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.

Marisel Polanco, María Peyramaure and Angela Cove, shown clockwise from above left, were cast in an internet commercial for Orgullosa. The commercial is scheduled to air on Univision's website during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Some of the actors were selected for the gig after the casting directors of the commercial spotted their profiles in the HOLA online directory of talent.

Around The Block/Al Doblar La Esquina presented the 11th Annual Raymond J. Flores Short Play Series. Scheduled to be presented on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at the Grand Central Branch of the New York Public Library (located in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan), the plays are written by Bill Beasley, Stuart D'Ver, Raphael Falco, Darren Jerome Lamb, Steven Simoncic and Allan Yashin and will be directed by Gloria Zelaya (see below), Paula Raflo and Mónica Walter Palmieri. The show features the talents of Vincent Bagnall, Inés García, Nikaury Rodríguez and Patrick Michael Valley, among others. For more information, click here.

Marisol Carrere's I Am Julia, the film she co-produced (with Gloria Zelaya, see above), co-starred in and wrote, will have a screening on Friday, May 23, 2014 at ASA College (located in Manhattan's Herald Square area), as part of its Day of Hispanic Culture. The film is directed by David Capurso and stars Leidi Salazar, Carolina Ravassa, Carrere, Doua Moua, Tationna Bousier, Brenda Gómez, Zahaira Curiel and Tamara Turner. For more information, click here.

Alejandro Santoni and Roberto D Jesús acted in the 2014 Industry Showcase from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. The showcase took place on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at The Actors Studio, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Jeannie Sol is singing in the Revista Euterpe spring concert (produced by Hernando Merchant) on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Merkin Concert Hall/Kaufman Center in Manhattan's West Side.

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?