HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mention 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.

Aileene Pérez, shown at right, is joining the cast of the Carlos Velis play San Salvador después del eclipse. Produced by United Productions and directed by Ricardo J. Salazar, it will be presented in May at the V Festival del Comisionado Dominicano at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. She joins the all-HOLA member cast of Natalia Ivana Escobar, Jorge Luis Figueroa and Franco Yáñez. For more information, click here or here. [Blogger's note: Pérez was cast after the director-producer saw her profile on the HOLA online directory of talent and called her in to audition (as was the rest of the cast).] 

Lucio Fernández is associate producing the feature film La Academía. Directed by Antonio Landeo, the film is currently filming in Peru and Union City, New Jersey.

Manuel A. Morán, shown at left, was featured in the ArteNY blog, as a result of him directing and producing the Teatro SEA production of Sueño. A trilingual (English-Spanish-Portuguese) musical retelling of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete with puppetry), it is adapted by Norge Espinosa (with English translations by Alan González and Portuguese translations by Adalberto Müller), and feature original music by Manuel Calzada and Alejandro Zuleta. The production boasts assistant direction by José A. Esquea, hair and makeup by Jeannie Sol, choreography by Daniel Fetecua, and scenic and puppet design by José López. Sueño will star Nelson Landrieu, Adriana Sananes, Daniel Soto, and Milteri Tucker (see below) among others, and will be presented outdoors in June at the La Plaza space of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. To read the blog, click here.

Milteri Tucker (see above) recently performed with her dance company, Bombazo Dance Company, at the United For Sam benefit, which took place on Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. For more information, click here.

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