{"id":21205,"date":"2026-01-03T17:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=21205"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:48:30","slug":"deanna-h-choi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/deanna-h-choi\/","title":{"rendered":"Deanna H. Choi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Deanna H. Choi is a Korean-Canadian theatre artist who composes music and designs “sonic environments for stage, screen, and multimedia” according to the biography on her publisher’s website. Choi is a former classical violinist and scholar of behavioural neuroscience. Choi was born in Regina, grew up in Kingston and now is based in Toronto. The cabaret she co-developed and performed with Maddie Bautista, Love You Wrong Time<\/em>, won two Dora Mavor Moore awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Love You Wrong Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maddie Bautista, Deanna H. Choi with Erin Brubacher.
Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Love You Wrong Time<\/em> is an uproarious, raunchy, and radically joyful song cycle from your new favourite Korean and Filipina\u2013Vietnamese musical duo. Part cabaret, part game show, part stand-up, and all heart, this flamboyant musical comedy follows two friends looking for love while navigating yellow fever, cultural stereotypes, and the fetishization of Asian femmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blending biting satire with virtuosic spectacle, the show leaps across genres\u2014from K-pop to country to Gaga-style anthems\u2014while inviting audiences to play for prizes in \u201cricebreakers\u201d and re-enactments. The book includes original sheet music as well as behind-the-scenes insights into the show\u2019s evolving creative process. Disrupting the subservient \u201cmodel minority\u201d myth, Love You Wrong Time<\/em> is a battle cry for Asians ready to make a riot, creating a space for reclamation and resistance. It\u2019s a good time with teeth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Deanna H. Choi personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Playwrights Canada Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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