Colleen O’Doherty received a BA in Spanish from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, an MA in Teaching from College of Saint Mary, and an MFA in play and screenwriting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She works with local theaters as an actress and director. She also works annually with the Great Plains Theater Festival as a director, reader and actor. She is playwright-in-residence at The Anastasis Theater Company.

Her work can be found here on the New Play Exchange.

She is also on the Nebraska Arts Council Teacher Roster.