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.

Liza Colón-Zayas, shown at right, is currently shooting the feature film Collateral Beauty (written by Allan Loeb and directed by David Frankel). The film stars Will Smith, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Jonah Hill, Michael Peña, Enrique Murciano, Naomie Harris, and Ann Dowd, and is scheduled for release in U.S. theaters on Friday, December 16, 2016.

Carla Caraballo and Jeannie Sol are acting in the play In Defense of Glitter and Rainbows. Written by Viviann True Rodríguez and directed by Andrés Chulisi Rodríguez, it will run in June at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (MMAC), located in Manhattan's West Side.

Rhina Valentín, shown at left, and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney are performing in the cabaret show The "PHAT" Pack (Pretty Hot and Tempting). Created by Valentín and Stickney, the show is produced by Advocates for Diversity in the Arts and La Reina Del Barrio, and will have a performance on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the world famous Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar in Manhattan's West Side. For more information on the performance, click here or here.

Greta Quispe just completed a run playing the title character in Elvira - The Immigration Play. Written by Jessica Carmona and directed by Misti B. Wills, the production took place in March at the Kumble Theater in Long Island University Brooklyn campus.

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?