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.

Ángelo Mercado, Jr. , shown at right, booked a national commercial for A+E Networks.

Edison Carrera is starring opposite Cecill Villar in the comedy Cama para tres. Adapted by Elías Balladares (from a play by J.C. Garccione) and directed and produced by Cecill Villar (for Compañía de Comedias Cecill Villar), the play also stars Ingrit Pérez, Piedad Castaño and Aksel Tang, and will open in April as part of the first annual Festival de Comedias TEBA, presented by the Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos at the Broadway Blackbox Theater in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Edna Lee Figueroa was featured in the Entreactos y Telones column of the weekly New York newspaper La Voz Hispana, where her role as actress, co-director, and co-producer in the two-hander Santa Bárbara es una femme fatale was highlighted. Written by Mariana Monclova and Camila Monclova, the two-hander will be co-produced and co-directed by Figueroa and Edmi De Jesús (who also co-stars) for Producciones El Barrio, and will have its NYC premiere in April as part of the first annual Festival de Comedias TEBA, presented by the Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos at the Broadway Blackbox Theater in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. To read the article, which is in Spanish, click on the image at left.

The short film RED: The Masterpiece was released online today. The film (written by Sebastian Stimman and Pierre Taisne from a story by Stimman and directed by Taisne and Paul Bomba) stars Stimman, co-stars A.B. Lugo and features Enmanuel García Villavicencio and Inma Heredia, was produced for B10 Productions by Stimman, Taisne (who also edited and did the cinematography), and Marie-Gabrielle Duong (who also did the sound). To see the film, click on the video below (caution: violence, adult language and some slight nudity).



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