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.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez, shown at right, will star as Nino in his play Barceló con hielo. The play, which won the 2012 MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition, will be directed by José Zayas, will premiere in June at Repertorio Español (located in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan) and will also star Modesto Lacén, Jerry Soto, Iván Camilo, Manny De La Cruz and Fernando Then. For more information, click here or here.

A webisode of Elaine Del Valle's webseries "Reasons Y I'm Single" (the webisode "I Tweet Jay-Z") has been selected to screen at the New York Los Angeles International Film Festival (NYLAIFF) on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the Producers Club Theater in the theater district of Manhattan. For more information, click here. For more information about the webseries, click here. 

Wanda Arriaga, shown, in character, at left, is performing her self-penned solo show ¡Qué felices son las Barbies! (directed by Mario Colón) in May at Repertorio Español (located in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan). For more information about the production, click here.

Lisann Valentín can be seen acting in the film short Anonymous (directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green).

José A. Esquea is slated to direct Fred Rohan Vargas' Tide Up The Rift. The play is slated for a run during the run of summer 2014 as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival, slated for July and August at the Abingdon Theatre Complex in the fashion district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here or here.

Bones Rodríguez will be joining writer-director-producer Toni Vitale and Tara Moncure and Alexander Neil Miller for two evenings of sketch comedy. Called Laughin' With TV, it will have performances on Monday, May 5, 2014 and Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at The Celebration of Whimsy (The C.O.W.) space located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here, here or 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?