Lara Rae is a writer and stand-up comedian. Her play Dragonfly, won the 2020 Chris Johnson Award. Lara is one of the co-developers of the internationally acclaimed television comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie and the creator of the radio series Monsoon House starring Russell Peters. Lara was the first trans woman to host the CBC flagship news program The Current. Lara’s food project, PANTRY, feeds people in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood.