Ins Choi (Appa) in "Kim's Convenience" at Ahmanson Theatre (Photo by Dahlia Katz) When Ins Choi and his fellow Asian Canadian actors in Toronto found limited performance opportunities, they decided to write plays in which to cast themselves, Choi said in an interview. It took seven years for him to write “Kim’s Convenience,” only to see it rejected by a number of theatre companies. Choi finally staged the play himself at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, and the rest is AAPI