Gary Ray

GARY RAY BUGARCIC aka GARY RAY – is a Director, Actor and Playwright who will be directing the new rock musical BULLDOZER opening fall 2017 at the Theatre at St. Clements. Gary made his directorial debut in NYC on Theatre Row, working with The Yankee Rep on the plays Serious Trouble and Don’t Do Me Any Favors. He’s also directed for The Manhattan Short Theatre Festival, The Three Legged Dog Theatre and The Dramatist Guild. As a playwright his play The Hostess, a dark comedy that takes place in Greenwich Village in 1959, was recently published on-line with IndieTheaterNow. As an actor, he’s appeared on stage at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, La Mama, PS 122, The Kitchen, Naked Angels, NYC FRINGE and other venues around NYC. Gary also toured nationally with performance artist Karen Finley in her play THE THEORY OF TOTAL BLAME. In the 1980’s he founded the downtown club DARINKA: A Performance Studio that helped spawn artists Steve Buscemi and They Might Be Giants, just to name a few. The DARINKA Archives are now part of The Downtown Collection at NYU. He is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NY) and SUNY Empire State University.