Jivesh Parasram

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.

References
  1. Danny Kai Mak, "Take d Milk, Nah?'s Jivesh Parasram upends identity play with heartbreaking truths and hilarious asides". The Georgia Straight, October 23, 2019.
  2. "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards". Toronto Star, October 14, 2021.
  3. "Provocative, engaging one-man show challenges mainstream perspectives". Ottawa Citizen, January 17, 2020.
  4. Shawn Conner, "Dark play parodies posturing; Show mocks 'being with a cause without being with a cause at all'". Vancouver Sun, May 21, 2020.
  5. Carly Maga, "Whose identity are we looking at when we see an identity play?". Toronto Star, April 15, 2018.


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