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- ↑ "Rhubarb and Cheese, Rhubarb and Cheese, Rhubarb and Cheese…". Torontoist , February 2, 2005.
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- ↑ Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays. Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0887548529.
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