RAY COLLINS

Ellis Island Stories


Amy Feinberg


James Maggard & Cheryl Belkin

Carrie Hamilton & Susan Stein

Lucy Cerezo,Brigid Herold,Hjordis Linn.

Ray played the roles of an Irish emigrant and a U.S. Immigration Inspector in the Hypothetical Theatre Company's production of Ellis Island Stories which ran for eight seasons from 1992 until 200 in the Little Immigrant Theatre at the  Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York Harbor. The play was written and directed by Amy Feinberg.
 

Ray with cast members of  'Ellis Island Stories'.


Carrie Hamilton,David Greenwood,Margaret Flanagan.

Carrie Hamilton & Margaret Flanagan.

Carrie Hamilton,Sarah Henry,Jamey McGaugh.

Carrie Hamilton

Milwaukee Public Schools' tour

Hjordis Linn

Susan Stein,Carrie Hamilton,Sarah Henry.

Stephen Coleman

Susan Stein & Cheryl Belkin

Susan Stein

An American Wake

Despite the busy schedule of Ellis Island Stories Ray also found time to write and perform his solo show An American Wake; playing guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, and the bodhran (Irish drum) and a wee jig or two thrown in for good measure. Singing songs of emigration and reciting poignant poems, he enthralled audiences with stories about his fellow countrymen and women’s search for a better life in America and introduced his audiences to the melancholy yearnings of those left behind, many of whom would never see their loved ones again.


with Annie Moore & friend (Jack Cole)

'waiting for Godot'

almost there

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