For SF native Kristina Wong, Covid project becomes a hit comedy show

When the going gets tough, the tough get sewing. That may be the lesson of "Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord," the acclaimed solo show now playing at American Conservatory Theater's Strand Theater. When the COVID-19 shutdown came in March 2020, comedian and performance artist Kristina Wong was touring with "Kristina Wong for Public Office," her show recounting her successful campaign for neighborhood council in Los Angeles' Koreatown. Her tour suddenly cut short, Wong started sewing much-needed homemade masks to help fill the shortage, and soon recruited friends from all over to pitch in as well. "The thing that I had fought…