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Born and raised in a musical family in Pueblo, Colorado, Cynthia moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music. Since graduating, she has dedicated her life to music and performance. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Film Credits include works presented at Cannes Festival Corner, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Soho International Film Festival, WorldFest International Film Festival, Indie-Fest, the Los Angeles Movie Awards, the Big Apple Film Festival, and Manhattan Film Festival, to name a few. Her lead role in "Mara", a film by Yi Zhong and shot by Michael Swaigen, garnered 14 awards and her episode of the web series, Brooklyn Is in Love, by Danielle Earle, won two awards at the prestigious LA Web Fest. Stage credits include work with such NYC Off-Broadway theater groups as Medicine Show Theatre, the Barrow Group, T. Schreiber Studios, the Wild Project, the Articulate Theatre Company and the Secret Theatre.
"The delightful Cynthia Shaw wonderfully captures the grandeur, egotism and pathos of Arkadina and Ranevskaya." -- www.theatrescene.net of her performance in the new musical, Mr. Chekhov and Mr. Porter.
"Uppity but batty Mrs. Winemiller (Cynthia Shaw), doesn't always do what she's expected to do with hilarious repercussions." -- www.theatreiseasy.com for her performance in Tennessee Williams' play, Summer and Smoke.
Her new one-woman show, Velvet Determination ~ a musical journey about wrong notes, hard knocks, and the keys to success ~ premiered at NYC's United Solo Festival in 2018 where it won "Best Festival Debut" and went on to win awards at The Pittsburgh Fringe, Boulder Fringe and Galway Fringe festivals. www.cynthiashaw.us and www.velvetdetermination.com
