Jen Zhao

Jen Zhao is a Canadian film school grad in LA with a visa that’s about to expire. She has just lost her brother (back home in Canada) to suicide, and her family urges her to come back to Calgary so they can grieve together. Instead, she does everything she can to avoid the circumstances by latching onto an obsessive belief: if she can find her idol, Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder, he will help her renew her visa and guide her through the pearly gates of Hollywood.

Before Kristina Wong was an elected official, she was a scrappy performance artist with a bright future. Now she's the system she used to ridicule. Is she more effective as a performance artist or a politician? Is there a difference? Kristina Wong for Public Office is a 75 minute comedic performance that crosses the aesthetics of campaign rallies, church revivals, and solo theater shows to tell the story of what it means to run for local office, the history of voting, and the impact artists can have on democracy.