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.

Héctor Luis Rivera, Kathy Tejada and Yvette Quintero were highlighted in the Arte NY blog, as a result of their participation in the Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos (TEBA) production of 3 veces De Grandy. An evening of three short plays (El probador, Traducción libre, and Abra kadabra) written by award-winning playwright and actress Julie De Grandy, the plays will be directed by Rivera and co-star Tejada and Quintero. The production will be presented in June at the Broadway Blackbox Theater, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. [Shown above, left to right: Rivera and Tejada; Quintero.]

Alfonso Rey will be directing the Indira Páez play Ni tan divas ni tan muertas. The play will star Maite Uzal, Andreina Carvó and María Fontanals, and run in June as part of the VI Festival de Teatro Latino del Comisionado at the Sala Rafael Villalona at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Mayté Hernández will be acting in the Yoshvani Medina play Suicídame. Directed by Enmanuel García Villavicencio, the production will take place in June as part of the VI Festival de Teatro Latino del Comisionado at the Sala Rafael Villalona at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Eduardo Leáñez will be co-starring in the feature film The Last Scene. Written by Félix Hiciano (based on a play by Richard Thomas Henle) and directed by Henle, the film stars Hiciano, A.B. Lugo, Taína Elena, Samantha Safdie, Chris Raglin, and Chanise Renae. The film will start lensing in New York City in June. For more information on the film, 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?