Crazy like a fox: Kristina Wong's new one-woman show provocatively wonders why there's so much mental illness among Asian American women.
From all indications, Kristina Wong's one-woman show of flaming-edge culture flips, which opens for three evenings at Out North on Friday, promises to be provocative, challenging and boundary blurring.

Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is her third full-length solo show, one in which this Chinese-American performance artist who was relatively unknown six years ago explores what she claims is the high prevalence of mental illness among Asian American women. According to NY Arts, women who've seen her show have come up to her and told "wrenching personal stories."

"One of the fundamental goals of her art is to see how people respond to her ideas," the magazine says. "Wong knows that her work has the ability to fire up people beyond her expectations and she works hard to coax the audience into using their hearts and minds in this way."

A University of Massachusetts professor of women's studies said, "Kristina Wong's brave, honest and wickedly funny performance is breaking the silence and shame around mental and emotional health challenges facing Asian American women."

The San Francisco Bay Guardian termed her work "unblinking social commentary."

These quotations and quite a few others are taken from articles and reviews to which Wong has linked on her own Web site.

For her show at Out North, you'll find more details at "Now Showing," in the box on the right.