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.

Carlos A. González co-wrote and stars with Liz Iacuzzi in Modern Zombie, a short comedy film that can be seen on FunnyOrDie.com, or by clicking on the video below. He also recently performed standup comedy on the same bill as Angelo Lozada, Lori Sommer, Tom Ragù, Ray De Vito and Clayton Fletcher at the Piper's Kilt in the Inwood area of Manhattan and will be performing this Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Cascata in Yonkers, New York.

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Susanna Guzmán booked a role in an episode of "Louie" (FX). She also followed this up with a role in the feature film Shelter, written and directed by Paul Bettany and starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly, Paul Mackie and Teddy Cáñez.

2013 HOLA Awards recipient Francisco Fuertes booked the voiceover for the English- and Spanish-language national campaigns for Cadillac. His voice can be heard in the below English-language commercial.



David Zayas, shown at right, will join the cast of The Wannabe, a film written and to be directed by Nick Sandow. He joins Patricia Arquette, Vincent Piazza, Michael Imperioli, Vincenzo Amato, Neal Huff, Mike Starr, Slaine in the cast. The film will be produced by Lizzie Nastro and Michael Gasparro and executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Dean Devlin. Principal photography commences this month in New York. To read more information about this project, check out this MovieWeb article by clicking here.

2013 HOLA Awards recipient José Roldán, Jr. was profiled by New 12 The Bronx, where he spoke about his HOLA Award-winning solo show Father Forgive Me For I Have Sinned (for which HOLA receives a prominent mention). To check out the interview, click here.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez was interviewed by Rhina Valentín on the television program "Open" (BronxNet), where he spoke about the upcoming production of the play he wrote, Barceló con hielo, which will take place at Repertorio Español in New York in May 2014. Click on the video below to see the interview.


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?