22. Natasha Tsakos

In honor of our Artopia party, Cultist proudly presents "100 Creatives," where we feature Miami's cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email [email protected] with the whos and whys. 22. Natasha Tsakos Most kids have one imaginary friend. Natasha Tsakos had two imaginary horses. As a kid...

By Ily Goyanes

February 2, 2011

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In honor of our Artopia party, Cultist proudly presents "100 Creatives," where we feature Miami's cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email [email protected] with the whos and whys.

22. Natasha Tsakos

Most kids have one imaginary friend. Natasha Tsakos had two imaginary horses. As a kid she spent hours in her closet, sustaining herself with freeze-dried astronaut food. This foray into an imaginary world helped develop the writer/actor/director/producer's inherent creativity, and by the age of 13 she had already produced her first play -- her interpretation of French novelist Courteline's Peace at Home.

Having lived in Switzerland, England, France, and Guatemala, Tsakos

wound up at New World School of the Arts in 2000 where she got her BFA.

Since then she has been "astro-performing" her ass off, writing,

directing, producing, and acting in her own theater and film pieces.

This

prolific performer has over 300 acting credits, directed 30 plays, and

produced six feature-length films. Her work has been commissioned by

Nickelodeon, the Miami Art Museum, the Miami Light Project, and been

featured in Art Basel and on MTV, the BBC, and HBO.

No

wonder she says she has no social life. "I'll definitely go out....

with my scrap book and pencil. I'm the crazy one doodling at the bar

while the music is blasting! I found exceptional friends here in Miami,

and we all work together. I absolutely must mix pleasure with work,

otherwise what is the point?"

Follow Natasha on Twitter and Facebook and subscribe to her channel on YouTube.

1. List five things that inspire you.

-The extraordinary

-People

-Dreams

-The moon

-Technology

2. What was your last big project?

UP WAKE, a live 3D animated show.

3. What's your next big project?

It's a bit of a secret right now, but I can tell you the show is called "i" and uses 3D mapping.

4. Why do you do what you do?

I couldn't imagine life without theatre. It's my sanity. I don't think linearly, or academically, but in concepts, stories, movement. I get these rush of sensations, sounds, and colors; they all dance, and play together. It's dynamic and quiet. It's surreal and absurd. It's my reality. I need to take people with me. Theatre is my space-time travel capsule.

5. What's something you want Miami to know about you?

I love you.

What's something you don't want Miami to know about you?

You drive me crazy!

The Creatives so far:

23. Freegums
24. Aurora Natrix
25. Gean Moreno
26. Yaddyra Peralta
27. Barron Sherer
28. Brigid Baker
29. Daniel Fila
30. McLaine Oberhellmann
31. Fro Rojas
32. Annie Hollingsworth
33. Preston Allen
34. Cristina Molina
35. David Josef Tamargo
36. Jillian Mayer
37. Alfonso Vega
38. Natasha Lopez de Victoria
39. Aholsniffsglu e

40. Heather Malone y
41. Jorge Rubiera
42. Elaine Lancaster
43. Nick Duckart
44. Danielle Estefan
45. John Dufresne
46. Monica Lopez de Victoria
47. Bill Bilowit
48. Alette Simmons-Jimenez
49. Tawnie Silva
50. Ginger Bardot
51. Jonathan David Kane
52. Naomi Fisher
53. Rocky Grimes
54. Teresa Barcelo
55. Paul Tei
56. Lee Materazzi

57. Karla Garcia
58. Anna Mixon
59. Octavio Campos
60. P. Scott Cunningham
61. Elena Garcia
62. Summer Hill
63. Autumn Casey
64. Juan Navarro
65. Serge Toussaint
66. David Rohn
67. Diane Brache
68. Spencer Morin
69. James Anthony
70. Jim Drain
71. Claudia Calle
72. Kevin Arrow
73. Andrew Hevia
74. Ana Mendez
75. Michael McKeever
76. Diana Lozano
77. Ricardo Pau-Llosa
78. Agustina Woodgate
79. Tarell Alvin McCraney
80. Jennifer Kronenberg
81. Farley Aguilar
82. Colin Foord
83. Karelle Levy
84. Matt Gajewski
85. Antonia Wright
86. Allen Charles Klein
87. Christy Gast
88. Gustavo Matamoros
89. Shareen Rubiera-Sarwar
90. Kyle Trowbridge
91. Clifton Childree
92. Jessica Gross
93. Danny Brito
94. Nektar de Stagni
95. Anthony Spinello
96. Vanessa Garcia
97. Justin Long
98. Rosie Herrera
99. Rick Falcon
100. Ingrid B

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