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.

Allison Strong, shown at right, booked a national Spanish-language Radio Shack commercial and accompanying print campaign based on a casting notice in the daily e-mail announcements that HOLA sends to its members and self-submitting.

Noëlle Mauri e-mailed us to let us know that the documentary short that she directed, Yo quiero/I Want To, was screened in October in the Human Rights category of the Latino Short Film Festival of New York. the screening took place at New York's University's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, located in Manhattan's NoHo area. For more information, click here.

Sandy Hernández, shown at left, booked a role in the play Bad Uncle. Written and directed by Rob Torres (with co-direction by Enlightment), the play will have a November run in Norman Thomas High School located in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood. She found out about the play after she read about the casting notice in the daily e-mail announcements HOLA sends to its members and self-submitted. For more information about the production, click here. She can also be in the music video ''Mi vida eres tú'' by N'klabe. To read an article (in Spanish) about the group and to see the music video, click here.

Mauricio Bustamante just finished wrapping up work in the film Perfection (Irma Sandrey and directed by Bill Hopkins).

Ed Trucco will act next on stage in the Tennesee Williams play In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel. Directed and choreographed by María Torres, the show will have an October run at New World Stages, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here or here. 

Francisco Ramos is currently shooting the short film The Things Left Behind (written and directed by Rubén Rodríguez).

Bones Rodríguez just finished a stint playing Usnavi in the Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes musical In The Heights. The musical took place in September at Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, New York.

Lorraine Rodríguez filmed additional segments of the hidden camera, ethical dilemma series "What Would You Do?" for ABC News (hosted by John Quiñones).

Gabriel Sloyer appeared in a McDonald's commercial that can be seen below. 

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join? If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?