Cyndi debuted at the age of 12 as Tillie in "The Effect of Gamma-Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" at the Hinsdale Village Players in Hinsdale, Illinois. She began her professional acting career in a Nebraska Lottery commercial in 1994. She has written and appeared in many Chicago-based stage productions. Her breakthrough stage performance came in 1999 as Carolyn Bryant in David Barr's "The State of Mississippi vs. Emmett Till" at Pegasus Players in Chicago running to capaci…
