About Story Theatre

Story Theatre is a CRA registered charity and theatre for young audiences (TYA) company based Unceded Lək̓wəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories (Victoria BC). For 45 years, Story Theatre has been inspiring imagination, fostering belonging, and enhancing education with a mandate to create and tour theatre productions for young people. Currently, the company commissions new plays written by Canadian playwrights with vibrant and diverse perspectives, who through stories, want to encourage children to be leaders of change.

Story Theatre’s Guiding Values are:

ACCESS

COMMUNITY CARE + JUSTICE

CURIOSITY

EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT + PARTICIPATION

LEARNING

Who We Are

Story Theatre’s core team is Erica Petty, Monica Ogden, Tenyjah Indra McKenna, and Kathryn Boyd. We are a proud all disabled, queer and gender-diverse team made up of parents, artists, teachers and more. Award-winning artists in our own right, and as a collective, we are proud of our core team and their accomplishments!

Throughout each year, Story Theatre works with upwards of 30 contract artists, from actors to designers to playwrights to teachers. Theatre for Young Audiences does not exist without all of these integral paid roles supporting the work we do for the community. Together, we make theatre magic for young people and empower social change. We need your help to support this award-winning team and practice - consider a monthly donation here!

Some recent team accomplishments include:

Nomination, Canada Young Theatre Awards (2025)
Nomination, Pro Art Alliance JAYMAC Outstanding Production (2024)
Nomination, PACT Green Award (2024)
Winner, BCAC Arts Impact award (2023 & 2024)
Winner, BCAC Accelerate award (2023 & 2024)
Winner, Pro Art Alliance Early Career Artist: Tenyjah McKenna (2024)
Winner, Best Large Group Number at the Burlesque Hall of Fame: Kathryn Boyd (2024)
Winner, Pro Art Alliance Mid-Career Artist: Erica Petty (2023)
Winner, Pro Art Alliance Witness Legacy Blanket Award: Monica Ogden & Adonis Critter King (2020)

Noteworthy appointments:

Netflix Diversity of Voices Initiative at the Banff World Media Festival (Monica Ogden)
The Black Pledge Canada (Tenyjah McKenna)
ThisGen Producers Fellowship/Residency with Why Not Theatre and The National Arts Centre (Monica Ogden)

Registered Name: THE STORY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS SOCIETY

Business No: 898928296RR0001

Meet the team: Lead Producer Monica Ogden 🏳️&zwj;🌈🦋🌱

Monica Ogden (they/she/siya) is an award winning queer, disabled, non-binary Filipinx, performer and producer living on lək̓wəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ lands. Monica teaches anti-racism and disab

Meet our team: Set & Costume Designer Jack Bumbala 🛼🪚👒

Sprouting in The unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation (Ottawa, ON), Jack Bumbala (They/Them), graduated from The Canterbury Dramatic Arts Program before rootin

Meet the team: Stage Manager, Abby Corpus 📝🎶💻💡

Abby Corpus (she/her) is a queer Filipino-Canadian theatre producer, performer, arts administrator, and educator. Recently she has worked both on and off-stage with several companies including @paci

Meet our cast - Michelle Naidu as Fox, Bear, and Leopard 🦊 🐻 🐆

Born in India, Michelle Naidu (she/her) is a versatile performer with a passion for storytelling. Her recent credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ten Lost Ye

Meet our cast - Thembelihle Moyo as Beast and Frog 🐕 🐸

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Thembelihle Moyo is one of eight children and the mother of two daughters. After graduating from high school, she taught for four years before enrolling in colleg

Meet our cast - Tenyjah Indra McKenna as Anansi 🕷️ 🕸️

Tenyjah Indra McKenna is a dynamic, bilingual performer based in Victoria, BC, with experience across theatre, film, voice acting, and music. Her stage credits include The Crucible, The Wizard

Meet our cast - Favour Onwuka as Bugaboo ✨

Favour Onwuka is an award-winning Afro-Canadian actor and a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, specializing in children. She is the founder of Nurtu

Rehearsal Day 1!

Welcome to our cast @itsfavouronwuka @schizelleh @tenlilrabbit @thembiebornagain and production @elaksch @jam.d.d @critterandchaos @monicaogden12 @absagailia - not pictured the amazing @ole_jacks_back and @parkerpetty 💐

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📣Announcing the team of the World Premiere of Dreamweavers by Adonis Critter King 📣

We have been eagerly waiting to share this incredible team - we can’t wait for rehearsals to start next week! More posts to come introducing this all star cr

Tickets are on sale! 🎟️

Public family performances of DREAMWEAVERS by Adonis Critter King are officially on sale on our Eventbrite!

Pricing: $5/youth, $10/adult

If funds are a barrier, please reserve tickets at monica@storytheatre.ca, no one wi

WOW. There truly aren’t enough words in the english language that can encompass the range of emotions and learnings felt on this tour of The Great Bloom by @sydney.marino with the touring team @critterandchaos @monicaogden12 @notingridmoore and

Solidarity and love to all Filipinx kapwa today - we are heartbroken.

Reposted from @migrantecanada

Migrante Canada continues to mourn the tragic incident at the Lapu-Lapu event yesterday, April 26, 2025, in Vancouver, BC. As of today, the confir

$Beautiful Tsal’alh Nation/ St\’at\’imc Nation territories 🏔️ It is an incredible privilege to be bringing our customized artist in the classroom residency via @artstarts AIC Grant which supports First Nations Community Schools wi$

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