FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
A.B. Lugo (212) 253-1015 ablugo@hellohola.org
Obie and Emmy Award winner
HÉCTOR ELIZONDO
to receive 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence
to receive 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence
Also honored with 2014 HOLA Awards – DANNY BURSTEIN (Broadway’s Cabaret), ANA ORTIZ ("Devious Maids"), BIANCA MARROQUÍN (Broadway’s Chicago), PEDRO PASCAL (“Game of Thrones”), CIERRA RAMÍREZ (“The Fosters”) and WNBC-TV’s SIBILA VARGAS
Monday,
October 13, 2014 at the Battery Gardens in NYC
Héctor
Elizondo will receive the 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award
for Excellence. The star of stage and screen can currently be seen in
the ABC sitcom “Last Man Standing”. He won an Obie for the off-Broadway play Steambath and an Emmy
for his role on the CBS series “Chicago Hope”. He has acted in over 80 films,
including every film ever directed by Garry Marshall (17 in all, including Runaway
Bride, Young Doctors in Love, The Princess Diaries movies and Pretty
Woman– the last of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination).
Bianca Marroquín (currently on Broadway in Chicago, and a judge on Univision’s celebrity dance competition series “¡Mira Quién Baila!” and the Univision children's talent series "Pequeños Gigantes") will receive the 2014 Raúl Juliá HOLA Founders Award.
HOLA will present its Excellence in Media Award to WNBC-TV anchor Sibila Vargas.
In addition to the above awards HOLA will also continue its annual tradition of honoring the best of Latino theater in New York with noncompetitive awards encompassing multiple winners in each category. HOLA is at the forefront in recognizing the high caliber work being offered across New York’s growing and thriving Latino theatrical stages.
A list of the 2013-2014 theater awardees is below.
Individual tickets are $150 and can be purchased in advance by calling (212) 253-1015 or by going to www.hellohola.org. Sponsorships are also available and can be purchased by calling A.B. Lugo at (212) 253-1015 or via e-mail at ablugo@hellohola.org.
The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) is an arts service/advocacy organization dedicated to expanding the presence of Hispanic artists in entertainment and media through the cultivation, education and recognition of emerging artists. HOLA strives for an accurate, informed and non-stereotyped portrayal of the full spectrum of Latino culture and heritage in the entertainment and media industries.
2014 HOLA
Awards for Excellence in Theater
(producer[s] shown in parentheses)
OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR
Pablo Andrade, Noche tan linda (Pregones Theater-Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)
Armando
Riesco, The
Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage Theatre)
OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR
Zulema Clares, Noche tan linda (Pregones Theater-Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)
Beatriz
Cordoba, Cita a
ciegas (Repertorio
Español)
Caridad
del Valle, Las
cenizas de Troya (Teatro
Experimental Blue Amigos/Group of the Arts)
OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED MALE ACTOR
Iván Camilo, Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)
Javier
Fano, Barceló
con hielo (Repertorio
Español)
OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED FEMALE ACTOR
Xiomara Cintrón, Las cenizas de Troya (Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos/Group of the Arts)
Jeannie
Sol, Rafael
Hernández… Romance (Society
of the Educational Arts)
Kathy
Tejada, Elektra
XXXI (Teatro
Experimental Blue Amigos/Compañía Hispana de Actores Sobresalientes)
OUTSTANDING
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Emely
Grisanty, Edipo (Guacamolink Performing Arts)
George
Riverón, Últimos
días de una casa (Festival
Monologando Ando)
OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
Ricardo Birnbaum, María Cuartero, Pep Muñoz, María Peyramaure, Xabi Soret, Días estupendos (AENY - Spanish Artists in New York/IATI Theater)
Pablo
Andrade, Annia Bu, Zulema Clares, Dalia
Davi, Javier
Fano, Erick González, Elena Mohedano, Antonio
Rubio, Fermín
Suárez, El loco
por fuerza (Repertorio Español)
George Bass, Fermín Suárez, Teresa Yenque, Los
borrachos (El Grupo/Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU)
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNICAL PRODUCTION/DESIGN
José López Alemán, for his puppet, set, and animation design of My Superhero, Roberto Clemente (Society of the Educational Arts) Daniel Soto for his choreography of My Superhero, Roberto Clemente (Society of the Educational Arts)
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT IN PLAYWRITING
Pablo García Gámez, Noche tan linda (Pregones Theater-Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)
José
Rivera, Adoration of the Old Woman (INTAR)
Marco
Antonio Rodríguez, Barceló
con hielo
(Repertorio Español)
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Leyma López, El loco por fuerza (Repertorio Español)Walter Ventosilla, Edipo (Guacamolink Performing Arts)
Andrés
Zambrano, La
zapatera prodigiosa
(Repertorio Español)
SPECIAL
RECOGNITION
Germán
Jaramillo, for his
performance in Cita a ciegas (Repertorio Español)
Edna Lee Figueroa, for her performance in Carmen Loísaida (Teatro Círculo)
GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR HOLA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)
La zapatera prodigiosa (Repertorio Español)
GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR HOLA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)
La zapatera prodigiosa (Repertorio Español)
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