“Breaking Through Unnatural Borders: Interview of YaliniDream” by Natasha Bissonauth, March 1st 2010  - Theatre spoken word artist, YaliniDream, explores truth, spirituality, activism, gender, sexuality, love and Sri Lanka. Her stage presence is at once a resounding cry for action and a soulful prayer for all things lost...

“YaliniDream/ An Artist, Constantly Evolving” by V.V. Ganeshananthan, June 19th 2009 -
I first met Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, aka the performer/poet/dancer YaliniDream, when I moved to New York three years ago. I was hunting for a profile subject for my Arts & Culture journalism seminar, and wanted to write about a Sri Lankan artist. A friend directed me to one of Marian’s collaborators. I headed to a performance, thinking: wow, I live in a town where there are Sri Lankan/diasporic artists!...

Review of Sukh Aur Duk Ki Kahani by Dr. Linta Varghese, May 13th, 2008 - Sukh aur Dukh ki Kahani (Stories of Joy and Sorrow) began in 2004 when Chitra Aiyer approached [YaliniDream], and asked her to facilitate theatre workshops for members of Andolan, a New York-based organization mobilizing low-wage South Asian women workers. The following year [YaliniDream] started holding workshops for interested members of the organization. Just two years later in 2007, the theatrical performance Sukh aur Dukh ki Kahani began taking form. Finally, in April of this year, a production that was four years in the making culminated on stage at the Puffin Room in New York City....

“NYC Based Artist, YaliniDream Performs” Asia Pacific Forum WBAI (Pacifica) New York City June 24th, 2008 -
YaliniDream's performance work incorporates a unique blend of theater, spoken word, song, and dance to explore issues in the Sri Lankan Diaspora using gender and sexuality as a lens. YaliniDream's directorial and facilitation work centers interdisciplinary collaboration...

Asia Pacific Forum: “Talking Shop: Conversations with Feminist Asian-American Artists” WBAI (Pacifica) New York City, March 8th 2007 -
Marian Yalini Thambynayagam incorporates a unique blend of theater, spoken word, song, and dance in her solo work to explore issues in the Sri Lankan Diaspora--violence, detention, displacement--using gender and sexuality as a lens. Marian's collective work centers around interdisciplinary collaboration...