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.

Rigoberto García, shown at right, is playing the recurring role of Héctor on "The Jim Gaffigan Show" (TV Land).

Ángelo Mercado, Jr. shot a commercial promo for a cable television network series.

Ura Yoana Sánchez will be acting in the play The Tragic Circumstances of 1948. Written and directed by Ken Sibanda, the play will be produced in September by the Harlem Repertory Theatre at the Tato Laviera Theatre in Manhattan's El Barrio neighborhood.

Manuel A. Morán will be producing and directing the play La muela del rey Farfán/The King Who Refused To Love. Written by Serafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, the award-winning production has a new score by Morán and Iván Alexander Bautista, and will be presented by Teatro SEA in June as part of the Arte Pa' Mi Gente/Arts For All Festival, scheduled to take place at La Plaza at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. The cast will include Francisco Fuertes, Indra Palomo, Shadia Almasri and Morán, among others. Each performance will an opening act (Milteri Tucker and Bombazo Dance Company will perform on Sunday, June 19, 2016) and cultural artisans and food vendors. 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?