Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story

May 2, 2025 - May 11, 2025

Show Times

Performances on Fridays at 7:00pm. Saturdays at 1:00pm & 4:00pm. Sundays at 1:00pm.
Sensory-friendly Performance on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 4pm.

Tickets are available online here and at our Box Office.
Sensory-friendly performance tickets are available online here.

About the show

Presented through special arrangement with TRW Plays.
Directed by: Beth Eslick
Produced by: Kristin Krause

Margery Williams’s classic toy story gets a vibrant retelling in this brand new adaptation. When the Child gets the Rabbit for Christmas, she is at first disappointed in her gift. But as the two quest and adventure through her storybooks, both Rabbit and Child grow and care for each other. And they discover that love is the greatest force in the Universe and can make impossible things Real.

Cast & Crew

Kona Casey – The Rabbit
Layna Trafican – The Child
Charlotte Voake – Nana
Alia Ashworth – The Skin Horse
Ava Paolini – Wind-up Mouse
Sydney Judd – Dinosaur
Logan Judd – Model Boat
Eden Carroll – Timothy The Jointed Lion
Lyra Eriksen – Bear/The Sheriff of Nottingham
Ariana Wolfkiel – Jack in The Box/Sheriff’s Woman
Cadence Nakos – Sheriff’s Woman
Macy Van Gelder – Shakespeare
Robert Waggoner – Mozart
Belle Krause – Oxford Bunny
Katia Budrakey – Cambridge Bunny
Aiden Paolini – Doctor/Jabberwocky
Cassidy Rizzotto – Plane
Ethan Purdy – Soldier
Vada Filippi – Ballerina

Stage Manager/Fight Choreographer: Mark Suarez
Costume Designers: Beth Eslick, Kristin Krause, Susan McNeill
Costume Assistants: John Eslick, Betty Fuhrmann, Karen Graham-Hanna, Belle Krause, Joe Krause
Set Designer/Propmaster: John Eslick
Sound Designer/Mic & Soundboard Operator: Joe Krause
Sound Operators: Julie Jensen, Doug Trafican
Sound Design Assistant: Hunter Krause
Lighting Designer: Jack Allaway
Light Operator: Eve Kiefer
Head of Construction: Rick Steinberg
Construction Crew: Jim Diderrich, Judy Diderrich, John Holroyd, Max Honigsberg, Rick Steinberg, Mike Watrobski
Wig Designer: Haley Marie
Make-up Artist: Kristin Krause
Make-up Assistants: Kristie Ashworth, Lyra Erikson, Belle Krause
Backstage Crew: Cadence Nakos, Rylee Stafford
Parent Coordinators: Diana Trafican, Michele Waggoner
Photography (Headshots): Christin Caswell
Photography (Publicity): Ritchie Filippi
Photography (Production): Scott Quintard
Mozart Music Recording: Scott Donohue
Opening Music Assistant: Jeremy Zeller
Specialty Painting: Elena Mills
PR: Ritchie Filippi

Tickets are available online here and at our Box Office.
Sensory-friendly performance tickets are available online here.

We are happy to announce that we will be hosting a sensory-friendly performance of The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 4pm. Sensory-friendly performances are adapted to be more welcoming and comfortable for our audience members with sensory sensitivities. For the sensory-friendly performance of The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story, Conejo Players Theatre is taking these steps to make the theatre going experience more accessible:

• Before the performance the team will explain what the story is and what will happen on stage.

• The audience will meet the performers & they will share details about their characters & key props.

• The house lights will only be dimmed, not turned off, and our sound will be lower than usual.

• The side house doors will remain open and attendees will be able to use the lobby as a safe place.

• Outside comfort snacks will be allowed into the theatre.

• Theatre capacity will be limited to give everyone more space.

Tickets are available online here.