B i o g r a p h y

Cynthia's works have been developed by KUSC Radio, Colony Theatre, 24th Street Theatre, California International Theatre Festival and Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles; Stage Left Studio in New York City ; and Herrenhaus Edenkoben in Germany.  

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​She is the recipient of the Jerome Lawrence Playwriting Fellowship,  Phi Kappa Phi creative achievement medal and Conquest Essay Prize.​

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Her operas include El Canguro, with Berlin Opera Prize winner Mike von der Nahmer.  

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Her musicals include Loving the Silent Tears, composed  and performed by winners of 15 Grammys, 4 Oscars, 3 Tonys and 6 Emmys; At Home in Mitford, with Chana Wise and Emmy winner Carl Johnson; and The Rightful Monarch of America, with Johnson and Tony winner Jeff Marx.

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Her video songbook with Jerry Ranger includes Shermania!, produced for Disney's sold-out Destination: D.​
 

​Cynthia holds a Master of Professional Writing from USC and has taught as a professor at Pepperdine University.  She is a member of ASCAP and is published by the Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture and Doubleday NY.

Loving the Silent Tears, Shrine Auditorium 2012.

 S a m p l e  A w a r d s  &  H o n o r s

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Hollywood Music in Media Awards 

Visual Media - Song/Score Special Feature Nominee 2012 

"I Know You By Heart" 



National Geographic 

Top 10 Holiday Light Shows Worldwide 2011

"Santa's Workshop" / Fantasy in Lights



Arts & Letters International Competition

"3 DB Inside" - 2nd Place 2010



Writer's Digest International Competition

"Mean High Tide"- Honorable Mention 2007



Jerome Lawrence Festival

"Snapshoot" - Winner 2006



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