2014 HOLA Awards Press Release (Updated)

For immediate release

Contact: A.B. Lugo (212) 253-1015 ablugo@hellohola.org

Obie and Emmy Award Winner

HÉCTOR ELIZONDO

to receive 2014 HOLA Lifetime Achievement Award

Also honored with 2014 HOLA Awards :
DANNY BURSTEIN, ANA ORTIZ, BIANCA MARROQUÍN,
CYNTHIA LÓPEZ, PEDRO PASCAL, LUPITA FERRER, DANIEL ARENAS,
CIERRA RAMÍREZ and SIBILA VARGAS 

The masters of ceremonies for the 2014 HOLA Awards are
Alfredo Galván and Evi Siskos of Telemundo's "Acceso Total".

The 2014 HOLA Awards will take place on Monday, October 13, 2014 

at the Battery Gardens, located in NYC's Battery Park

September 15, 2014 (New York, New York) — The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA), the nation’s longest running active arts advocacy organization for Latino actors, is pleased to announce that it will honor Obie and Emmy winner Héctor Elizondo ("Last Man Standing", "Chicago Hope", Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, The Princess Diaries films), Commissioner of New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Cynthia López, five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein, actress Ana Ortiz, triple threat Bianca Marroquín, actor Pedro Pascal, actress Lupita Ferrer, actor Daniel Arenas, actress Cierra Ramírez and WNBC-TV anchor Sibila Vargas at the Fifteenth Annual HOLA Awards Gala and Benefit. 

The 2014 HOLA Awards will take place on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 6pm at The Battery Gardens, located on the waterfront overlooking New York Harbor in Battery Park (opposite 17 State Street in lower Manhattan). The masters of ceremonies of the 2014 HOLA Awards will be Alfredo Galván and Evi Siskos of Telemundo's "Acceso Total". Sponsorship opportunities are still available. A limited number of individual tickets are still available at $150. This year's sponsors include JetBlue Airlines, Hilton Hotels (Millenium Hilton and Conrad New York), Flyte Time Worldwide Transportation, and the performer unions SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association (AEA).

Obie and Emmy winner Héctor Elizondo, currently starring in ABC’s “Last Man Standing”, will receive the 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence. Bianca Marroquín (currently on Broadway in Chicago, and a judge on Univision’s celebrity dance competition series “¡Mira Quién Baila!”) will receive the 2014 Raúl Juliá HOLA Founders Award. Five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein, currently treading the boards on Broadway in Cabaret; and Ana Ortiz, star of the television series “Ugly Betty” and “Devious Maids”, will receive the 2014 HOLA José Ferrer Tespis Award. 

Cynthia López, the Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, will receive the 2014 HOLA Advocacy Award. She joined the City of New York from American Documentary | POV (Point of View), where she served as executive vice president and co-executive producer of the award-winning “POV” documentary series. She has received the 2013 Industry Award from Chicken & Egg Pictures, Prism Award, and eight News and Documentary Emmys. In 2013, the Imagen Foundation cited her as one of the top 20 most influential Latinos in entertainment. 

Pedro Pascal (of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” and the upcoming Netflix series “Narcos”) will receive the HOLA Excellence in Television Award. Cierra Ramírez (of the ABC Family series “The Fosters”) will receive the HOLA Emerging Artist Award. HOLA will present its Excellence in Media Award to WNBC-TV anchor Sibila Vargas. The "Queen of the Telenovelas", Lupita Ferrer, and Daniel Arenas, will receive the HOLA Excellence in the Telenovela Genre Award.

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 Honorees

Monday, October 13, 2014

Battery Gardens, New York City

MASTERS OF CEREMONIES

Alfredo Galván

Evi Siskos

HOLA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Héctor Elizondo

HOLA ADVOCACY AWARD

Cynthia López

HOLA JOSÉ FERRER TESPIS AWARD

Danny Burstein

Ana Ortiz

RAÚL JULIÁ HOLA FOUNDERS AWARD

Bianca Marroquín

HOLA EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION AWARD

Pedro Pascal

HOLA EMERGING ARTIST AWARD

Cierra Ramírez

HOLA EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA AWARD

Sibila Vargas 

HOLA EXCELLENCE IN THE TELENOVELA GENRE AWARD

Lupita Ferrer

Daniel Arenas 

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 Loisaida (Teatro Círculo)

GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR HOLA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)

La zapatera prodigiosa (Repertorio Español)

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