Carol L. Dougherty (she/her – aka Doc) has worked in professional theatre with the Berkshire Theater Festival, the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, City Theatre Company, and University of Pittsburgh Theatre. She has also worked with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, and San Francisco Zen Center as well as several other organizations.

She studied Communication/Theatre as an undergrad, received a JD/law degree, and a Master of Divinity degree. Carol has been involved with Writers Retreat Workshop since 1982, first as a student of the late Gary Provost, then helping his widow Gail to continue the workshop, and eventually taught and was later the director of the workshop. She has recently been teaching a 10-week version of the WRW curriculum in North Carolina.

Her other publications include: The Santiago Inheritance: A Political Thriller in the Dying Days of the Pinochet Regime, How Full of Briers: The Organizational Structure of the Non-Profit Theatre Corporation, and 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost (Carol was Co-Editor of the updated 2019 edition with Gail Provost Stockwell).

Carol L. Dougherty, Author

Can an opening night encounter ignite an unexpected love?

In the world of stage lights and theatre magic, Penelope Parrish (Pen) captivates audiences as Cleopatra and Juliet while managing her offstage love life with cool authority until a face in the audience threatens to overturn Pen's best-laid plans

Kate sparks an instant connection with Pen, fueled by mutual attraction and a shared passion for the theatre. Through fiery, intense rehearsal rooms and witty, double-edged banter, Pen's story unfolds in her own voice, inviting readers into the unguarded intimacy of her life onstage and off.

Pen is forced to confront challenges of the past and present and redefine her art to try desperately to win the woman she loves before it’s too late.

A low to medium-low heat/fade-to-black sapphic romance