Critics are Raving About ‘Murder’! (8/26/2025) - Critics have been raving about our latest play, Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Alan Waserman and produced by Beth Eslick and Kristin Krause. Check out what critic’s are saying: “All aboard: Conejo Players Theatre’s take on Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express (adapted by Ken Ludwig) is nimble, stylish, and proudly homegrown exactly … - VC Reporter: Where There’s a Will…: Conejo Players Theatre presents ‘The Book of Will’ (6/20/2025) - The VC Reporter’s Tim Pompey attended The Book of Will and shared his thoughts. “The Book of Will is about William Shakespeare. Or rather, the gathering posthumously of Shakespeare’s writings into the first official printed volume of his plays. In The Book of Will, we have a play that is well acted and thoroughly professional, …
- Ventura Breeze: Glass Menagerie Classic Endures (9/7/2024) - Shirley Lorraine from the Ventura Breeze gave The Glass Menagerie a glowing review! “Director Elena Mills has assembled a quite capable cast to bring this classic to life. The setting is impeccable, employing clever scrims to highlight certain memories. All four of the actors are excellent in their roles. Pacing is rapid and dialogue is …
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- VC Reporter: Deadly good fun: ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ at Conejo Players Theatre (4/20/2024) - Tim Pompey from the VC Reporter calls A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder “good, dark fun” in his review of our musical comedy. “Suppose you love British comedy, especially the cheeky kind. In that case, you’ll quickly fall in love with this Tony-award-winning musical that is the complete package of jokes, sex, men in …
- The Acorn: A song in his heart, poison in his pocket (4/16/2024) - The Thousand Oaks Acorn came to our opening night of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and critic Cary Ginell gave the show high praise! “The story is Gilbert and Sullivan meets-Monty Python, a delightful blend of comic patter songs and tragically funny “accidents” perpetrated by Monty on the members of the D’Ysquith family …
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- The Acorn: ‘Outrageous’ play will have you in stiches (2/2/2024) - The Thousand Oaks Acorn visited ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ recently, and the critics are raving! “The outrageous humor in ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ isn’t as much in the pratfalls and missteps as in how the cast feebly tries to deal with them as they occur,” said theatre critic Cary Ginell. “Thinking (or hoping) …
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- The Acorn: Laughs rain down in latest play (2/3/2023) - The Thousand Oaks Acorn came out to see Don’t Drink the Water, now through Feb. 4, and the reviews are in! “Fortunately, CPT director John Eslick settled on the brilliant Kelly Green to play the part of harried American tourist Walter Hollander, who finds himself in a quagmire of trouble after he innocently takes photographs …
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- Ventura Breeze: A View from House Seats (11/25/2022) - The reviews are in for 9 to 5, and it’s a hit! Strong performances abound in CPT’ s leading quartet of characters, led by Dana Kolb in the Tomlin character of Violet,” said Cary Ginell in the Acorn. “As she did this past summer in CPT’s “The Sound of Music,” Katie McTyre makes everyone around …
- The Acorn: Music Man Jr a family affair (10/14/2022) - The Thousand Oaks Acorn’s Cary Ginell got an advanced look at the Music Man Jr. and noticed an family connection right away. “Darrin and Susan Ingram and their two children, Skyler and Kaelia, are all part of the production,” said Ginell. “For the Ingrams, ‘The Music Man’ has special personal memories since Darrin and Susan …
- The Acorn: Live theater doesn’t get much better than this (9/23/2022) - Theatre critic Cary Ginell saw The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time last week and absolutely raved about it. Here are some highlights: “Curious Incident is a tour de force of acting, directing and production values that takes us inside Christopher’s chaotic mind, assaulting the senses with visual and sonic elements ranging from …
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