WARWICK, R.I. – The Community College of Rhode Island Players’ 2025 Summer Rep will wrap up later this month.

The annual theater season concludes with CCRI Players’ adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III”, which will be directed by Jonathan Pitts-Wiley. The first show is scheduled for August 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET, with additional showings set for August 22, 23, and 24.

The performance, rehearsals for which began this week, is the second of a two-part series that began last month with a four-day run of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.”

The play will be held at the Bobby Hackett Theater on CCRI’s Knight Campus in Warwick, RI. Tickets are available online and priced at $5 for CCRI students; $10 for seniors, college students and CCRI employees; and $20 for general admission.

“Audiences can expect a lean and dynamic production featuring a wonderfully diverse ensemble of performers,” said Pitts-Wiley. “I'm truly looking forward to what this acting company will bring to one of Shakespeare's most challenging and compelling works.”

• Sebastian Arboleda, Warwick
• Nicole Labresh, Manville
• Max Hayden, Warwick
• Nayeli Vazquez, Cumberland
• Jalen Rodriguez, Woonsocket
• Anthony Sanchez, Providence
• Eddie Cardona, Cranston
• Mary Paolino, East Greenwich
• Sonny Wong, Barrington
• Brandon Soriano, Providence
• Puck Schmidt, Warwick
• Connor Madix, Pawtucket
• Mikey McGowan, Roach Cranston
• Jaelyn Batiz, Attleboro, Mass.
• Sophie Bryant, Smithfield
• Kai Babas-Corvelo, North Scituate
• Alivia Verasammy, North Smithfield
• Rae Chiaverini, Pawtucket

Hayden, who graduated in the spring, will continue his career this fall at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theater as one of three new fellows in its 2025-26 Gamm Fellowship Program. The 10-month paid program is a partnership between the theater and Rhode Island’s higher-education institutions to provide on-the-job opportunities for artists of color.

Chiaverini and Verasammy will serve as stage manager and assistant stage manager, respectively, for "Richard III." They filled the opposite roles for CCRI's performance of "Comedy of Errors."

In purchasing a ticket to this Shakespeare performance, audience members also will be supporting CCRI’s Theatre Program.

“Summer rep is a vital part of the program because it provides students with an opportunity to collaborate and learn beyond the classroom by taking on significant responsibilities in all aspects theatrical production,” said acting Managing Director Tammy Moore, a CCRI alumna and adjunct faculty member for the past 23 years in both the English and Performing Arts departments.

“Additionally, it serves as a crucial fundraiser that helps support student participation in the Kennedy Center, American College Theatre Festival. (ACTF) which exposes students to workshops and performances that help them grow as performers and technicians and offers real world experience and lasting connections.”

Established in 2017, the Summer Rep program welcomes non-CCRI students and gives participants an opportunity to design and produce two shows in eight weeks while replicating a professional setting.

"The CCRI Summer Rep project serves as a vital learning journey for our students, helping them become accustomed to the intensity of the summer stock model, an important component of professional theatre experience,” said CCRI Theatre Program Coordinator Ted Clement.

“As a project that's open to the wider community, it provides the program with an essential recruiting device."