A three-week intensive program for young performers who love musical theatre and want to grow onstage and off. Students train, rehearse, and perform a full-length musical alongside passionate peers and world-class faculty, building skills, confidence, and lifelong friendships along the way.
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The 2026 Musical Theatre faculty are excited to announce that our production will be Come From Away at the Sid Williams Theatre July 14-18
The CYMC Musical Theatre Program is an immersive summer experience designed to strengthen performance skills while celebrating the joy of Musical Theatre. Students return year after year for the thrill of working toward a full production with a dedicated ensemble of like-minded performers.
Each day is filled with focused training in choreography, vocal work, and acting. Students rehearse daily and participate in workshops covering speech, voice, dance, and stage fighting, developing a well-rounded foundation in musical theatre performance.
Beyond technique, this program is about connection. Students form strong friendships through collaboration, shared goals, and the excitement of creating something meaningful together. These relationships often last long after the curtain closes.
Supportive coaching in solo and choral singing. Develop technique, stage presence, and musicality through daily rehearsals and concerts.
All the hard work leads to a fully staged musical theatre production that challenges students and showcases their growth. In addition, performers take part in a Students Showcase Night, presenting solo or small-group pieces for peers, family, and the local community.
While the days are full and rewarding, there is also time to relax and enjoy the Comox Valley. Planned activities like beach nights, movie nights, and other social events give students space to unwind, recharge, and make memories.
Our dedicated instructors bring decades of experience, theatrical excellence, and a passion for nurturing young talent. Each member of our team is committed to creating a supportive, engaging, and high-quality learning environment.
Lori Mazey teaches Theatre Arts and Dance at G.P. Vanier Secondary School in Courtenay, BC. She has her degree in Theatre, her Master's in Educational Leadership, and is an Associate of Trinity College in London for Speech Arts.
Lori has directed over 50 musical and plays for School District 71, CYMC and companies including Courtenay Little Theatre. She has won numerous awards both regionally and provincially for directing with the ABCDE and Theatre BC Drama Festivals. Award-winning productions include Biloxi Blues, Never Swim Alone, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, Romeo and Juliet, At the Bottom of Lake Missoula, The Laramie Project, and Torn Rainbow – a show she wrote about homophobia in high schools and which toured Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland over three years.
Lori is the recipient of the Queens Jubilee medal for the arts, ABCDE’s B.C. Drama Teacher of the Year award, the Comox Valley Arts Council’s Mentor of the year award, Rotary’s Paul Harris fellowship, and was named as one of the Comox Valley’s citizens of the century and the Comox Valley Educator of the Year Local Hero.
Lori is also an improv coach whose teams’ accomplishments include 2 National titles with the Canadian Improv Games and a Destination Imagination Global Improv Championship.
Carol Anne Parkinson is a joyful singer, voice teacher and conductor. She earned her Bachelor of Music from UBC in 1995 and continued to study with master teacher Arlene McIntyre from 2000-2005.
As a chorister, she has cherished memories of singing with the Cap Singers at Kathaumixw, with UBC Choral Union under the direction of Diane Loomer, earning first place in the Markdoberdorf choral festival in Germany with the University Singers, recording two CD’s with the Vancouver Cantata Singers, singing with Island Voices.
She has directed the Hellenic Chorus of Vancouver, several church choirs, CYMC Festival choir, was the founding director of the Nova Voce Choral Society, and currently directs the raucous Men of Notes choir!
Carol Anne has been a soloist with the Capilano University Choirs, CYMC, Timbre!, and NICS. When not making music, she can be spotted at the curling rink, Seal Bay, or curled up with a knitting project with her dog by her side.
Paul Gerritsen began his training at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in Calgary before graduating from the Canadian College of Performing Arts.
His career has taken him around the world, including performances with Norwegian Cruise Lines, Sleeping Beauty in Glasgow, Scotland and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express in Germany.
After over 10 years performing in Germany’s major theatres and at the Komische Oper Berlin.
Paul now teaches at Pantuso Dance and is so excited to work with CYMC on Come From Away!
