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Kim Convenience and Ins Choi for Soulpepper Theatre Company

Korean-Canadian: Because it was my story, according to Globe and Mail. Kwok-Choon is speaking about Kim Convenience, a hit play written by Ins Choi for the Soulpepper Theatre Company that is mounting yet another run this month in Toronto, this time at Bluma Appel Theatre. I was blown away and so raw after seeing it. The charming, relevant comedic drama about a Korean-Canadian family and a small quickie-mart they operate has toured Canada and is now being adapted for the small screen as part of CBC 2016-17 schedule. In the 1970s, his Chinese parents emigrated from the Indian Ocean island country of Mauritius to Montreal, where they owned and operated a convenience store for more than a quarter-century. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone The 32-year-old Toronto-based actor is new to the Soulpepper cast, but Kim Convenience and its story is anything but new to him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.