India, Dec. 3 -- Toronto-born Indo-Canadian stage personality Ravi Jain has been honoured with Canada's most prestigious theatre award. On Monday, Jain was named the 2025 Siminovitch Prize Laureate, Canada's top theatre honour. The award, given by the Siminovitch Theatre Foundation, was bestowed in its 25th iteration. Jain received a cash award of CA$ 100,000 and chose Miriam Fernandes as the Siminovitch Prize Protege. In the spring of 2023, Jain had directed a reimagined of the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He also wrote the retelling of the epic and adapted it with Miriam Fernandes. The Siminovitch Prize is awarded annually to exceptional theatre creators and "is a celebration of Canadian theatre and an investment in the future of the art form", a press release noted. "Ravi Jain is a creator of remarkable range and audacity, whose career has consistently redefined what Canadian theatre can be. His works span the intimate and the epic, yet each bears the imprint of a restless curiosity and a refusal to repeat established formulas. The jury recognised Jain not only as an artist of brilliance but also as a builder," the Prize's Jury Chair Guillermo Verdecchia said....