Jivesh Parasram Explained

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.

Notes and 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. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/10/14/rachel-cusk-among-fiction-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards.html "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards"
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.