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.

El Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU is presenting its VI Festival del Teatro Hispano in May, June and July at its location (Sala Rafael Villalona) in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. The international festival will be dedicated to actor, director and producer Roy Arias. HOLA members (listed below in boldface) can be found throughout many productions of the festival (some of which are listed below). 

• Ni tan divas ni tan muertas
Written by Indira Páez
Directed by Alfonso Rey
Presented by Proscenio
With Maite Uzal

• Hombres de bar en bar
Written by Indira Páez
Directed by Mafer Rodríguez
Presented by IShowNY Productions
With Alfonso Rey and Sandor Juan

• Lo que Kurt Cobain se llevó
Written by Karin Valecillos
Directed by Pablo Andrade
Presented by Corezón

• La entrevista
Written and directed by Antonio A. Méndez
Presented by Yolanny Rodríguez and Teatro Las Tablas
With Ana Roshelle Díaz, Daniel Anthony Hidalgo and Zahydé Pietri

• Así que pasen cinco años
Written by Federico García Lorca
Directed by Paul Montoya
Presented by la Caja de los Prejuicios
With Caridad del Valle, Venuz Delmar, Samuel Garnica, Christian López Lamelas, Juan Villarreal

• Suicídame
Written by Yoshvani Medina
Directed by Enmanuel García Villavicencio
Assisted directed by Luis Alvarado
Presented by E3Outlaws Productions
With Mayté Hernández

• El mandatorio idiota
Written and directed by Walter Ventosilla
Presented by Guacamolink Performing Arts
With Marisol Carrere

• Secretos de mujeres
Written by Dinorah Coronado
Directed by Edison Carrera
Presented by Teatro Tocando Puertas
With Maritza Vives

The festival opened on Thursday, May 26, 2016 and will run through Sunday, July 17, 2016. It will feature 3o plays from theater companies in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, District of Columbia; and theater companies from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia.

All shows will be presented at the Sala Rafael Villalona at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU (located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan). For more information, click here (note that the website is in Spanish).

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?