Lara Rae

Lara Rae is a writer and stand-up comedian.She is one of the co-developers of the internationally acclaimed comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie. Her radio plays include an episode of Afghanada and the series she created, Monsoon House starring Russell Peters. She was the first trans woman to host the CBC flagship news program The Current. Her food project PANTRY feeds people in her West Broadway neighborhood in Winnipeg, where she lives with her dog and three rats.