Friday, March 25, 2016

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip". In this sense, we use it to highlight 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 Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos (TEBA) is presenting the first annual Festival de Comedias TEBA, taking place April 10-24, 2016 at the Broadway Blackbox Theater in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. This year's festival is dedicated to the actress, writer, director, journalist and producer Cecill VillarA list of the productions is below. HOLA members are shown in boldface.

Maduritas, macrobióticas, y multiorgásmicas
Written by Cristián Cortez Galecio
Directed  by Franco Galecio
Produced by Fragal
With Kathy Tejada, Fior Marte, Melba Miranda

Santa Bárbara es una femme fatale
Written by Mariana and Camila Monclova
Directed by Edna Lee Figueroa and Edmi De Jesús
Produced by E
dna Lee Figueroa and Edmi De Jesús for Producciones El Barrio
With Edna Lee Figueroa and Edmi De Jesús 

• Q.E.P.D. (Que en paz descansen)
Written by José Martinez Queirolo
Directed by Iván L. Argudo
Produced by Teatro Vanguardia

With 
Ivan L. Argudo and Aileene Pérez 


• 2 veces 2+ 1
Written by 
Julie de Grandy

Directed by George Riverón
Produced by Teatro Del Aire
With Natalia Ivana Escobar, Sandor Juan, Úrsula Tinoco, Léster Arellano, Victor Alfonso

• Que Bárbara
Written and directed by Yoshvani Medina 

Produced by ArtSpoken
With Barby Ganesh

Ya viene abuela

Written by Dinorah Coronado 
Directed by Raúl Rivera
Produced by Teatro Coronado 

With Olga Camil, Helen Rodríguez, Digna Carvajal, Pedro Vargas, Jorge Nieto and Gloria Almázar

• Cama para tres 

Adapted by Elías Balladares (from a play by J.C. Garccione)
Directed by Cecill Villar

Produced by Compañía de Comedias Cecill Villar
With Cecill Villar, Edison Carrera, Ingrit Pérez, Aksel Tang, Piedad Castaño

Carne
Written by Maikel Chávez 
Directed by Erom Jimmy 
Produced by Miami Factory Theatre
With Héctor Alejandro González, Rosabel Ceballes, Miriam Bermúdez, Monica Bermúdez, Jessica Mesa

In addition, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, the festival will have a panel titled, "¿Por qué escribimos comedia?", and will consist of four Latino playwrights based in New York– Dinorah Coronado, Pablo García Gámez, Franco Galecio, and Pedro R. Monge Rafuls.

For more information about 
the first annual Festival de Comedias TEBAdedicated to the actress, writer, director, journalist and producer Cecill Villar, and taking place April 10-24, 2016 at the Broadway Blackbox Theater in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, 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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