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- ↑ Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History Mother Courage and Her Children
- ↑ "Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History Cyrano de Bergerac". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ↑ LA Times: The Little Play That Could
