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Ray Dooley is an actor at the Playmakers Repertory Company, 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 and is a drama faculty member there.

Education

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.

Performance career

The Trial of Standing Bear

Awards

Ray won a Village Voice Obie for his role in Peer Gynt.
Robert’s Reviews’ 2003 Triangle Theater Awards Finalist.

Union memberships

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

Teaching

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.

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 Theatre.

References

External links

IMDB Profile
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Biography
Complete Stage Resume PDA
Not About Heroes Press Release
Off Broadway Resume
Cyrano de Bergerac Press Release

Reviews

Alliance Theater Production of The Guardsman
Spectator Online's Review of An O Henry Christmas
Weekly Theatrical Review Awards

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 ==Awards==
-*Ray won a [[Village Voice]] [[Obie]]
+*Ray won a [[Village Voice]] [[Obie]] for his role in [[Peer Gynt]].
-*Robert’s Reviews’ 2003 Triangle Theater Awards
+*Robert’s Reviews’ 2003 Triangle Theater Awards Finalist.
 ==Union memberships==
-[[Actors Equity Association]], Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, Canadian Actors Equity, the North Carolina Theatre Conference, and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
+[[Actors Equity Association]], [[Screen Actors Guild]], the [[American Federation of Radio and Television Artists]], [[Canadian Actors Equity]], the [[North Carolina Theatre Conference]], and the [[National Association of Schools of Theatre]].
 ==Teaching==
-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.
+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.
+==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 Theatre.
 ==References==
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 *[http://www.playmakersrep.org/genPage/index.pl?pgid=102 Cyrano de Bergerac Press Release]
 ===Reviews===
-*[http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2005-02-23/arts_theater.html [[Alliance Theater]] Production of [[The Guardsman]]
+*[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]