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.

Ellie Diez, shown at right, booked a role in the Stephen Adly Guirgis play In Arabia We'd All Be Kings. Directed by José Roldán, Jr., the play will be presented in July as part of Lehman Summerworx Festival at Lehman Stages, located in the Bedford Park area of the Bronx. (She booked the role after reading about the casting notice that HOLA sends to its members in its e-mail announcements and self-submitting.)

A.B. Lugo is featured in the short film The Audition (Graduao). Written and directed by Adrian Manzano, the film also stars Sofía Rodríguez, Carolina Ravassa and Tommy 5000. The film short will be screened on Sunday, June 22, 2014 as part of the Dominican Film Festival in New York. For more information, click here.

Raoul Daniel Luna starred in the short film Sourland (written and directed by Scott Korn), which was shot in New Jersey.

Luis Galli, shown at left, is co-starring in the feature film Teresa, la novia del Libertador. Directed by Roció Lladó, the film won first place in the Concurso Nacional de Proyectos de Distribución de Largometrajes de la Dirección del Audiovisual, la Fonografía y los Nuevos Medios del Ministerio de Cultura de Perú. (National Contest of the Distribution of Feature Film Projects of Perú). The contest was presented under the auspices of Peru's Ministry of Culture. The film will be distributed by Diamond Films Perú and premiere in the second half of 2014. For more information, check out the article in Peruvian newspaper El Comercio by clicking here (the article is in Spanish). 

Marco Antonio Rodríguez was interviewed by Rhina Valentín for the show "Open" (BronxNet), where he spoke about Barceló con hielo, the play he wrote and in which he stars. It opens in June at Repertorio Español (located in the Rose Hill section of Manhattan). To see the interview, click here or click on the video below (interview starts at 22:00 of the video).



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?