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Vishakan Jeyakumar

VISHAKAN JEYAKUMAR  

 Nationality:    Asian USA
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below is a list of Vishakan Jeyakumar's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 99 Problems         Arranged Marriage         Cafe Ceila         Jaffna Mangoes         Raj Against The Machine

99 Problems

Synopsis:
Utilizing the same inventive format with new writers and new stories, this year's production boasts stories that feature: a personified SlurpeeŽ machine and a small-town girl dreaming of moving to the big city of Cincinnati, a convenience store owner and two of NYPD's finest who give advice to a love-struck loser, a sister and her run-away brother dealing with their parents' disappointment, a back room confessional Guru who yearns for his ex, a duo who host the hit reality show 'Convenience Store Makeover', a tribute to the working men, and an underage college student on a quest for his elixir of love-alcohol
- press release

Notes:
part of sixth Annual edition of Seven.11 Convenience Theatre from Desipina & Co.

1st Produced:
Richmond Shepard Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Desipina & Co

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
11 min play

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Arranged Marriage

Synopsis:
Kumaran, a naive young man, thinks that by having an arranged marriage he will have someone in his life. But when his wife Rani joins him, things don't turn out the way he imagined.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
One act Play Depot,    -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Cafe Ceila

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Part of the fifth Annual presentation of Seven.11 Convenience Theatre from Desipina & Company, which is A program of seven eleven-minute plays created by South Asian/East Asian American Artists

1st Produced:
Henry Street Settlement    2007

Organisations:
Desipina & Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
eleven minute play One act

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Jaffna Mangoes

Synopsis:
Race relations in a convenience store in Sunnyside, Queens makes life juicier than the juiciest of mangos

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Kraine Theatre, NY    2006

Organisations:
Desipina & Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
11 min play One act

Parts:
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Raj Against The Machine

Synopsis:
a Sri Lankan immigrant questions his life in the convenience store, with his best customer by his side.
- press release

Notes:
part of the seventh (and final) edition of Desipina & Co.'s Annual short play festival

1st Produced:
Center Stage, NY    2009

Organisations:
Desipina & Co

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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