Christopher Cartwright is a playwright, radio host, marketing professional, poet, coffee-lover, concert-goer, and proud Minnesotan. His plays have been produced in 8 countries across 5 continents, earning numerous accolades along the way. Among his most popular plays is the one-act comedy Awaiting Patients, which has been read, studied, and performed around the world at various schools, festivals, and theaters. Other plays include the 10-minute romantic comedy Barfly and the silly one-act Sock Hops, Recorders, and Owl Pellets: Tips on Surviving the 4th Grade, which averaged a 5-star rating throughout its run at the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival. In 2019, he collaborated with composer Noah Bray on a short opera called Square One which was workshopped by the Concordia Opera under the direction of Stephen Sulich. His most recent play, Art School, premiered at the 2022 MN Shorts Festival in Mankato.

Aside from playwriting, Cartwright also hosts and produces a weekly radio show called The Starlight Serenade, airing live every Thursday on KFAI in the Twin Cities. He previously worked both on and off the air in various capacities for North Dakota’s public radio network Prairie Public and at KORD Radio in Moorhead, MN.