HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Teatro LATEA is presenting a workshop presentation of Las tentaciones de González. A musical comedy based on Hugo Bardallo's play Tiene la muerte atada, the lyrics are by Bardallo and the music is by Pablo Zinger. The show is directed by Nelson Landrieu and will have performances in May in LATEA's namesake theater in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in the Loísaida neighborhood of Manhattan. The cast features Bill Blechingberg, Mario Bósquez, Shadia Fairuz, Francisco Fuertes, Inma Heredia, Venuz Delmar, Alejandro Moscoso Polanco, Adriana Sananes, Jeannie Sol, Patrick Michael Valley and Claudio Marcel Weisz, among others. The HOLA members in the presentation (from top to bottom -- Moscoso Polanco, Weisz; Heredia; Delmar; Sananes, Bósquez; Fuertes; Valley) received the casting notice for this production from and HOLA e-mail announcements that HOLA sends to its members.

White Sugar in a Black Pot, a film directed by Rachel I. Johnson and which stars Jorge Pupo, won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Short Film. The awards ceremony took place on Sunday, April 22, 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria. To find out the other winners, click here or here.

Milteri Tucker will be part of Made In The Bronx! This evening of works by choreographers living or working in the Bronx will be presented at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!) as part of their Boogie Down Dance series. The performance will take place on May 4, 2012 in the theater space (located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx) and also feature the work of Jessica Danser, Ranardo Domenico-Grays' VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, Shizu Homma, Malcolm Low, Moses "Bronx" McCarter, Sage Rivera and Kuan-Ling Tsai. For more information, click here.

Marisol Carrere's I Am Julia, the film she co-produced (with Gloria Zelaya), co-starred in and wrote, won the Golden Palm Award (Short Film Competition) from the Mexico International Film Festival (based in Woodland Hills, California). The film is directed by David Capurso and stars Leidi Salazar, Carolina Ravassa, Carrere, Doua Moua, Tationna Bousier, Brenda Gómez, Zahaira Curiel and Tamara Turner. For more information, click here. There will be a screening of the film on May 8, 2012 at Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan's East Village.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

57th Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced

Tony Award winner Donna Murphy and star of TV's "Smash" Brian d'Arcy James announced the nominations for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards April 27, 2012 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in New York City.

Photo of Raúl Esparza by Joan Marcus.

In keeping with the Drama Desk's mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway during the 2011-12 New York theater season in the same competitive categories.

Raúl Esparza, pictured at right, received a nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for the Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which is currently playing on the Main Stem. He is up against superstar Ricky Martin for his role as Che in Evita.

Other Latinos nominated this year include choreographer Sergio Trujillo, honored for his work on Leap of Faith; musician Suzanne Vega, nominated with Duncan Sheik for their music of the play Carson McCullers Talks About Love; costume designer ESosa for his work on By The Way, Meet Vera Stark; and director Sam Mendes (of Trinidadian-English-Portuguese heritage), nominated for his work helming Richard III.

The Drama Desk nominees will receive their Nomination Certificates at a gala cocktail reception May 8, 2012 at Oceana in New York.

The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards will take place June 3, 2012 at 8pm at The Town Hall in Manhattan.

The Drama Desk was founded in 1949 "to explore key issues in the theater and to bring together critics and writers in an organization to support the ongoing development of theater in New York," according to press notes. The organization began presenting its awards in 1955, and it is the only critics organization to honor achievement in the theater with competition among Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions in the same categories.

To find out who else was nominated, click here.

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Ismael Cruz Córdova, shown at right, was the subject of a profile in Puerto Rico's El Vocero newspaper, in which he talks about being resolute about challenging and overcoming stereotypes. One can read the article (which is in Spanish) about the 2011 HOLA Award-winner by clicking here.

Yanelba Ferreira nabbed a co-starring role on an episode of the television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC).

Sosa James, Jr. just completed filming on the short film Time (directed by Sayo Kashima and produced by World Frog Film Company), where he has a lead role.

Fernando Gamarra recently completed filming of the NYFA student film Good Morning Becky (directed by Qing Mei). He also shot a brand video for One Hope Wine (directed by Jason Klein).

William J. Vila is scheduled to sing the U.S. national anthem before the Major League Baseball day game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Citi Field, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

Jean-Marc Berne just recorded a Spanish-language radio spot for Ike and Mike in South Norwalk, Connecticut.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.
Marco Antonio Rodríguez's award winning play La luz de un cigarrillo will be published by NOPE Press. Edited by Rodríguez (shown at above right), Miranda Martínez and Caridad Svich, it will feature playwright notes, detailed production history and the original cast list (an all-HOLA member cast with Susanna Guzmán, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Arisleyda Lombert and Teresa Yenque, shown below, clockwise from bottom left) from the 2011 HOLA Award-winning production at Teatro LATEA. The book (its front and back cover can be seen at left), can be bought online by clicking here.

Freia Canals and Denise Kornitz co-wrote and co-star in Alita the Show. The show is billed as "a bilingual show for the entire family" and will be presented in April by TeatroStageFest as part of their TeatroStageFamily initiative, with performances in Manhattan's El Barrio/East Harlem (Red Carpet Theater), Washington Heights (YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood) and Chelsea (Centro Español), as well as in Bronx's Crotona Park area (C.S. 61/The Francisco Oller School). For more information about this production, click here or here.

Omar Pérez just returned from a tour of the play Texting 4 Life. Written by Sol Marina Crespo and directed by Jorge B. Merced, the show is produced by Pregones Theater, co-starred Carissa Jocett Toro, Ugo Anyanwu and Maylin Castro, and was performed in April at Casa Milagros in Denver, Colorado.

Caridad De La Luz (also known by her nom de poésie La Bruja) will be co-hosting the Rabble in the Bronx poetry event, which will feature guests Flaco Navaja and Oveous Maximus. For more information about her and her upcoming events, click here.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

Help Put HOLA Out Of Business

HOLA is excited to share with you our current fundraising campaign that we are doing through We Did It!

The campaign titled "Help Put HOLA Out of Business" is a great way to support HOLA and help us meet our fundraising goals. We invite you to view the video featuring "Ugly Betty" star Tony Plana and learn why today, more than ever, it's important to help put our organization out of business.



Please join us in our mission to finish what HOLA's founders started. Thank you for your support!

The campaign is live and can be found online. One may donate by clicking here.

Quiara Alegría Hudes wins the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

In recognition of Ms. Quiara Alegría Hudes receiving the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (for her play Water by the Spoonful), HOLA would like to present this video from the 2007 HOLA Awards where she accepted an award alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Nilo Cruz and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Jayson Simba just finished shooting two films: Fallen Hero (directed by Lorena Gordon) and Reach (directed by Justin Mauire). He starts shooting a third film, Chasing Shadows (directed by Joseph Eulo), this weekend.

Jay Rodríguez booked a role in the new film (as yet untitled) by Jonathan Rolfe.

Loren Escandón will be presenting self-penned solo show Montera (directed by Marisol Pozo) as part of the 2012 Performing Arts Marathon (PAM) presented by IATI Theater. The festival will take place at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in the Gramercy area of Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Mauricio Pita will play Puck in an upcoming production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. Directed by John Basil, the production will have an April run in the Theresa Lang Theater in Manhattan's Upper East Side. For more information, click here.

Ángelo Mercado, Jr. booked a voiceover for "The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central).

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Félix Solís, shown at right, is a series regular on "NYC 22." The television series, executive produced by Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will premiere on Sunday, April 15, 2012 on the CBS Network. For more information, click here.

Also on the series premiere of the CBS television series "NYC 22" will be Elaine Del Valle, shown at left in character, in a guest-starring role.

Ismael Cruz-Cordova can be seen every Saturday night in Political Subversities. The politically savvy sketch comedy troupe performs at The People's Improv Theater (The P.I.T.). For more information, check out their website by clicking here.

Thalía Spanish Theatre is presenting bilingual world premiere of Jaime Salom's play La Callas & Medea. Directed, designed and produced by Ángel Gil Orrios, the play has an English translation by G.J. Racz and is scheduled for a May and June run in Thalía's eponymous theater in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens. The play's assistant director and stage manager is Héctor Luis Rivera and stars Soledad López; Kathy Tejada; Francisco Fuertes; Basílica Bliachas; Yvette Quintero; and Raúl Juliá, Jr. For more information, click here.

Teatro LATEA is presenting Evelyn Díaz Cruz's play Glass Cord. Directed by Aminta De Lara, the production is scheduled for a May run at LATEA's namesake theater in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in the Loísaida neighborhood of Manhattan. The play stars Robert Ramos, Victoria Wallace, Marion Elaine, Lori Reyes and Howard Collado. For more information, click here or here.

Yanelba Ferreira was the subject of a profile and interview by Sindy Nurse for Global Culture TV. The profile can be seen here. The interview can be seen below.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

Help Put HOLA Out Of Business

HOLA is excited to share with you our current fundraising campaign that we are doing through We Did It!

The campaign titled "Help Put HOLA Out of Business" is a great way to support HOLA and help us meet our fundraising goals. We invite you to view the video featuring "Ugly Betty" star Tony Plana and learn why today, more than ever, it's important to help put our organization out of business.



Please join us in our mission to finish what HOLA's founders started. Thank you for your support!

The campaign is live and can be found online. One may donate by clicking here.

Why Join HOLA? Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

WHY JOIN HOLA?
Frequently Asked Questions

• Is HOLA an agency or management company?

No. While we work similarly to an agency or an artist management company, we do a lot more. In essence, HOLA is a membership organization, a not-for-profit arts service organization that offers jobs and casting opportunities, workshops and seminars and special events to its membership.

• Does one have to audition for HOLA?

No. HOLA is a membership organization. Just pay the annual membership and you become an HOLA member.

• I am a new actor. Does HOLA apply to me?

HOLA member range from the beginner to the established and everywhere in between. HOLA will apply to you at every stage of your career.

• Do I have to speak Spanish (or Portuguese) to be an HOLA member?

No. HOLA members speak English only, Spanish only, or both languages fluently. Our Brazilian members speak Portuguese as well as English. There is no requirement for any member to speak Spanish (or Portuguese) to be an HOLA member.

• What kind of casting notices do you receive?

HOLA receives all kinds of casting notices— from union and nonunion, through the disciplines of film, television, theater and voiceover. The majority of our notices are distributed to our membership. There are some instances, whether because of short notice or because of the search for something very specific, that HOLA makes referrals to certain talent.

• I have signed representation. Would that be in conflict with HOLA?

No. In fact, we would put your signed representative’s name and number on your online profile. It would be another way to promote yourself without conflict.

• If I book a job through HOLA, do I owe you a commission?

No. We are not an agency or artist management company. You are under no obligation to give us a commission. (But if you want to show your appreciation with a donation, we’ll be forced to take it, I suppose.)

• I am in the process of getting my citizenship. Could I still join HOLA?

Yes. As long as you can legally work in the U.S., you can join HOLA.

• Does HOLA have a social media presence?

Yes. We are on Facebook, Twitter and have our own channel on YouTube. In addition, we are on Wikipedia and have our own blog, titled El Blog de HOLA.

• What if I am not an actor but I like what you do?

You could support HOLA by becoming a Friend of HOLA and donating to the organization. If you are a producer or director, a Friend of HOLA donation allow us to promote your productions!

All About HOLA (Becoming an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA)

Wanna be an HOLA member? Wanna know more about HOLA first?

HOLA is a not-for-profit arts service and advocacy organization founded in 1975.

HOLA members get their headshots and resumes on our web directory. In addition, HOLA receives casting notices from various sources that we pass on to our members (or in specific cases, help refer actors to the casting director).

HOLA offers low-cost workshops and seminars, professional counseling, special events and networking activities. We also produce the HOLA Awards which honor outstanding achievement by Latinos in entertainment.

HOLA has a Facebook page and a Twitter page in addition to this blog (imaginatively titled El Blog De HOLA). Whenever a member is doing a project, we can promote via e-mails we send out, through our Members in Performance page on the website or in El Blog on our HOLA Member Bochinche column (only good bochinche, never bad bochinche). It functions as another outlet to promote your work. HOLA is also on YouTube and on Wikipedia.

What if you are not an actor? You can support HOLA by being a Friend of HOLA. For more information, click here.

To become an HOLA member online, fill out the member application form here.

To become a Friend of HOLA, click here.

If you have any more questions, check out our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page by clicking here.

We like to think of HOLA as "la comunidad del actor latino." We would love for you to be part of that community.

Become an HOLA member.
Become a Friend of HOLA.

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Luis Galli, shown at right, was the subject of a profile on Terra Perú. To read the article (which is in Spanish), click here.

Yanelba Ferreira recently returned from Virginia where she finished shooting the season premiere of the television series "Happily Never After" (Investigation Discovery). For more information, click here.

Rodney Roldán is currently filming the short film Outlaws Are With You (directed by Natalie Mirsky).

Sosa James, Jr. nabbed a role in the Brooklyn College student film 50/50 (directed by Joy Kim).

OneHeart Productions is presenting George E. Joshua's play Birmingham Reunion. Produced and directed by Mario Golden and Andreas Robertz, the play is part of the company's The Slavery Project, which examines the lives of the descendants of slaves and slaveowners in the United States. The production is scheduled for an April run at the La Guardia Performing Arts Center in the Long Island City area of Queens and stars Charles Black, Bill Blechingberg, Jen Danby, Jai Raphael, R. David Robinson and Ozzie Stewart. For more information, click here or here.

Alfredo Tauste is performing his six-part, self-penned solo show Shaman: A Real Panic Therapy in Six Parts as part of The ONE Festival of solo shows. The show is helmed by Sebastian Buczyk, Ignacio García Bustelo, Julián Mesri, Pep Muñoz and Jaime Puerta, respectively, and is scheduled for an April run at Teatro LATEA in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

Report on HOLA Benefit Reading of Florencia Lozano's BUSTED

On Saturday, April 7, 2012, HOLA held a special benefit staged reading of Florencia Lozano's play BUSTED at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre in New York. The event which raised money for the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors featured a staged reading of the HOLA Award-winning actor-playwright. Ms. Lozano also acted in the piece, which was directed by Felix Solis and also featured the talents of Vanessa Aspillaga (also an HOLA Award winner), Audrey Esparza, Sarah Nina Hayon, Kelley Rae O'Donnell, Aaron Roman Weiner and Gabe Hernández.

Attendees of the successful benefit were also treated to wine after the reading. The play was highly regarded by all those in attendance, with some wondering if a full staged mounting of the play was imminent.

The play was commissioned by Daniel Talbot and Rising Phoenix Theatre and subsequently developed by LAByrinth Theatre Company and Rattlesticks Playwrights' Theatre.

Actor-playwright Florencia Lozano is best known for playing tough-as-nails attorney Téa Delgado on "One Life to Live" (ABC). In addition, she has extensive film, television and theater credits (as both actor and playwright). Last year, her play underneathmybed, was the recipient of two 2011 HOLA Awards, including one for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting.

Actor-director Felix Solis is currently a series regular on "NYC 22" (CBS), executive produced by Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal. The series premieres this month. He has also had a reccuring role on "The Good Wife" (CBS). He has numerous film, television and theater credits. For more information on him, click here.

HOLA would like to thank Miriam Colón-Valle, Alexandra Minchala and Lee Pinto of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre; Joe Chiplock of Theatre Authority, Inc.; Anthony Ruiz; Basil Rojas; Mónica Delgado; and the company of BUSTED.

Anthony Ruiz of ARuiz Photography took photos of the benefit event (some of which can be seen on this blog). To see more photos, click here.

HOLA presents Special Benefit Play Reading of Florencia Lozano's BUSTED

A SPECIAL BENEFIT EVENT

The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) presents

A special benefit staged reading of the play

BUSTED

Written by FLORENCIA LOZANO*
Directed by FELIX SOLIS*

When four fabulous female friends reunite, the $#@% hits the proverbial fan: Gigi is pissed, Lucía is about to let her have it, Jesse has a secret she doesn't want her friends to know-- or does she?-- and Melanie's announcement is about to change EVERYTHING. A tale in which friends cling to each other for dear life and tear each other to shreds in the process. An inexplicable hole, a mysterious visitation, a cosmic happening... with dance breaks: BUSTED.

with (in alphabetical order)

VANESSA ASPILLAGA*, AUDREY ESPARZA*,
SARAH NINA HAYON*, GABE HERNÁNDEZ*,
FLORENCIA LOZANO*, KELLEY RAE O’DONNELL*
and AARON ROMAN WEINER*

Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward furthering
HOLA's much needed advocacy efforts on behalf of the
Latino/Hispanic entertainment community.

Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 8pm
PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATRE
304 West 47th Street (off of Eighth Avenue), NYC

ADMISSION: $25
Light refreshments will be served after the reading.
To get tickets, call (212) 253-1015.

To make a donation in lieu of attending the benefit reading, click here and dedicate your donation to "HOLA Benefit Reading."

* Permission of the performers and the director to appear in this staged play reading granted by Theatre Authority, Inc.

About the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)
The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) is an arts service and advocacy organization dedicated to expanding the Hispanic artists in entertainment and media through the cultivation, education and recognition of emerging artists. Founded in 1975 by a group of Hispanic actors concerned with the images of Latinos in the media, HOLA now functions as a leading advocacy group in the industry for such actors working on stage, on television and in films. Most recently, HOLA made national headlines when it questioned the casting practices of a regional theater who was producing Stephen Adly Guirgis' play The Mother#@$%er With The Hat. Ultimately, HOLA strives for an accurate, informed and non-stereotyped portrayal of the full spectrum of Latino culture and heritage in all entertainment and media industries. For more information, click here or here.

About The Playwright
Florencia Lozano was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Newton, Massachusetts and earned degrees from Brown University and New York University, where she studied under Ron Van Lieu, Jim Calder and Paul Walker. She is best known for her portrayal of the tough-as-nails attorney Téa Delgado on the daytime television drama “One Life To Live.” Her other television credits include “Blue Bloods,” "Royal Pains," “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Gossip Girl,” “Lipstick Jungle” and “Ugly Betty.” She has also appeared in numerous films. She played opposite Halle Berry and Bruce Willis in Perfect Stranger and recently starred in Franc. Reyes’ The Ministers with Harvey Keitel and John Leguizamo. Some of her other film credits include Bittersweet Place, Deception, Transbeman and Veronika Decides to Die. In addition to her film and television work, she is also an accomplished stage actress and playwright. Her stage credits as an actress include Where’s My Money? (LAB, MTC), Dirty Story (LAB), Macbeth (Delacorte), Last Easter (MCC), Privilege (Second Stage) and Right You Are... (National Actors Theatre). She has worked at New York Theatre Workshop, 52nd Street Project, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and at the Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference. Her first full-length play, entitled Under Her Breath, was written while she was at Brown. BUSTED was commissioned by Daniel Talbot and the Rising Phoenix Theatre Company for the CINO Nites series and subsequently developed at LAByrinth's Summer Theatre Intensive and at the Rattlestick Playwrights' Theatre. Her second full-length play, girl in window, has been developed at LAByrinth, Rattlestick and New York Theater Workshop. Two of her ten-minute plays, Bitch and Charlie Go Back to Charlie’s House and Sheila, Jack, Claire Danes and The Man On My Roof were given staged readings at the LAByrinth Theater Company where she has been a member since 1992 and where she served as both literary manager and associate artistic director. In October 2009, Ms. Lozano wrote, directed and conceived a site-specific, guerrilla theater piece called Chez Moi in and around her old stomping grounds on East 25th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan. Her second full-length play, underneathmybed, was produced by Rattlestick Playwrights' Theatre under the direction of Pedro Pascal and won two 2011 HOLA Awards, including one for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting. She will next act in the television pilot "Guilty" (starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.). She wishes to thank all the artists who worked on the development of BUSTED, without whose feedback she could not have written this play as well as Rattlestick for having produced her first play, and most especially, LAByrinth, which has provided her with an artistic home, a family of artistic collaborators and without whom she probably never would have written a play.

About The Director
Felix Solis is currently a series regular on “NYC 22” produced by Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal on CBS, premiering April 15, 2012. He has also had a recurring role on “The Good Wife,” on the same network. His other television credits include the series “Criminal Minds,” on the Network, “Army Wives,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Fringe,” “Damages,” “The Sopranos” and “The West Wing.” His feature film credits include Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Asger Leth’s Man On A Ledge, John Leguizamo’s Fugly, Wes Craven’s My Soul To Take, Tom Twyker’s The International, Taking Chances (opposite Kevin Bacon), The Forgotten (opposite Alfre Woodard) and Rashaad Ernesto Green’s Gun Hill Road. A member of New York City’s LAByrinth Theatre Company since 1999, he originated roles in Our Lady of 121st Street and In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, both written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and in the LAB’s Barn Series. At the Cherry Lane Theater, he appeared in Dramatis Personae (the Playwright’s Realm) and Eduardo Machado’s Havana is Waiting, in addition to many others at the INTAR theater. As a director, he directed Raúl Castillo’s Knives and Other Sharp Objects at the Public Theater. For the last eight years, he has worked with children at the 52nd Street Project, a non-profit group that matches inner city kids with professional theatre artists to the business and craft of theatre production. He was born and raised to Puerto Rican parents in Chelsea and Greenwich Village in New York City. For more information, click here.

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HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Abner Caraballo and Teodorina Bello nabbed roles in the NYU thesis film Las Mañanitas. Also starring Paula Román, Sadie Clark, Ana Román, Inés Milans and Tommy McInnis, the film is written and directed by Gabriella Moses. Caraballo and Bello, shown at right, from left to right, found out about the film through a casting notice sent out to HOLA members. For more information on the film, click here.

Gladys K. Nilsen booked a starring role in the Brooklyn College student film Déjalo ir (Let Him Go), directed by Yosuko Eddie Hosoi and Luz Ayala.

Mike Smith Rivera is starring in the Rich Orloff comedy HA! Produced by The Foolish Theatre Company and WorkShop Theater Company, the play's New York premiere is directed by Ric Sechrest and is enjoying a March and April run at the WorkShop's Jewel Box Theater located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The cast also features Jarel Davidow, Anne Fizzard, Gerrianne Raphael and Evan Thompson. For more information, click here.

Jeffrey Hernández will be performing in Puerto Rico... ¡fua! The Carlos Ferrari musical will be directed by Hugo Medrano and is scheduled for a June and July run in Gala Hispanic Theatre in the North West section of Washington, District of Columbia. For more information, click here.

Yanelba Ferreira (alongside Elisabeth Ann South and Flor Bromley) is continuing her U.S. college tour of Linda Nieves-Powell's play Yo Soy Latina! with a stop in Nuagatuck Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut. In addition, Ferreira, along with Eudocia Hernández, Miguel Belmonte, J.F. Seary and Jenny Lídice Saldaña star in the webseries "Happy Cancer Chick." Written and produced by Saldaña and Nieves-Powell and directed by Nieves-Powell, the webseries recently premiered. You can see a webisode below.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Ismael Cruz Córdova, shown at right, has been getting a lot of press coverage thanks, in part to his award-winning performance (including a 2011 HOLA Award) for his role in Marco Antonio Rodríguez's play La luz de un cigarrillo (see below), and for his recurring role on the CBS drama "The Good Wife." Read about him in El Vocero, MSN Latino, WAPA-TV (in Puerto Rico), El Diario/La Prensa and Noticel by clicking on each respective link (press coverage is in Spanish).

Marco Antonio Rodríguez's award winning play La luz de un cigarrillo will be published by NOPE Press. Edited by Rodríguez, Miranda Martínez and Caridad Svich, it will feature playwright notes, detailed production history and the original cast list (Susanna Guzmán, Ismael Cruz Córdova [see above], Arisleyda Lombert and Teresa Yenque) from the 2011 HOLA Award winning production at Teatro LATEA. The book, which will be available soon, has released its front and back cover, which can be seen at left.

Laura Riveros, pictured at right, was the subject of an interview by Alejandro Matamoros for SoyPeriodista.com. One can read the article (in Spanish), titled "Colombia Exports Talent to New York" by clicking here.

Teatro TEBA is presenting Komo Xstaba xskrito [sic]. The play, based on Biblical text was adapted and directed by Héctor Luis Rivera and will have an April run at La Sala Don Iván García Guerra at La Casa Cultural Navarrete en Nueva York in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. The cast features Edison Carrera, Kathy Tejada, Franco Galecio, Enmanuel García, Edward Azcorra, Raúl Rivera, Stella Rivelli, Jorge Pluas and Joaquín García.

E3Outlaws Productions is presenting La consulta. Based on a José Luis Alonso De Santos play, it was adapted and directed by Enmanuel García, and is scheduled for an April run at La Sala Don Iván García Guerra at La Casa Cultural Navarrete en Nueva York in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. The cast features Xiomara Rodríguez and Fior Marte.

Centro Español-La Nacional presented a workshop production of Lorca in New York. Conceived and directed by Mirabelle Ordinaire, it was based on the works of famed Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca and featured live music and dance. With a March and April run, the production was in Spanish and English and featured actors Adriana Sananes and Luis Carlos de La Lombana; dancers Jacqueline Bulnes, Lloyd Knight and Ordinaire; and musicians Satoshi Takeishi (drums), Dan Nadel (guitar) and Patrick Zimmerli (saxophone).

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