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- 1 2 3 4 Los Angeles Times, A Place She Can Call Home, September 30, 2001
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- ↑ "Emily Kuroda: Resume". Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Gilmore Girls: Emily Kuroda Returns to the Stage for 'The Trojan Women'". Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ↑ Playbill, July 24, 2006 Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
