Cynthia Henderson

About Cynthia Henderson

Cynthia is an associate professor with Ithaca College's Department of Theatre Arts. A professional performer for a number of years in the U.S., Europe and Africa, Cynthia's Ithaca credits include: the Hangar Theatre - Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream; the Kitchen Theatre - Lily in Crumbs from the Table of Joy and Callie in Stop Kiss. Cynthia's New York City credits include: A Wrinkle in Time at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts; Off Broadway: Dorothy Dandridge: an evening of song and remembrance, Brother's Keeper, and It's Only a Play. Her regional theater credits include the Foothill Theatre Company's Valley Song. Her European credits include leading roles in Dreamgirls, Into the Woods, Children of a Lesser God, and Little Shop of Horrors. Cynthia was acknowledged by the European Tournament of Plays with the Best Supporting Actress in a Musical award for her role in Little Shop of Horrors. African credits include Charlayne in Pretty Fire and a production of for colored girls ... which she directed. Television credits include a starring role in UPN's Ghost Stories as well as numerous commercial and industrial credits. Her directing credits for Ithaca College include: Burn This, The Colored Museum, Triad by EJ Gold, and other explorations. Cynthia is also an alum of the Fulbright Scholar program. Peace.