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Kata Csató is a puppet theatre director, actress, cultural manager, and teacher of puppet theatre acting and directing. She graduated from the Department of Cultural Organisation (specialisation: theatre) at Janus Pannonius Academy in Pécs, Hungary, in 2000. In 2001, she enrolled at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Academy of Theatre Arts – Puppet Theatre Art Department in Białystok, Poland, and graduated in 2006 with degrees in both puppet theatre acting and directing. Since 2004, she has been working independently as an actress and director in Hungary and abroad. She has also taught puppet theatre acting and directing at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest since 2010. Kata has won numerous awards for her work in Hungary and internationally. In 2021, she joined UNIMA’s Executive Committee as the leader of the Humanitas Commission.