Two Woonsocket Students Among CCRI Players Taking "The Receptionist" To Hyannis
Actor, lighting designer in cast and crew of play in national competition.
The Community College of Rhode Island Players’production of “The Receptionist,” a dark office comedy featuring a Woonsocket actor and crew member, is in the running to compete for national honors. The students were selected to restage their play in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 1competition, beating out shows performed all over New England and New York. They will perform in Hyannis, Mass., on Jan. 31 for a chance to go on to the KCACTF National Festival. “This is as if CCRI is in the Sweet 16 looking to go to the Final Four,” said CCRI Assistant Professor Luke Sutherland, who directed the play. Sutherland said that only five shows of about 60 that were in the running were picked to go to the …
