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.

The original cast and creative team of the musical Fun Home, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist based on the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, will reunite for two special concert stagings at the College of Charleston in South Carolina in April to protest the attempts of South Carolina lawmakers to withdraw funding from the school for including the source material in its curriculum, due to its LGBTQ content. The musical, written by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, recorded a cast album and finished its run off-Broadway at the Public Theater/NYSF, where it is rumored to be eying a possible Broadway run. Directed by Sam Gold, the production also stars Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Sydney Lucas, Alexandra Socha, Joel Pérez (shown at right), Griffin Birney, Roberta Colindrez and Noah Hinsdale in the cast. For more information, read the Adam Hetrick article in Playbill Online by clicking here.

Ruthy Otero, shown at left, was highlighted in Broadway World, where her self-penned solo show Dancing With My Demons (directed by Kim Ima with additional direction by Loren E. Chadima). The show is being presented in April at the 4th Street Theater in Manhattan's East Village as part of The ONE Festival. To read the article, click here.

Edison Carrera can be seen starring in Mo Zapata's short film Empanadas. The film will be screened on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at The Producers Club Theaters in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez booked some voiceover work for The Cartoon Network.

Alfonso Rey is starring in Cuba: Punto X. Written and directed by Iván Acosta, the play also stars Hannia Guillén and Sandor Juan and will have a run in May at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium's Blackbox Onstage Theater in Miami, Florida.

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