BIO:
Ray is the Founder, Artistic and Managing Director of The Relevant Stage.
Ray is an actor, director, vocalist, composer, filmmaker and producer residing in Huntington Beach, CA. Ray spent the first 30 years of his life in Florida, where he studied musical theatre and music, gaining his BFA before moving to Southern California in 1999.
He has worked for various professional theaters and entertainment attractions as an actor, director and stage manager.
Credits include, Uncle Chris in I Remember Mama, Jud Fry in Oklahoma!, Tevye and Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof, Bill Sikes in Oliver!, Stanley Sanders in Smoke On the Mountain, Lank Hawkins in Crazy For You, and Fudge in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Directing credits include but are not limited to: Noises Off!, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Pajama Game.
As an Equity stage manager of over 350 performances, he has worked with such greats as Phyllis Diller, Carol Lawrence, Jayne Meadows and the late, Steve Allen.
He is also a keyboardist and has composed music for the film, Dangerous Perspectives and for the theatre productions, Parade of Fairytales and Coffee & Cabaret.
He has appeared on various television shows and in films, such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Hulk, Surviving Christmas and She Spies and Eyes, to name a few. In 2004, Ray produced the documentary film Rats & Bullies: The Dawn Marie Wesley Story
He has also worked in Marketing and Development for non-profit theaters such as Spotlite Players, Boca Raton Theatre Guild, Jan McArt's Royal Palm Dinner Theatre and The Laguna Playhouse. Ray also served as General Manager for the Long Beach Opera.
He will embark on his fifth tour with the Mantovani Orchestra in the winter of 2007 as a vocalist in a series of concerts called Christmas with the Mantovani Orchestra and Singers, and he continues to travel to schools and cinemas through R&R Media Production's Filmmaker Appearance Series. This program, which includes a post screening discussion with the filmmakers, brings Rats & Bullies: The Dawn-Marie Wesley Story to students, parents and teachers at schools and youth groups around the world.
BELOW: Larry David, Ben Stiller and Ray Buffer in a clip from Curb Your Enthusiasm.
