Jivesh Parasram
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Jivesh Parasram is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director,[1] whose play Take d Milk, Nah? was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.[2]
Of Indo-Caribbean descent, Parasram was born and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.[1] He later moved to Toronto, where he was founding director of the Pandemic Theatre company,[3] and then to Vancouver, where he is currently artistic director of Rumble Theatre.[4]
Take d Milk, Nah? was first staged in 2018 by Theatre Passe Muraille,[5] before being published in 2021 by Playwrights Canada Press.
