Cathy Carlton has been an ensemble member of Theatre of NOTE and Ghost Road Company in Los Angeles. She was on the Artistic Board of Theatre of NOTE for six years and served as press representative for both companies. With Ghost Road, she was part of the ensemble devised re-telling of the Oresteia, a trilogy which spanned ten years. In New York, she has worked with Peculiar Works. On both coasts, she has acted, produced and done publicity for many theatre companies, along with The Edge of the World Theatre Festival in Los Angeles. Her theatre focus has always been on original, innovative and re-imagined work.

As a writer, she had a weekly column, Backstage with Betty, for Eyespy LA.

She is currently living in western Massachusetts, writing a book about the return to a small town to care-take a parent with Alzheimer’s.