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.

Monte Bezell, shown at right, booked a gig on the television pilot "Sangre Negra".

Sandy Hernández booked a role in the television series "My Dirty Little Secret" (Investigation Discovery).

Vivienne Jurado is starring in the film Dirty Shield (directed by Edgar Jimz). The film is hitting the film festival circuit-- the first two stops for the film are the Bare Bones International Film Festival in April in Muskogee, Oklahoma and the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival in May in Buffalo, New York.

Chanteuse-comedienne Jeannie Sol will be co-headlining, along with Sugga Pie Koko, the Sunday brunch at Mamajuana's Upper West Side restaurant in Manhattan on March 9, 2014.

Nicole Colina is starring in Harry Kondoleon's The Fairy Garden. Directed by Michael Piatkowski, the play is produced by Or Else! Productions will have a March run at ACA Galleries in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Allison Strong will be acting in the Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser play Under My Skin. Directed by Kirsten Sanderson, the comedy will run in April and May at the Little Schubert Theatre on famed West 42nd Street in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here and here.

Linda Nieves-Powell's short film Stereotypically Me (starring Andrea Navedo, Liza Colón-Zayas and Elaine Del Valle) recently had its online premiere. Click on the video below to see it (caution-- some strong language).

Stereotypically Me - a short film about a writer who must break up with her muse. from ODDGIRLIN on Vimeo.

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