Dorothy Phaire is a novelist, playwright/director, and educator. She is the president and founder of the Heralds of Hope Theater Company (HHTC)..

Ms. Phaire who was born in Washington, D. C. wants to do community outreach by promoting the arts through her theater company. HHTC’s mission is to promote, mentor, and provide a platform of artistic expression for aspiring actors of all ages. Its aim is to produce value-based plays that depict contemporary real-life issues and universal themes, to bring awareness of important social problems, and dialogue to offer solutions.

Ms. Phaire’s first play, This Side of Jordan, was staged in Silver Spring, Maryland in December 2004.

Her second play, Saving Us Saints, was produced by HHTC and staged in August 2006 in Silver Spring, Maryland and Washington, D. C. .