HOLAfestival: Staged Reading of THE MONEY HONEY, OR YOLANDANOMICS by Anthony Ruiz

HOLAfestival
Abrazo Interno Gallery
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street, Second Floor
(between Rivington and Delancey streets), NYC

AN OFFICIAL EVENT OF THE
2011 NYC LATIN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT WEEK
(OCTOBER 3-9, 2011).

FREE ADMISSION, BUT RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED
FOR MORE INFO OR TO RSVP, CALL (212) 253-1015

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 6pm

(Photos of HOLA member-playwright shown at right.)

Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Money Honey, or Yolandanomics
Written and directed by Anthony Ruiz

Three losers feel their luck is about to change when one wins a radio contest. However, when the contest rules complicate matters, in comes Cuban dominatrix Yolanda to the rescue.

ANTHONY RUIZ was born in Manhattan and in the last five years he lived in Brooklyn. During that time, not being on his native soil, he did not write. [FACT: Dracula needs to rest in the native soil of his homeland, to survive.] In January 2011, he moved back to Manhattan and the writing began. Yolandanomics is his first play on his native soil since moving back. Other projects that he has written while on the island include Bottoms Up!, a comedy about space aliens from a planet a little to the left of Uranus; Breakdown, a comedy about starving actors (is there any other kind?); TEOTWAWKI, a short film about the end of the world (it’s also a comedy with a great ending). Soon he plans to start filming Smile, a short comedy starring his (plug coming up) wife, Susanna Guzmán (2011 HOLA Award winner for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor). His next play will be How I Became an International Spy, a true story based on his own life experiences! When asked, “What is Yolandanomics about?,” he recounts this story: J.P. Morgan, the famous banker, was strolling down a crowded street in New York with a friend when he was jostled by a pickpocket. “Watch out,” warned his friend, “That fella’s trying to steal your silk handkerchief.” “So what,” said Morgan with a shrug, “We all started small.”

Abrazo Interno Gallery Hours: 3:30pm-10pm DAILY

Re-Imaginings Photo Art Exhibit
Curated by Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA),
María F. Nieto and Luis Carle

Photography by Luis Carle
Concept and Styling by María F. Nieto
Makeup by Ura Yoana Sánchez and Ashton Pina

Re-Imaginings is a photographic art exhibit with the unifying theme of visualizing a world where Latinos were already more fully integrated into the mainstream entertainment culture. The photographic art exhibit would take iconic television cast images and "re-imagine" them, showing Latinos as part of the re-imagined cast. The photos would strike a visual chord of familiarity while also showing how seamlessly a Latino actor could be integrated into the shows' universal themes of the human experience.

[PHOTO: Conceiver and stylist María F. Nieto consults with Laura Riveros, Ángel Salas and Mónica Delgado for the Re-Imaginings photo shoot. Photo by A.B. Lugo.]