Manager & Tech Consultant

Amanda Eno is a native of Colorado who now calls Los Angeles her home. She often works in immersive theater, brand activations, and corporate events. She also just started her own Stage and Production Management company, Live Management Society. Most of all, she is thrilled to be joining Kristina again after previously touring with her for Kristina Wong For Public Office.

Alea Tran
(They/Them)
, Stage Manager

Alea Tran is a theatre artist whose interests lie in creating art that is impactful and collaborative. Past productions include Primary Trust, The Light (stage manager, PCS); Liberace & Liza: Holiday at the Mansion (A Tribute), Coriolanus (production assistant, PCS); A Mirror (stage manager, Third Rail Repertory); Diné Nishłį (i am a sacred being) Or, A Boarding School Play (stage manager, Native Theatre Project); American Fast (production manager, Artists Repertory). Alea is a past member of the PATHWAYS mentorship program through Artists Repertory Theatre.

Steph Landtiser
(They/Them)
, Assistant Stage Manager

Steph Landtiser is an artist from Portland, Oregon. Originally a music director, they now work around town as an electrician, stage manager, production assistant, and stagehand. This is Steph's fourth season working with PCS. Thanks to the amazing folks who gave their hearts to this production. As always, love and gratitude to their friends and family. Extra thanks to Holly for being a delight, and to Calvin for being my place to just be.

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