Stia's dance design credits include costumes for:

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
American Ballet Theater
American Repertory Ballet

Buglisi Dance Theatre

The Joffrey Ballet

Pennsylvania Ballet Company
Pearl Lang Dance Company
Jose Limon Dance Company
Ballet du Nord (France)
Ballet of Flanders (Belgium)
Royal Danish Ballet (Denmark)
Hong Kong Ballet (Hong Kong)
Teatro Colon Ballet Company (Argentina)
Ballet Terese Carrena (Venezuela)
Ballet National de Caracas (Venezuela)

Stia's career includes designing costumes for on and off-Broadway theater and opera companies including:

New York Shakespeare Festival
Hartford Stage Company
Roundabout Theater
Portland Stage

Stia has served as the resident designer for:

Ohio Ballet
North Carolina School of the Arts
Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. Charleston, South Carolina
Dennis WayneDancers
Playhouse in the Park, Philadelphia
Chautauqua Summer Festival