Headshot of Christin Eve Cato, an Afro-Latina woman smiling with red lips, a curly messy bun, and a red and black checkered shirt.
Christin Eve Cato
UCP Membership, Affiliated Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Biography

Christin Eve Cato is a playwright and performing artist from the Bronx. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University and completed her BA degree at Fordham University. Cato is also a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. She is affiliated with NYC theater companies, Pregones/PRTT (ensemble member), INTAR Theatre (UNIT 52 ensemble member), and the Latinx Playwrights Circle. Cato's artistic style is expressed through Caribbean culture and the Afro-Latinx diaspora, honoring her Puerto Rican and Jamaican roots. She has developed her work with The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Harlem9, Pregones Theater, Milagro Theatre, Borderlands Theater, Teatro Vivo, Indiana University, Texas State University, Cardinal Stage, Conch Shell Productions, KCACTF, and The Silverton Theatre Mine. Cato is also the 2020 Greater Good Commission recipient for Afro-Latinx writers and the 2021 ReImagine New Plays in TYA grant. An aspiring screenwriter, she is currently repped by 3 Arts Entertainment.

Successes

Christin Eve Cato's Sancocho, developed at Playwrights' Center last season, will receive its off-Broadway premiere in the spring at WP Theater, co-produced by Latinx Playwrights Circle and The Sol Project. https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/SANCOCHO-To-Have-Off-...