(1994) Yumi has the distinction of the being the first Asian American to play the role of Emily in an Equity production of Our Town. It was produced in 1994 by NAATCO, the National Asian American Theater Company, with an all Asian cast and played at the Vineyard Theater in New York City. In 2021, 27 years later, she once again performed with NAATCO in Our Town, this time playing Mrs. Webb, and her niece, Midori Francis, playing Emily Webb, and her daughter, Clara Haru Mulligan, playing Rebecca Gibbs.