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- ↑ "Theatre Projects Manitoba". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ "Our Members". Professional Association of Canadian Theatres.
- 1 2 Longfield, Kevin (2001). From fire to flood: a history of theatre in Manitoba. Winnipeg: Signature Editions. pp. 10, 173, 197–199, 210, 215–216. ISBN 0-921833-79-2.
- 1 2 Prokosh, Kevin (4 November 2014). "Home is where the art is Theatre Projects celebrates 25 years of promoting Manitoba plays, actors". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Prokosh, Kevin (8 January 2015). "Performance of Iranian playwright's work thwarts those who would silence him". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 22 June 2017.