Rainbow Youth Theatre is the recipient of the Comox Valley Record’s local hero award for Art Advocate.

On the closing night of The Wizard of Oz, Mike Butler, one of the founding members of RYT in 1988, was presented with a “silver seat plaque” to be installed at the Sid Williams Theatre. Mike has been a “permanent fixture” in the local theatre community for decades and he has touched the life of many of the Valley’s young thespians. Mike continues to work tirelessly to keep RYT and other theatre groups producing excellent community theatre. Mike truly inspires the slogan “RYT, building character since 1988!”

RYT past president Mike Butler, receives a “silver seat plaque” from President Doug Barr and Sid Williams Theatre Manager, Deborah Renz.