Natasha
started her writing career at a very young age, and
has collected over 200 poems and short stories
from her childhood. She has now written 12
original works: 8 plays, 2 books of poetry,
a cartoon for Nickelodeon and translated,
in collaboration with Aubrey Zapollo, French
novelist and literary critic Nathalie Sarraute’s
"For a Yes or For a No" into English. Natasha
has been commissioned by Fashion Times Magazine
and referred by The Library of Congress
to publishing companies."The Blue Elephants"
and "Zap" were produced in the year 2000.
"Probe" was published in a limited edition
for ART BASEL 2003. "The "Fashionist"
was selected by Juggerknot Theatre company (NY) for
the Homegrown play reading 2004.
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One
Act Plays
| "Zephyrino's
Journey" an experiment
"Zephyrino's
Journey" allows the reader, director and actor to
actively participate in its climaxes. Through the reality
of a modern TV game show, Zephyrino takes us to different
worlds while bringing Man along with him. Together, they
travel through surreal dimensions beyond time and place,
experiencing each element at their purest form. "Zephyrino's
Journey" is written in prose and verse. While non-linear,
the play's 'back-bone' takes us from the moment of Creation
to an eventual Apocalypse.
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"Colours"
a nonsense
Through
stream of consciousness, invented language, and absurdity,
"Colours" narrates the odyssey of a Fool's
mind who has had to create fictitious characters to
remedy the lunacy and solitude embattled within.
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"The
Blue Elephants" a one man show
"The
Blue Elephants" deals with an old French lady and
young Arabic man both sharing the same body in a transitional
time between life and death, finding a compromise and
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"Probe"
Informative Art Project
Kokoff
pirates a radio station and interferes with a News Broadcast,
denouncing the use of Mind Control through microwaves,
electro magnetic frequencies and other covert methods,
as well as the effect of technology in our future. "Probe"
is presented as an Informative Art Book, playing with
the formatting of words, characters and dialogues.
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Full-length
plays
| "Zap"
a politically incorrect comedy
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comedy about a live television show wherein the host must
reveal the identity of a mystery guest. One night, the
guest never arrives and the producers must find an immediate
replacement. "Zap" is a hilarious trip through
the unexpected and the absurd. |
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"The
Fashionist" a fabulous comedy
Boris,
an outrageous drag queen and host of the Fashion Award
Ceremony, takes the world's most expensive dress hostage
in order to declare his ideas and opinion on fashion.
Boris embarks upon a raw, witty and fabulous monologue,
intermittently interrupted by the event' staff, reaching
a threshold of absurdity.
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"Dreamality"
once a love story
A
psychological play about a man and a woman holding on
to each other by role playing. Through flashbacks, "Dreamality"
parallels the purity of emotions from the first day they
met with the routine they are now exhausting. |
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"Bare
Black and Dusty" a play about nothing
Three
women, Bare, Black and Dusty occupy their time by cleaning.
"Bare Black and Dusty" is an absurd, existentialist
three-way dialogue, as we discover they are cleaning the
world’s ashes.
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Poetry
| "The
Lost Architect" a composition
An
illustrated poem exploring the mind's process of liberation
before letting go. The healing of a heartache through
ink bleeding... |
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"Mind
Twisters" a stream of consciousness
An
illustrated compilation of poems un-deliberately structured
by identical sounds and word-associations. The drawings
visually reflect the thought process or rather lack
of- "Mind Twisters" is an experimental project
about patterns within the subconscious mind.
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| Cartoon
"The
Eskimans" a skitutable cartoon
Ping
and Pong, a Penguin and an Eskimo one day decide to find
the Aliens. They slide down the Ocean, which they call
Universe and visit odd planets like Sand Land, Dada Land,
The Underground, and Jungle Land. After many incredible
adventures, they realize that they have gone around the
same planet. |
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