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Cynthia Winstead
Professor of Costume Design – Design/Technical/Management BFA Coordinator
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Cynthia Winstead holds a M.F.A. from the University of Virginia. In addition to teaching classes in costume design, construction and history of costume and decor at Missouri State, Ms. Winstead also designs and drapes professionally. Her costume designs have been seen Off Broadway in Maiden’s Progeny – an afternoon with Mary Cassatt, 1906 (world premiere), The Death in the Juniper Grove (world premiere), The Shattering of the Golden Pane, and The Hanging of Razor Brown – all produced at the 59east59 theatres, New York, New York. She also designed the costumes for The African Company Presents Richard the Third, Oak and Ivy, Conversations on a Dirt Road (world premiere), Robert Johnson, Trick the Devil, Cryin’ Shame, and Before It Hits Home – all produced by the St. Louis Black Repertory Company. Ms. Winstead’s construction work has been seen on the stages of The Santa Fe Opera, The Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, The New York City Opera, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Stages! St. Louis, The Mill Mountain Playhouse, and The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival.






