HOLA Member Bochinche

* Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting gigs.

We start off our bochinche on the Pacific Coast. Angelina Llongueras Altimis was selected to participate at this year's San Francisco Theatre Festival that will take place all day long on July 26th, 2009. She will be performing As a Witness Sàskia, a solo show by Rosa Victòria Gras (translated by Llongueras and Jessica Lefkov) and directed by Michael Pulizzano. It will take place at Action Theatre (Metronome, 2nd floor, in front of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) in downtown SF.

Teresa Yenque (shown at left) can be seen this season playing Salma Hayek's grandmother in the hit NBC sitcom "30 Rock." Her headshot was spotted by the casting director on the HOLA directory and she was called in to audition.

The Family Theater Company presented four staged readings of plays by Juan Shamsul Alam, Rick Reid and Tee Saralegui. Entitled Short Ice (as was the title of one of the plays), the evening was directed by Alam and Lori Payne, the plays featured Antonio Tomahawk and Tatiana Dellepiane in the cast and took place at Roy Arias Theatre in the theater district of midtown Manhattan.

Moisés Acevedo and Javier Márquez (shown above) booked roles in the José R. Casado film Kingsbridge after producer Ellie Diez spotted them on the HOLA directory. For more information, log on to www.kingsbridgethemovie.com.

Lorraine Rodríguez has been quite busy as of late. After performing a couple of performances as Lady Capulet in the Soñadores Productions presentation of Romeo and Juliet at Teatro LA TEA, she started work on the Nilo Cruz play A Bicycle Country. Directed by Gil Ron, the production also features Francisco Solórzano and Luca Pierucci. Produced by East 3rd Productions, the play is scheduled for a July run at The Lion Theater on Theater Row in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. In addition, a film in which she acted opposite Romeo Suárez, Willets Point, will be screened at the 12th Annual Long Island International Film Festival. For more information, go to www.seewilletspoint.com.

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HOLA Member Bochinche

* Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting gigs.

Mônica Steuer is a series regular on the web series "Haute and Bothered." You can see her on www.teen.com.

Frank Rodríguez acted in Iván Acosta's play Cosas que encontré en el camino. Produced by Retablo Hispanic Theatre and directed by Mario Colón, it was presented as part of the first Festival of Cuban Theater of One-Act Plays by the Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York at the Roy Arias Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. Retablo also produced the one-act play La espera by Gloria Parrado at the same space. Directed by Gabriel Gorcés, the play featured David Ponce and Carlos Alberto Valencia in the cast.

Experimental dance ensemble Jaleo is set to blend flamenco dance with contemporary dance for an evening of audiovisual entertainment. Set to take place at Monkey Town in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the presentation features Lia Ochoa in the company.

El Teatro Coronado is presenting the world premiere of the play La mañosa, based on the novel of the same name by Juan Bosch. Adapted by Dinorah Coronado and directed by Luis Felipe Rodríguez, the production is to take place at the Comisionado Domincado de Cultura de los Estados Unidos in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan and features María Teresa Silva and Enmanuel García in the cast.

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HOLA Member Bochinche

* Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting gigs.

Emilio Delgado let us know that he will be appearing onstage with the band Pink Martini at New York's world famous Carnegie Hall. He recorded a song with the group on their upcoming album and they asked him to perform with them. He followed this up with a gig on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" where he played Jimmy Fallon's father in a skit.

Phoenix Ximénez (shown at left in character backstage at a show) is proud to report that she will be leaving at the end of June for a month to work on a musical called Woodstock @ 40 at the Bristol Riverside Theatre, in Bristol, Pennsylvania. This is her third season with the theater and she is glad "to get the chance to be a hippie for the summer!" To see a clip of her in an earlier production by the same theater company, check out this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05mGOow2kcQ (she's the one with a flower in her hair). Also she would like to thank fellow HOLA member Jean-Marc Berne for casting her in a voiceover gig recently with North 40 Productions. He saw her in the HOLA directory and called her in for an audition. Says Ximénez, "This is a great example of how the HOLA community can be a great resource and get you an extra gig or two!"

Pietro González and Sonia Portugal appeared in Edgar Chias' play De insomnio y medianoche. Directed by Berioska Ipinza, the play was produced by LaMicro Theater and presented at The Workshop's Jewel Box Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan.

Ricardo Hinoa stars in Shafrika, the white girl. A new musical by Anika Larsen (with music by Tim Acito, Joshua Henry and Janice Lowe), the show was co-conceived and directed by April Nickell, the Jaradoa Theater boasts choreography by Luis Salgado. The production takes place at the Vineyard's Dimson Theater in Manhattan's Gramercy neighborhood.

Ángel Luis Rosa appears as a police officer in a speaking part in the final scene of the Tony Scott film The Taking of Pelham 123 (starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta). He received this audition notice through HOLA's e-mail referral system. Quotes Rosa, "Thanks for the support y pa'lante siempre."

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HOLA Member Bochinche

* Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting gigs.

Alberto Bonilla and Adriana Gaviria both appear on an episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (USA).

Teresa Yenque appeared in an episode of "Law & Order" (NBC).

Inma Heredia appeared in the Around The Block/Al Doblar La Esquina production One For the Books. Written by Carlos Jerome and directed by Camille Monte, the production toured NYC libraries. She followed this up with a role in Jenny L. Saldaña's Please Hold. Also featuring Saldaña and Rachel Strauss, the production took place at the Nuyorican Poets Café, in the Loisaida neighborhood of Manhattan.

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, in association with the Hostos Center for Arts and Culture, presented the play Borinquen Lives in El Barrio. Written by Tere Martínez (who won an HOLA Award for this play) and directed by Ángel Morales, the play took place at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in the theater district of midtwon Manhattan and featured Olga Agostini (who won an HOLA Award for the same role), Sandra Berríos, Yaraní Del Valle, Santana Dempsey and Carlos Molina in the cast.

Gilbert Cruz booked a print job for Morgan Stanley and is doing a two-week workshop of a new play about Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissman called Gerda's Lieutenant where he plays her Jewish American soldier/husband.

Pregones Theater presented a workshop production of Los facultades. Written by Aravind Enrique Adyanthaya and directed by Jorge B. Merced, the play took place at Pregones' eponymous theater in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx and featured Sol Marina Crespo, Rosal Colón, Varín Ayala, Modesto Lacén, Orlando Ríos and Carlos Alberto Valencia in the cast.

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