Cate Ryan

Cate Ryan was born on Long Island, New York. She published her first short story in High School a murder mystery. After graduating from college, Cate landed a job as an “assistant” in television. She worked with an agent for a short period who pushed her into the small screen business.

While working on a television special, the head writer paired Cate with Thomas Meehan, Tony winning librettist of “THE PRODUCERS”, “HAIRSPRAY” and “ANNIE”. Aside from their television work, Tom and Cate have written a musical based on Ettore Scola’s motion picture: “LA BAL”, a motion picture treatment based on the M.F.K. Fisher book: THE BOSS DOG and a sit-com for Canadian Television: “THE FIVE TWELVE”. At the present time, Cate is working on a musical based on Frederico Fellini’s “THE WHITE SHEIK”.