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- ↑ V-Girls, "Daughter of the Revolution." October Magazine. Issue 71. (Winter 1995): 121.
- ↑ Schechner, Richard. "Building the Builders Association: A Conversation with Marianne Weems, James Gibbs, and Moe Angelos." The Drama Review. 56.3. (2012): 37–38.
- ↑ Svich, Caridad, ed. Trans-global Readings: Crossing theatrical boundaries. New York: Manchester (2003): 51.
- ↑ "School of Drama Hires Internationally Renowned Theatre Director Marianne Weems as Head of Graduate Directing", Carnegie Mellon University, August 13, 2008.
- ↑ Marianne Weems, at the Lewis Center for the Arts
