MAINTAIN MY LIFE AGAIN. >>> KRISTINA WONG WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONE-WOMAN SHOW WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY . SHE STARTED A SEWING MACHINE AND STARTED A MOVEMENT , MAKING MASKS. THAT INSPIRED HER SHOW 'SWEATSHOP OVERLORD", WHICH BECAME A PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST FOR DRAMA AND IT IS PLAYING IN THE BAY AREA. I SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT UNITY. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPLICA OF MY SEWING MACHINE THAT I SAID MY FIRST MASKS ON. >> Reporter: IN MARCH OF 2020, WHEN THE WORLD SHUT DOWN AND NEEDED HELP, KRISTINA WONG TURNED ON HER HELLO KITTY SEWING MACHINE AND STARTED STITCHING. >> IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, SOME OF THE MASKS HAVE CAMOUFLAGE AND IT . >> Reporter: PUTTING THE BASIC SKILLS TO WORK, MAKING MASKS FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDED ONE >> I CAN MAKE MASKS. I WILL SAVE AMERICA. AND THAT TURNED INTO ME TAKING A VERY NAÏVE PROMISE TO THE INTERNET THAT IF YOU ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED I WILL SO EN MASSE. >> Reporter: OVERPROMISING AT FIRST, BUT THAT IS HOW THE AUNTIES SEWING SQUAD WAS BORN. >> REFERRING TO OLDER WOMEN AS AUNTIES OR OTHERS AS UNCLE , IS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT AND RESPECT. AND I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT IS MUCH EASIER TO YELL AT PEOPLE WHEN YOU CALL THEM ANTI-AND MAKE DEMANDS OF THEM. THIS IS GOING, CAN ANYONE SO SOME MASKS. AUNTIES WE NEED TO SELL MASKS. >> Reporter: NOWSCH IS THE STORY IN A ONE-WOMAN SHOW, 'SWEATSHOP OVERLORD". >> IT IS A WAR STORY, A SEWING STORY, EVERYTHING IS OUT OF PROPORTION STORY AND THE DESIGNER CAME UP WITH THESE IDEAS OF A GIANT PINCUSHION. >> Reporter: WHERE SHE STITCHES TOGETHER THE STORY OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, JOINING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY HELPING ONE ANOTHER. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS SHOW OFFERS A WAY TO SIT WITH WHAT HAPPENED. AND FIND MOMENTS TO LAUGH, NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE BUT HOW ABSURD IT WAS BUT ALSO TO CELEBRATE THAT THERE WAS ONE COMMUNITY THAT I WITNESSED , GOT US THROUGH THIS. >> Reporter: GETTING A CHANCE TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> ONE OF THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS ASKED , WHERE YOUR PARENT SUPPORTIVE OF YOU WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS? I AM LIKE THEIR RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. MY MOTHER SAID, WE WERE NOT REALLY INTO THIS IDEA THAT SHE WOULD PURSUE THIS BUT NOW THAT SHE IS A PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST, IT IS OKAY NOW. >> Reporter: AND OF COURSE, PERFORMING AND SON -- IN FRONT OF SO MANY AUNTIES. >> I LEARNED THAT FAMILY IS NOT NECESSARILY A FAMILY THAT I MAKE BIOLOGICALLY, BUT IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT I BRING AROUND ME. THAT I CARE FOR AND CARE FOR ME BACK. AND I HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS TO MINE NOT LIKE NOW BECAUSE OF THIS PROCESS AND SHOW. AUNTIE PRIDE. >> Reporter: YOU ARE THE FABRIC AND FOUNDATION OF THE MOVEMENT . >> THE AUNTIE SEWING SQUAD ENDED IN 2021 YOU CAN SEE KRISTINA WONG IN 'SWEATSHOP OVERLORD" PLAYING NOW THROUGH MAY 5th . I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL SHOW BY AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN. >> WE WANT TO HANG OUT WITH HER. >> YOU SAID YOU WANT TO BE HER BODY. >> YOU DO INTERVIEWS AND U.S. QUESTIONS AND THIS WAS A
