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.

Alberto Bonilla, shown at right, is acting in the play Diorama. Written by Jennifer Brown Stone and David S. Stone (based on an original story and characters by Jennifer Brown Stone) and directed by David S. Stone, the play is being produced by Merlin Productions for a May and June run at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The offbeat romantic comedy also stars Hunter Canning, Bob Greenberg, Victoria Mack and Susan Louis O'Connor. For more information, click here for the production website or read the BroadwayWorld article about the production by clicking here.

Rafael Bello and A.B. Lugo were cast in The Devil's Breath. Written and directed by Julián Juaquín (and shot by Carlos Chiossone), it is currently filming in New York City and stars Susana Pérez and Monte Bezell. Bello, shown at left, was cast based on an HOLA referral.

José Roldán, Jr. will be performing his self-penned award-winning solo show Father Forgive Me For I Have Sinned (directed by Dante Albertie) at the Social Lite Lounge in the Humboldt Park section of Chicago, Illinois, as part of the Culture Creator Series. He will follow this up by directing a production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings. The play will be produced in July by and at Lehman Stages as part of its Lehman Summerworx Series. Lehman Stages is located in the Bedford Park area of the Bronx. 

Milena Dávila acted in a workshop production of Lorelei and Humima: The Story of the Cowry Shell. Written by Charlotte Fleming, the play was produced in May by the New Federal Theatre as part of its 2014 PlayWriting Workshops (led by Cassandra Medley, Michael Dinwiddie and P.J. Gibson) at the Castillo Theatre, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. 

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