From 'Not Asian Enough' to Broadway Choreographer, JoAnn M. Hunter is in Charge Now

Playbill: JoAnn M. Hunter was a young actor sitting in her dressing room when her director made a disturbing, yet sadly common, remark: “You’re the best actress I’ve seen in this role, but you’re just not the right type.” Hunter, who is Japanese-American, could not help but feel his critique was based on her identity. “And then he went on,” Hunter recalls: “If I didn’t know your talent, and someone showed me your picture, I would have said no.”