Cole NeSmith has been the ringleader behind a series of entertainment spectacles that have Orlando's creative scene buzzing.

He does this through his creative agencies and projects: The Memoir Agency and Creative City Project. Both are odes to an obsession with performing and entertaining that go back to his days in a rock band traveling the region in a van.

He said he felt inspired the first time he attended Cirque du Soleil's performance of "La Nouba" at Disney Springs.