Ray Dooley

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Photograph of Ray for an interview by the News and Observer
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Photograph of Ray for an interview by the News and Observer

Ray Dooley (born 1953) is a company member at the Playmakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and has starred on Broadway, Film and Television. He is currently the head of the Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC) and is a drama faculty member there when not performing professionally.

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[edit] Early life

Ray Dooley was raised on Long Island, New York. Dooley received his M.F.A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and his B.A. in English and Theatre & Drama from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY.

[edit] PlayMakers

After tiring of what he described as a "nomadic lifestyle", he came to UNC to re-establish his creative ties with PlayMakers artistic director David Hammond, who was an instructor at American Conservatory Theatre when Dooley was a student. But Dooley continued with other work, including plays, commercials, film and directing.

At UNC, Professor Dooley primarily teaches acting in the Professional Actor Training Program. He was named Interim Chair of the Department in 1999, and became Chair in 2000. As a company member with PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theatre associated with the department, he has appeared in more than forty productions since coming to Chapel Hill in 1989.

[edit] Selected Performances

[edit] Broadway

  • So Long on Lonely Street as Raymond Brown - Ran from Apr 3, 1986 - May 18, 1986
  • Macbeth as Malcolm - Ran from Jan 28, 1982 - Feb 14, 1982
  • The Stitch in Time as Major Miller - Never officially opened - Jan 6, 1981[1]

[edit] Off-Broadway

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Union memberships

Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actor's Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Canadian Actor's Equity, the North Carolina Theatre Conference, and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.

[edit] Awards

  • Ray won a Village Voice Obie Award for his 1981 role in Peer Gynt.
  • Robert’s Reviews’ 2003 Triangle Theater Award, Best Supporting Actor (Uncle Vanya and Dinner With Friends)
  • Robert's Reviews' 2004 Triangle Theater Award, Best Actor (Not About Heroes).
Cyrano de Bergerac, Playmakers Repertory Company 2006, shown here with fellow actor Estes Tarver
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Playmakers Repertory Company 2006, shown here with fellow actor Estes Tarver

[edit] Recent activities

Dooley recently returned from Austria, starring as Father Flynn in the European premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner "Doubt: A Parable", directed by the renowned Martin L. Platt at Vienna’s English Theatre. The "Wiener Zeitung" wrote, “Wendy Barrie-Wilson and Ray Dooley are very convincing as the stubborn nun and the helpless priest whose only channel of escape is through the male-dominated hierarchy of the Catholic Church.” The "Kronenzeitung" reported, “This is an impressive performance. Much applause.” He is currently starring as Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playmakers Repertory Company.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ray Dooley Credits on Broadway. Internet Broadway Database (2006). Retrieved on 2006-06-06.
  2. ^ Lortel Archives. Lucille Lortel Foundation (2002). Retrieved on 2006-06-06.
  3. ^ O'Connor, Pam (March 30th, 2006). "CYRANO DE BERGERAC’S" ROMANCE, WIT AND SWORDPLAY CAP PLAYMAKERS’ SEASON. Playmakers Repertory Company. Retrieved on 2006-06-06.

[edit] External links

[edit] Reviews

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