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''Kim's Convenience'' is a 2011 play by Ins Choi, about a Korean-owned convenience store in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood.〔http://www.soulpepper.ca/performances/12_season/kim's_convenience.aspx#notes〕 It won the Best New Play award at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, and was remounted in 2012 by Soulpepper Theatre.〔http://kimsconvenience.tumblr.com/〕 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.〔http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/05/31/kims-convenience-gets-five-thumbs-up-at-toronto-theatre-critics-awards/〕 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.〔("Kim's Convenience drawing TV interest, Ins Choi says" ). CBC News, July 7, 2013.〕 As of 2013, the play is being staged on a national theatre tour in Canada,〔 and has been optioned for development into a film and television series by Thunderbird Films.〔 Actor Daniel Dae Kim has also expressed interest in staging it in the United States.〔 In March 2015, CBC Television announced that a television series based on the play will air in the 2015-16 television season.〔("CBC reveals new TV shows, revives Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', March 4, 2015.〕 The series will be shot from June to August 2016, and produced by Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. ==Original cast== *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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kim's Convenience」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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