by Downtown Magazine | Jan 10, 2020 | Events, Featured, NYC
All photos by Kristen Blush 2019’s Doris Dear Christmas Special may have ended just a few short weeks ago, but creator Raymond DeForest is already hard at work dreaming up his show for Christmas 2020. This is the fifth year for the special, which features host Doris...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 9, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment
Ray DeForest was back at The Triad Theater with his now annual Christmas Party, “The Doris Dear Christmas Special.” This year, Doris performed to three nights of packed houses. Mr. DeForest is first and foremost an actor. He created the character of Doris Dear...
by Downtown Magazine | May 25, 2017 | Culture, Events, Theater
Mother’s Day weekend would not have been complete without the Doris Dear Mother’s Day Special: Like Mother, Like Daughter. The show stared Ray DeForest as Doris Dear, The Perfect American Housewife; with special guests Lina Koutrakos, Meg Flather, Shaynee Rainbolt,...
by Grace Capobianco | Jan 25, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment
During the holidays, I had the pleasure of meeting Ray DeForest at my dear friend Nick’s holiday party. Ray and I talked for most of the evening about his acting career, personal life, living downtown and family. Before the evening was over, he had invited me to...
