Jivesh Parasram is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director,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. whose play ''Take d Milk, Nah?'' was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the

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descent, Parasram was born and raised in

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, Nova Scotia. He later moved to Toronto, where he was founding director of the Pandemic Theatre company, and then to Vancouver, where he is currently artistic director of Rumble Theatre. ''Take d Milk, Nah?'' was first staged in 2018 by Theatre Passe Muraille,Carly Maga, "Whose identity are we looking at when we see an identity play?". ''

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'', April 15, 2018. before being published in 2021 by

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21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male dramatists and playwrights Canadian male stage actors Canadian theatre directors Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian writers of Asian descent Male actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia Male actors from Vancouver People from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Writers from Vancouver Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-playwright-stub