Ray Dooley
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Ray Dooley 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.
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.
, 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.
's Pulitzer Prize
and Tony
winner Doubt: A Parable
, 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.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...
, 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.
Broadway
- So Long on Lonely Street as Raymond Brown - Ran from April 3, 1986 - May 18, 1986
- MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
as Malcolm - Ran from January 28, 1982 - February 14, 1982 - The Stitch in Time as Major Miller - Never officially opened - January 6, 1981
Off-Broadway
- Wild OatsWild OatsWild Oats or wild oats may refer to:* Avena, a genus of grasses that includes the cereal oat* Chasmanthium latifolium or wild oats, a grass* Uvularia sessilifolia]] or wild oats, a bellwort* Wild Oats , a 1994 sitcom...
as Harry Thunder at the CSC Theatre - Henry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV , and Henry V...
as Actor at CSC Repertory Company
Union memberships
Actors' Equity AssociationActors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association , commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing the world of live theatrical performance, as opposed to film and television performance. However, performers appearing on live stage productions without a book or...
, Screen Actor's Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists , promo and voice-over announcers and other...
, Canadian Actor's Equity, the North Carolina Theatre Conference, and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
Awards
- Ray won a Village Voice Obie AwardObie AwardThe Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
for his 1981 Off-Broadway role in Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
. - 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 ShanleyJohn Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He also contributed articles on the performing arts to The New York Times among other publications.-Life and career:...
's Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
and Tony
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
winner Doubt: A Parable
Doubt (play)
Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley. Originally staged off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 and closed on July 2, 2006 after 525 performances and 25 previews...
, directed by Martin L. Platt at Vienna's English Theatre. The Wiener Zeitung
Wiener Zeitung
Wiener Zeitung is an Austrian newspaper. It is one of the most famous newspapers in Europe and one of the oldest, still published newspapers in the world. It is the official publication used by the Government of the Republic of Austria for its formal announcements. It was founded in 1703 under the...
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
Cyrano de Bergerac (play)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....
at the Playmakers Repertory Company.
External links
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Biography
- Complete Stage Resume PDA
- Not About Heroes press release
- News and Observer photographic retrospective on Ray' career
- News and Observer examination of Ray's career
- Obie Award page
Reviews
- Alliance Theater production of The GuardsmanThe GuardsmanThe Guardsman is a 1931 film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts...
- Spectator Online's Review of An O. Henry Christmas
- Weekly Theatrical Review Awards
- News and Observer review of Cyrano de Bergerac