Join us for a special Celebration of Ray Dooley as he retires from PlayMakers' resident company. Company members, alumni, patrons, and friends will gather for an afternoon that will be filled with shared memories, laughter, and probably a few tears.
Sunday, Dec 5, 2021 3:00PM
This fall, beloved professor and resident PlayMakers company member Ray Dooley is retiring after more than 30 years with the Department of Dramatic Art at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Ray has worn many hats during his time here - actor, scholar, department chair, head of the Professional Actor Training Program, mentor, and friend. He has performed in 104 PlayMakers productions, in roles as far-ranging as Shakespearean kings and clowns, Salieri in Amadeus, Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, and of course Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge and dozens of characters in A Christmas Carol.
In celebration of Ray's many contributions (too many to count, really, though we've been trying), we have established the Ray Dooley Artistic Excellence Fund.
JOIN US for a special Celebration of Ray Dooley, on Sunday, December 5 @ 3:00 pm at PlayMakers. Company members, alumni, patrons, and friends will gather for an afternoon that will be filled with shared memories, laughter, and probably a few tears.
All ticket proceeds and donations will benefit the RAY DOOLEY ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE FUND, which will honor Ray’s legacy as a teacher and actor. The Fund will support UNC-Chapel Hill’s Professional Actor Training Program and allow us to bring guest actors to PlayMakers, who will work with us, as Ray has, to continue teaching and inspiring the next generation of actors.