OKM Triple Threat Theatre Company was the featured in the Association of BC Drama Educators Spring Newsletter! Congratulations to all!
The inaugural OKM Fringe Festival ran May 21, 22 and 23 in the OKM theatre - featuring original plays by cast members including BC YOUTHWThanks to all who supported these new works and our students! Stand by for an exciting 2026/2027 Season!
Disney's NEWSIES!
Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Hadestown:Teen Edition
The Good Doctor
The Spongebob Squarepants musical
Elephant's Graveyard
The Play that Goes Wrong
The Addams Family Musical
Almost, Main
Peter Pan
Mamma Mia
Puffs, Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and
Shakespeare In Love
Guys and Dolls Jr
Sister Act Jr
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguen
The Crucible Macbeth 1040
Charlotte's Web Shrek the Musical
Shakespeare in Hollywood Anything Goes!
Black Comedy Pajama Game
Bye Bye Birdie Sherlock Holmes
The Ash Girl
The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood
Peter and the Starcatcher The Importance of Being Earnest
Romeo and Juliet (OKM Theatre Grand Opening!)
Select Previous OKM Theatre/OKM FAME Academy Productions:
Disney's Beauty & the Beast Hairspray 42nd Street James Bond Apollo's Curse
Viva! (Creative Collaboration) Dracula, Nosferatu
To Burn a Witch Love, Love, Love (Creative Collaboration)
Footloose! The Musical Caffeine Dreams
The OKM Mission MainStage Theatre Company earned the prestigious “Bearer of the Bard’s Flame” award for their devised masterpiece, All of Shakespeare’s Plays in 3 Panes and 20 Minutes, directed by Mr. Ryan Grenier. Huge kudos to the students who worked hard and were wonderful leaders and Ambassadors at the Inagural Kelowna GoodWill Shakespeare Festival!
In May 2026, OKM Theatre Students journeyed to Ontario to view productions, take workshops and experience the Stratford and Shaw Festivals. 5 Shows in 5 days, Niagara Falls and a Blue Jays game were also highlights for students. Most importantly students were able to ascertain that Canadian talent is on par with the world!
Previous trips have included New York City (spring 2023), Vancouver BC (May 2023), Ashland (Oregon, USA) and London (England)
The OKM Theatre opened in 2015 at Okanagan Mission Secondary School and under the leadership of Ryan Grenier (Artistic Director and Head of Design) and Zach Griffin (Music and Vocals Director for Choir, 3T Vocals, OKM Music Department) The OKM theatre has produced over 30 productions including Broadway Musicals (OKM Triple Threat Theatre Company), Full length plays and plays with music (MissionMainStage Theatre Company), One Act Plays and Children's Theatre (Grade 9/10 Drama) and the OKM Fringe festival (available to any OKM student to participate in! )
Zach Griffin (3T Music and Vocal Director) is well-known in the Okanagan music scene as a saxophonist and music educator. After completing degrees in Jazz Performance (UofT, 2019) and Education (UBC, 2020), Zach began teaching in SD23 and has co-led the OKM Music program since 2021. An active freelancer in jazz, rock, wedding, and DJ groups, Zach also plays saxophone in the bands Rock Steady, The Passion of Amy Winehouse, Lovestruck (SRV Tribute), the Moonlight Jazz Society house band, and the BCIJF Big Band. Zach has performed with the Munro/Patrick Band, the Gary Cable Project, and the Anthony D'Alessandro Quartet (feat. NYC's Benny Benack III). In July of 2025, he started the Zach Griffin Jazz Orchestra (ZGJO), a 17-piece band that performs monthly and features Zach singing and playing saxophone. Zach is an LMS Entertainment on-call musician (for their Elvis and Elton John Tribute bands), and can be heard playing woodwinds on the albums Embargo and TRADBURNER on streaming services.
We're very fortunate to welcome Allie Sieben (Dance Director/Choreographer) to the OKM 3T Company! An alumni of 3T, Allie brings years of dance experience and choreography experience to OKM. As a working professional and Artistic Associate with Pixie and Dot YTC in Kelowna and with various theatre companies across Canada - we're thrilled that Allie has made time to support 3T with her talent!
Mr. Cyril Augustin (OKM English Department) has been our Head Carpenter and Co-Designer for many years. His creative eye, ability to engineer and fabricate and generally make magic is essential in creating the many worlds our performers get to play in!
Okanagan Mission Secondary School
4544 Gordon Drive, Kelowna BC, Canada V1W 1T4 (250) 870-5108