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