"Seven.11 Convenience Theatre" Extends Run Through April 23rd

Due to heavy demand for tickets, DESIPINA & COMPANY is pleased to announce that "SEVEN.11 CONVENIENCE THEATRE (2006)," will extend its announced run. The production, which begins performances on March 30th and was originally scheduled to close on April 16th, will now play through April 23rd at THE KRAINE THEATRE, 85 East 4th Street. The announced opening date of April 6th remains the same, as does the performance schedule: Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM.

"SEVEN.11 CONVENIENCE THEATRE (2006)" is the fourth annual edition of Desipina & Company's acclaimed series that explores aspects of immigrant life in America via seven diverse eleven-minute plays and musicals--all set within the confines of a 7-11 convenience store. Ranging from the humorous (an out-of-work actor from Broadway's "Bombay Dreams" finds true love near the Slurpee machine) to the serious (a desperate teenage girl runs away from home to escape an arranged marriage), the works together form a compelling mosaic of the joys and sorrows of immigrant life in America.

The three previous editions of the "SEVEN.11" series were produced at the Lower East Side's Tenement Theatre, where they were lauded by audiences and critics alike. Martin Denton from NYTheatre.com called the evening "a consistent delight...thrillingly diverse in terms of ethnicity, creative contributors and points of view. The result is a lively, exciting, interesting look at contemporary life, as seen from vantage points not typically assumed is so-called mainstream theatre." Offoffonline.com wrote that "you will never look at a convenience store the same way again."

Featured in the cast: SEAN T. KRISHNAN (Tony Kushner's "Homebody/Kabul" at New York Theatre Workshop, guest appearances on TV's JAG and Law & Order), JEROLD E. SOLOMAN (national tour of "Big River"), BILL CALEO ("Uncle Vanya" with Amanda Plummer at the McCarter) as well as MEETU CHILANA, ANDREW GUILARTE, JOHN WU and ALICIA YING. The production is directed by DARROW CARSON.

Tickets are $17 ($11 student rush tickets at the door with a valid ID) and are available through Smarttix at (212) 868-4444 or via the web at www.SmartTix.com. For more information on the production, please log onto the official website at www.desipina.org.