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.