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- ↑ Hélène Crowley, "Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners" Archived June 30, 2023, at the Wayback Machine . Intermission Magazine, June 27, 2023.
- ↑ Glenn Sumi, "They had a hit Fringe play about coaching straight actors to play gay. They're back to send up the queer community" Archived July 11, 2023, at the Wayback Machine . Toronto Star , July 1, 2023.
- ↑ Elizabeth Saldivar, "CHSS students win three awards at Sears Drama Festival ; Curtis Te Brinke and Hugh Lobb's two-person play moves on to regionals". Seaforth Huron Expositor, April 4, 2012.
- 1 2 Chris Dupuis, "Why two young queer artists are self-producing their own play" Archived May 21, 2024, at the Wayback Machine . Xtra Magazine , October 17, 2016.
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