Conejo Players Reveals 2026 Readers Theatre Season
Conejo Players Theatre to showcase a variety of staged readings in 2026
The Conejo Players Readers Theatre program has announced its 2026 season, featuring five bold and compelling plays that span comedy, drama, and dark humor. Together, the selected works explore the timeless questions of identity, self-perception, and the impact we have on one another.
Readers Theatre is a performance style that strips theatre down to its essentials: actors, scripts, and imagination. Performers present the play using scripts in hand and minimal staging, putting the focus strictly on storytelling. Without elaborate sets or costumes, the emphasis is on language, character, and the shared experience between actor and audience — creating an intimate, engaging, and highly accessible form of theatre.
2026 Season Lineup
Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight
by Peter Ackerman
Sunday, March 8, 2026
A fast, funny, and unexpectedly heartfelt late-night comedy about what happens when a group of friends stay up too long, talk too much, and completely lose their filters. As exhaustion fuels confessions, arguments, and emotional chaos, one long-buried secret detonates the group—changing everything by sunrise.
Audience Advisory: Strong language, frank discussions of sexuality and racial themes. Mature audiences only.
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
by Sarah Gordon
Sunday, May 17, 2026
A sharp, witty, and surprisingly moving comedy about ambition, jealousy, and the high cost of being overlooked. When the forgotten Brontë sibling steps out of the shadows, buried rivalries and inconvenient truths explode into a fiercely funny exploration of family, fame, and the desperate human need to be seen.
Audience Advisory: Strong language and mature thematic content.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Sunday, July 19, 2026
A brilliantly inventive, darkly comic meditation on fate, friendship, and the absurdity of existence. Two minor characters from Hamlet find themselves trapped inside a story they barely understand, spinning into rapid-fire wordplay, philosophical debates, and theatrical mischief. Hilarious, haunting, and deeply human.
Frankenstein
by Victor Gialanella
Sunday, October 11, 2026
A powerful and emotionally charged adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic that leans into the horror, tragedy, and moral complexity of the original novel. As Victor Frankenstein creates life and then abandons it, creator and creation spiral into devastating consequences — confronting the cost of playing God and the loneliness of being unwanted.
Annual Holiday Production
December 13, 2026
About Conejo Players Theatre
Founded in 1962, Conejo Players Theatre (CPT) is a nonprofit community theatre dedicated to producing high-quality, affordable live theatre for audiences throughout the Conejo Valley and surrounding communities. CPT offers a diverse range of programming, including mainstage productions, Readers Theatre, youth theatre, and educational outreach — providing opportunities for performers, technicians, and artists of all backgrounds to share their talents and passion for the arts.
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Beetlejuice JR Conejo Players Theatre (9/25-10/04) |
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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Bank of America Performing Arts Center (8/08-8/08) |
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5 Star Theatricals presents Les Miserables Fred Kavli Theatre- B of A Performing Arts Center,Thousand Oaks (10/09-10/18) |
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Fellowship for Performing Arts presents The Screwtape Letters Fred Kavli Theatre- B of A Performing Arts Center,Thousand Oaks (8/08-8/08) |
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An Evening with Mike Masse: Epic Acoustic Classic Rock - November 13 Janet and Ray Scherr Forum Theatre (11/13-11/13) |
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The Wizard Of Oz BANK OF AMERICA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER – FRED KAVLI THEATRE (7/10-7/19) |
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5 Star Theatricals presents The Wizard of Oz Fred Kavli Theatre- B of A Performing Arts Center,Thousand Oaks (7/10-7/19) |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Conejo Players Theatre (11/06-11/29) |
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Steel Magnolias Conejo Players Theatre (8/07-8/29) |
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Mötley Crüe at Shoreline Amphitheatre Shoreline Amphitheatre (9/24-9/24) |