HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Abner Caraballo and Teodorina Bello nabbed roles in the NYU thesis film Las Mañanitas. Also starring Paula Román, Sadie Clark, Ana Román, Inés Milans and Tommy McInnis, the film is written and directed by Gabriella Moses. Caraballo and Bello, shown at right, from left to right, found out about the film through a casting notice sent out to HOLA members. For more information on the film, click here.

Gladys K. Nilsen booked a starring role in the Brooklyn College student film Déjalo ir (Let Him Go), directed by Yosuko Eddie Hosoi and Luz Ayala.

Mike Smith Rivera is starring in the Rich Orloff comedy HA! Produced by The Foolish Theatre Company and WorkShop Theater Company, the play's New York premiere is directed by Ric Sechrest and is enjoying a March and April run at the WorkShop's Jewel Box Theater located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The cast also features Jarel Davidow, Anne Fizzard, Gerrianne Raphael and Evan Thompson. For more information, click here.

Jeffrey Hernández will be performing in Puerto Rico... ¡fua! The Carlos Ferrari musical will be directed by Hugo Medrano and is scheduled for a June and July run in Gala Hispanic Theatre in the North West section of Washington, District of Columbia. For more information, click here.

Yanelba Ferreira (alongside Elisabeth Ann South and Flor Bromley) is continuing her U.S. college tour of Linda Nieves-Powell's play Yo Soy Latina! with a stop in Nuagatuck Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut. In addition, Ferreira, along with Eudocia Hernández, Miguel Belmonte, J.F. Seary and Jenny Lídice Saldaña star in the webseries "Happy Cancer Chick." Written and produced by Saldaña and Nieves-Powell and directed by Nieves-Powell, the webseries recently premiered. You can see a webisode below.

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