Ray Dooley

Ray Dooley (born 1953) is a company member at the Playmakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and has performed 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.

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 (Phi Beta Kappa) from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

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.

elected performances

Broadway

*"So Long on Lonely Street" as Raymond Brown - Ran from April 3, 1986 - May 18, 1986
*"Macbeth" as Malcolm - Ran from January 28, 1982 - February 14, 1982
*"The Stitch in Time" as Major Miller - Never officially opened - January 6, 1981 [cite web | author=| year=2006| title=Ray Dooley Credits on Broadway | format=| work=Internet Broadway Database | url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=78324 | accessdate=2006-06-06]

Off-Broadway

*"Wild Oats" as Harry Thunder at the CSC Theatre
* "Henry IV, Part 1" as Actor at CSC Repertory Company [cite web | author=| year=2002| title=Lortel Archives| format= | work=Lucille Lortel Foundation | url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Ray&middle=&last=Dooley | accessdate=2006-06-06]

Filmography

*"The Trial of Standing Bear" (1988)
*"Stonebrook" (1998)

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.

Awards

*Ray won a "Village Voice" Obie Award for his 1981 Off-Broadway 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").

Recent activities

Dooley recently returned from Austria, appearing as Father Flynn in the European premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner "", directed by 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." Last season he starred as Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Playmakers Repertory Company. [cite web | author=O'Connor, Pam| date=March 30, 2006| title="CYRANO DE BERGERAC’S" ROMANCE, WIT AND SWORDPLAY CAP PLAYMAKERS’ SEASON | format= | work=Playmakers Repertory Company | url= ?| accessdate=2006-06-06]

References

External links

*imdb name|1641948
* [http://www.unc.edu/depts/drama/faculty/listing_dooley.htm University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Biography]
* [http://www.unc.edu/depts/drama/faculty/adobe_docs/Dooley%20Summary.pdf Complete Stage Resume PDA]
* [http://www.playmakersrep.org/genPage/index.pl?pgid=67 "Not About Heroes" press release]
* [http://www.newsobserver.com/content/multimedia/gallery/20060416dooley/ "News and Observer" photographic retrospective on Ray' career]
* [http://www.newsobserver.com/308/story/429293.html "News and Observer" examination of Ray's career]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/cgi-bin/obies/winner.cgi?selection=person&winner=Ray+Dooley Obie Award page]

Reviews

* [http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2005-02-23/arts_theater.html Alliance Theater] production of "The Guardsman"
* [http://www.peterekstrom.com/review03a.html Spectator Online's Review of "An O. Henry Christmas"]
* [http://www.towneplayers.org/pages/ROBERT'S%20REVIEWS%20(Theatrical%20Newsletter)%20-%20January%201,%202004%20Edition,%20Part%201.htm Weekly Theatrical Review Awards]
* [http://www.newsobserver.com/308/story/429718.html "News and Observer" review of "Cyrano de Bergerac"]