Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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.

The New York International Fringe Festival (often abbreviated as fringeNYC) is celebrating its 19th anniversary this summer, presenting over 200 plays (and over 1100 performances) in 16 venues (plus a central command center) in downtown Manhattan over the course of 16 days in August. HOLA members are in several shows at the festival. Some of them are listed below.


• Musas
Written by Néstor Caballero and Iraida Tapias.
Starring Mônica Steuer.
Venue: The Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Third Floor, NYC

For more information and schedule of performances of this production, click here.


• Vanishing Point
Written by Samsun Knight and directed by Sophie Weisskoff.
Starring Christopher Morris.
Venue: Teatro SEA, 107 Suffolk Street, First Floor, NYC
For more information and schedule of performances of this production, click here.


Julián and Romero
Written and directed by Alex Pérez.
Starring Sebastian Stimman and Edna Lee Figueroa.
Venue: Flamboyán Theater, 107 Suffolk Street, First Floor, NYC 
For more information and schedule of performances of this production, click here.

For more information about the New York International Fringe Festival (fringeNYC), click here.


Joel Pérez, shown at left, was profiled in the Puerto Rican daily newspaper El Nuevo Día (and featured on the newspaper's cover), where he spoke about his life and career, specifically his playing several roles in his Broadway debut of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Fun Home (written by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, directed by Sam Gold and based on the Alison Bechdel graphic novel of the same name)currently playing at the Circle on the Square Theatre. To read the interview, which is in Spanish, click here (click to the right of the page to scroll to the article).

Gastón Franco is starring in the television pilot "Reinventing Nero" (written by Joe Cascio and directed by Joe Flannigan. For more information, click here.

A.B. Lugo
and Laura Riveros 
are performing in a workshop of the new musical Bethlehem. Produced by Sans Comedia, it is written and directed by Julián J. Mesri, with assistant direction and stage management by Riveros. It will have a sneak preview in August at Dixon Place, located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here or here.


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?

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