Actress/Director Natalia Lazarus, in her critically acclaimed, starring performance in the dramatic, two-character play A Picasso, fell madly in love with a dashing banker in the early days of the play’s run in Paris. Her book, My Love Affair: Thorns & Roses, tells – in verse – the intimate story of her passionate, erotic romance that became an unforgettable moment in time.

Natalia is an accomplished, multi-Talented Actress, Writer, Director, and Stage Producer. Lazarus is well known and respected in Hollywood as the passionate Founder and Producer of the distinguished Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory and its iconic Promenade Playhouse, which are celebrating its 25th anniversary year in 2021. Natalia has devoted much of her life to participating in the seven lively arts. She has acted, directed, and produced more than 35 stage productions, starred in playwright Jeffery Hatcher’s dramatic, two character play, ‘A Picasso, in Paris’, penned the ‘One Woman Show Birthday Girl’, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the stage play ‘Remains of a Nation’, in which she also starred and directed the film version, and the screenplay ‘A Year in Picasso.’