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, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

Tony Plana, Gilbert Cruz and Thom Rivera, shown clockwise from top left, were highlighted in an article in Broadway World for the upcoming Shakespeare Theater Company revival of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jenny Lord, scheduled to run at the theater's Sidney Harman Hall in August and September as part of its annual Free-For-All program. To read the article on the production and the cast, respectively, click here and here. Cruz was cast after the theater company held general auditions exclusively for HOLA members after the theater company collaborated with HOLA regarding more diversity inclusion at the Tony Award-winning theater, located in Washington, District of Columbia. For more information, click here.

Manuel Herrera, shown at left, will be interviewed about his long illustrious career on Sunday, June 28, 2013 as part of the "Raíces dominicanas" segment of the radio program "Quisqueya y sus canciones" which airs on Sundays from 6-8am on WKDM 1380 AM New York. To listen to the interview (which will be in Spanish) when it airs, click here.

Eileen Galindo has been cast in the feature film Hello, My Name is Frank (written and directed by Dale Peterson and also starring Garrett M. Brown). For more information about the film, click here.

Vanessa Verduga will be making a personal appearance on Saturday, July 27, 2013 to promote her webseries "Justice Woman" (in which she stars, wrote, directed and produced) at the Bronx Heroes Comic Convention at the Andrew Freedman Home, located in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. For more information, click here. For more information about "Justice Woman", click here.

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 live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?