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.

Aldo Uribe, shown at right, is currently in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, after booking the role of Master Sargeant Ray Noches in the upcoming BBC One television series "My Mother And Other Strangers". For more information on the series (written by Barry Devlin and starring Hattie Morahan), click here.

Indra Palomo is acting in the bilingual children's play La cucarachita Martina (Martina, the Little Roach). Based on the Pura Belpré short story (itself adapted from Cuban and Puerto Rican folktales), it was adapted and directed by Manuel Morán, and is currently running at Teatro SEA, located in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Edna Lee Figueroa, shown at left, in character, will be starring with Edmi De Jesús in Santa Bárbara es una femme fatale. Written by Mariana Monclova and Camila Monclova, it will be produced by Producciones El Barrio, directed by Figueroa and De Jesús and 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. For more information, click here or in the OnQ blog, in which she is featured, by clicking here.

Pablo García Gámez's solo show Yo no soy Lupita will be presented in May. Starring Caridad del Valle, the Teátrica production is directed by Leyma López and will be presented at the Broadway Blackbox Theater in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. For more information, click 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?