Seven.11 (2006), at the Kraine Theater

Desipina Productions presents Seven.11 (2006), the fourth annual edition of their series that explores the alternately funny and poignant aspects of immigrant life in America via seven eleven-minute plays and musicals.

Directed by Darrow Carson, the production opens at the Kraine Theater on the 6 Apr 2006, following previews from the 30 Mar and running through to the 16 Apr 2006.

Seven.11 (2006): Features seven diverse eleven-minute-long plays and musicals, all of which are set in a 7-11 convenience store. Ranging from the humorous to the serious, the works together form a compelling mosaic of the joys and sorrows of immigrant life in America.

• Bombay Screams
  Written by Rehana Mirza.
  An unemployed actor from Broadway�s 'Bombay Dreams' toils at the 7-11...until an up-and-coming female playwright comes in and sweeps him off his feet. Is it true love or just a messy Slushee?
• Who Killed Mr. Naidu First?
  Written by Samrat Chakrabarti and Sanjiv Jhaveri.
  With 3 suspects and a heinous crime, a musical 'whodunnit' that has singing and screaming from the convenience store!
• Homecoming
  Written by Celena Cipriaso.
  A young woman stumbles into a convenience store to find her past.

  The Old New World: In the year 2106, superpowers fight for their right to claim the Jewel of Ancient America.

• The Old New World
  Written by J.P. Chan.
  In the year 2106, superpowers fight for their right to claim the Jewel of Ancient America.
• Undone
  Written by Elizabeth Emmons.
  Two girls stop for supplies on a run away trip to Mexico to escape an arranged marriage.
• Jaffna Mangoes
  Written by Vishakan Jeyakumar.
  Race relations in a convenience store in Sunnyside Queens makes life juicier than the juiciest of mangos.
• Kung Fu Hustle
  Written by Jackson Loo.
  A Chinese-American teen, convinced that learning Kung Fu should be easy for him since its part of his heritage, struggles to master the art in a hurry to impress a pretty martial arts instructor.