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.

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja), shown at right, will star opposite Elise Santora in the musical Betsy! Conceived and developed by Ron Short, Dudley Cocke, Beegie Adair, Rosalba Rolón and Desmar Guevara and directed by Rolón, the Pregones/PRTT and Roadside Theater co-production will take place in April at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Group of the Arts (GOTA) is presenting Pablo Cabrera's ¡Por mi madre, que es verdad! An adaptation of Enrique Buenaventura and Tomás Carrasquilla's A la diestra de Dios Padre and the medieval legend of The Blacksmith and the Devil, it is directed by J. Edgar Mozoub and stars Telba Cavero, María Cotto, Enmanuel García Villavicencio, A.B. Lugo, Mozoub, Yvette Quintero, Héctor Luis Rivera and Raúl Rivera. Performances will take place in April at the Broadway Blackbox Theater, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. For more information, click here or here.

Mike Smith Rivera (oftentimes known by his nom de clown Mr. Clown), shown at left, and Kelly Anne Burns (oftentimes known as her nom de clown Missus Clown) will co-host Last Call, a monthly "late-night cabaret mixtape", presented by and at Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST), located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The latest edition will take place on Saturday, March 28, 2015. For more information, click here.

J.W. Cortés will host the Fashion House of Hope Benefit Dinner and Fashion Show on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Gargiulo's, located in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn. 

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