Kim's Convenience
Kim's Convenience is a 2011 play by Ins Choi, about a Korean-owned convenience store in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood.[1] It won the Best New Play award at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, and was remounted in 2012 by Soulpepper Theatre.[2] That production won two Toronto Theatre Critics awards in 2012, for Best Actor in a Play for Paul Sun Hyung Lee and Best Canadian Play.[3] It was a nominee for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2012.
The script was published by House of Anansi Press in 2012.[4]
As of 2013, the play is being staged on a national theatre tour in Canada,[4] and has been optioned for development into a film and television series by Thunderbird Films.[4] Actor Daniel Dae Kim has also expressed interest in staging it in the United States.[4]
In March 2015, CBC Television announced that a television series based on the play was in development.[5] The series will be shot from June to August 2016, and produced by Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company.[6]
Original cast[edit]
- Appa - Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
- Umma - Jean Yoon
- Janet - Esther Jun (Fringe production)
- Janet - Grace Lynn Kung (Soulpepper production and National Tour)
- Jung - Ins Choi
- Rich, Mike, Alex, Mr. Lee,- André Sills (Fringe production), Clé Bennett (Soulpepper production)
Soulpepper production directed by Weyni Mengesha; Fringe production directed by Ins Choi.
Notes[edit]
- ^ http://www.soulpepper.ca/performances/12_season/kim's_convenience.aspx#notes
- ^ http://kimsconvenience.tumblr.com/
- ^ http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/05/31/kims-convenience-gets-five-thumbs-up-at-toronto-theatre-critics-awards/
- ^ a b c d "Kim's Convenience drawing TV interest, Ins Choi says". CBC News, July 7, 2013.
- ^ "CBC reveals new TV shows, revives Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2015.
- ^ Nestruck, J. Kelly (3 November 2015). "Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company announces 2016 lineup". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
