NEWS FEED

After closing her summer contract at Priscilla Beach Theatre, Doherty will head back to school (Williamsburg, VA) for seven weeks before departing for a new project (and continuing school virtually). Although it's still under wraps, here are a few clues:

• It's her favorite musical of all time (!!!)

• It's a repeat; she's worked on it before!

• This musical has a big anniversary coming up

• One of the songs from this musical was sung at the Tony's this year

Doherty brought Ermengarde to life in PBT's production of HELLO, DOLLY! She was excited to have the opportunity to convey the gravity of Ermengarde's plight to Plymouth's audiences, a facet of Ermengarde that she feels is susceptible to being overlooked.

Doherty performed the iconic contemporary musical theatre number, "I Know It's Today" as Teen Fiona and had a blast torturing Lord Farquaad as the Shoemaker's Elf. In the last weekend of shows, Doherty swung into a last minute, unplanned split track to cover for cast illness.

Doherty returned Off-Broadway to take part in the revival of SMILE with J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company. Under the direction of Robert W. Schneider, music direction by Matt Stern, and executing the incredible choreography of Caitlin Belcik, Doherty played Kate, the asthmatic Typical High School Senior (TM), also known as Miss Fresno. Spoiler alert, she did not win the pageant. But perhaps the real pageant was the friends she made along the way.

Doherty checked a major bucket list role off her list in her portrayal of Small Alison in Fun Home, one of William & Mary's mainstage productions.

Watch her perform "Ring of Keys" HERE

Doherty is delighted to return to TBTS after appearing there in The Music Man in 2017 for her third production of The Sound of Music, this time as Brigitta! She turned 19 during the performances, making her a full decade older than her character! Doherty was thrilled to work with director/choreographer Michael Jablonski as well as Broadway's Kim Sava (Maria Rainer), Kyli Rae (Elsa Schraeder), and John Gardiner (Max Detweiler).

In the 60th Anniversary Production of Fiddler on the Roof at the North Shore Music Theatre, Doherty plays Tevye's fourth youngest daughter, Shprintze.

While on Winter Break from college, Doherty ages down to 11 years old to play the iconic Winnie Foster!

Watch her perform "Everlasting" HERE

Watch her perform "Good Girl Winnie Foster" HERE

Freshman year at the College of William & Mary. Fun fact! If you ever visit the campus of William & Mary, you can catch a photo of Doherty representing the theater department displayed on the Arts Quarter's TV's! She is all decked out in her amazing Turtle costume! Watch carefully though; the black wig hides her signature red hair!

Watch "Getta Lodda Toad" and "Underwater Ballet" HERE

Watch a compilation of Romeo and Juliet HERE

Doherty was a soloist in J2Spotlight's cabaret series, making her Off-Broadway debut. She sang "Disneyland" from Smile.

After 12 years of involvement in her high school program starting when she was 6 years old (Gretl, The Sound Of Music), Doherty was thrilled to close out her high school career with Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables, adapted by Peter DeLaurier. She won Best Leading Actress in a Play with the Connecticut Halo Awards for her portrayal.

Doherty is back for another festival at the Winter Park Playhouse! This time she appeares in Ciao! Bambino as Catherine, a young school girl who wants to do anything but learn. She and her four classmates sing "No, No, No!" at the end of act one, as well as lending their voices to the community as the cast sings though this gorgeous score.

Originally slated to Stage Manage this production, Doherty stepped seamlessly into the role of Alice during the process due to production needs.

Doherty jumped into the shoes of the Jester for her high school's production of Once Upon A Mattress! She also served as Dance Captain. She was nominated for Best Featured Actress with the Connecticut Halo Awards, and Once Upon A Mattress won Best Classical Musical.

Doherty signs on to Winter Park Playhouse's Florida Festival of New Musicals, a program that supports new writers by showcasing the first act of their new musicals. Doherty plays 9 year old Jane Anderson, daughter of Wendy Darling Anderson. Set during the suffrage movement in England, Jane must deal with the loss of her father and subsequent upheaval of her family. She seeks comfort in her mother's stories of Neverland, and spends most of the first act trying to get her uncles to remember their adventures. She sings the lead of "Starfish of the Sea" where she daydreams about being a Captain of a ship bound for Neverland, leads a verse of "The Promise of Tomorrow", and adds her voice to the endearing duet "Sail Away." Determined to get to Neverland, where everything seems happier, she runs away at the end of the first act during a terrible fight between her mother and uncle over her guardianship.

Continuing along the thread of playing dream roles, Doherty steps into the shoes of Helen Keller in a moving production of The Miracle Worker.

Doherty takes on the classic role of Scout Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, fulfilling one of her dream roles.

In the beautiful Golden Age musical The Music Man, Doherty played Marian's young piano student, Amaryllis, who is hopelessly in love with her teacher's little brother. She pines away for him during "Goodnight My Someone," joining her teacher in lamenting their love lives.

Doherty understudied Beth and Zuzu in It's A Wonderful Life at the Goodspeed Opera House. She performed both roles three times.

Doherty tackles the role of Tootie Smith, the youngest of the Smith family, in the classic Meet Me In St. Louis, which was directed by Gary John La Rosa.

In her second production of The Sound of Music, Doherty again takes on the role of Gretl Von Trapp, the youngest of the Von Trapp family.