PENDLETON — College Community Theatre is heading to Roy Raley Park this August for two Shakespeare in the Park performances.

Shakespeare in the Park is a new endeavor for CCT as part of the new “CCT Presents” program.

“Our season traditionally followed BMCC’s school term schedule allowing for three shows per season,” CCT Board President Marie Pratuch said. “Now that College Community Theatre is its own entity, the board wanted to try expanding our offerings by adding bonus shows.”

CCT launched the “CCT Presents” shows with “The Petticoat Rebellion” in June, and it continues with Shakespeare in the Park.

“The theater typically goes dark during the summer, but this year, we thought it would be fun to bring the theater to the community by doing a Shakespeare in the Park production,” Pratuch said. “What better park than Roy Raley — Pendleton’s living room?”

CCT hopes to make Shakespeare in the Park an annual event with a different play each summer, and this year’s production is the romantic comedy “Twelfth Night, or What You Will.”

“Twelfth Night” centers around a number of love triangles and mistaken identities. The name refers to the festival of Twelfth Night that happened 12 days after Christmas Day, which may have been when the play was first performed.

In the play, two twins, Viola and Sebastian, are separated in a shipwreck and each fall into their own comedic misadventures. Viola disguises herself as a man, Cesario, and manages to attract the attention of the wealthy countess, Olivia.

“It’s been interesting. It’s my first time having a role this large in a performance, and it’s honestly really fun to get to play this rich, well brought up young lady,” said Esra Burnette, who plays Lady Olivia. “It’s a really fun show, and it has really funny lines.”

The production also features Mischief Zurbrick, Christian Quinlin, Ellen Paulsen, Anna Cavallo, Chris Dennett, Tiago Perez, Brian Morrison, Robb Jones, Ethan Zurbrick and Alexandra Gentry.

Grant Turner is directing and has cut the show from three hours to 90 minutes.

Cast members attended a workshop about Shakespearean acting with Turner in the spring. He chose “Twelfth Night” for this year’s Shakespeare in the Park based on the actors and skills he observed at the workshop.

Multiple members of the cast said people should come out to see the show because they will enjoy it.

“This show is so funny,” Ellen Paulsen said. “It’s so fun.”

The shows begin at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, and Saturday, Aug. 10. There is no cost to attend, but donations will be accepted. Also, a different food vendor will offer concessions at Roy Raley Park each week.