HOLA Member Bochinche

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

Julio Agustín, shown at left, is featured in Playbill Online. He is helming a Latino version of the Cy Coleman-Dorothy Field-Neil Simon musical Sweet Charity. Produced by the New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), the production features choreography by Lainie Munro and stars Edlyn González (in the lead role of "Caridad"); Cedric Leiba, Jr.; Dennis Wit and Mónica Delgado. The show is scheduled to run in July and August at Harlem's famed Aaron Davis Hall. For more information about the production, click here. To read the Playbill article, click here.

Due to popular demand, the Bridge Playhouse production of Sabina Berman's Muerte súbita will play in July. The show, directed by Daniel Jáquez, stars Alfredo Huereca, Ana Grosse and Rodrigo Cuevas and will take place at the Gershwin Hotel, located in Manhattan's Rose Hill neighborhood. For more information, click here.

A.B. Lugo is set to helm the solo show My Last, Best Spouse. Written and performed by Raoul Daniel Luna, the solo show will be performed in July as part of the HOT! Festival presented by Dixon Place at its Cocktail Lounge space, located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center is presenting All About Meat (The Garcías). Written and directed by Michelangelo Alasá, it stars Alasá, Mario Bósquez, Cat Lippencott, Cristina Madero, Antonio Miniño, Facundo Rodríguez, Andrés de Vengoechea and Israel Viñas and is scheduled for an extended run this autumn between October and December at Duo's eponymous theater located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

Yolanny Rodríguez will be seen on stage acting in the Franklin Domínguez play Se busca un hombre honesto. Also directed by Rodríguez, the cast features Rafael Decena, Roberto Larancuent, Octavio de la Rosa, Antonio Méndez, José Miguel Vásquez and Romy García and will have a July run at the Sala Don Iván García Guerra located in the Casa Cultural Navarrete-Nueva York in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Lorraine Rodríguez filmed a segment for eHarlemTV.


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