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.

Joel Pérez, shown at right, was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award (NY IT) as part of the ensemble of the Broken Box Mime Theater production Topography (also in the cast nominated for Outstanding Ensemble are Becky Baumwoll, Dinah Berkeley, Géraldine Dulex, David Jenkins, Tasha Milkman, Marissa Molnar, Leah Wagner, Joshua Wynter and Matt Zambrano). The ensemble-devised and -directed work was also nominated for two other NY IT Awards– for Outstanding Choreography/Movement and Outstanding Performance Art Production. For more information, click here. He can currently be seen on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre playing Roy, Mark, Pete, Bobby, and Jeremy in the Jeanine Tesori-Lisa Kron Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home (based on the Alison Bechdel graphic novel of the same name). For more information, click here.

Christopher Morriss will be starring in the Samsun Knight play Vanishing Point. Produced by Middle Distance and directed by Sophie Weisskoff, the play will be presented in New York City in August as part of the New York International Fringe Festival (fringeNYC) at Teatro SEA, in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here or here.

Sandor Juan is starring as the title character of El burlador de Sevilla. Written by Tirso de Molina and directed by Victoria Collado, the play also stars Claudio Weisz, Marcelo Carrascosa and Úrsula Tinoco and is being presented in July and August at the Repertorio Español, located in Manhattan's Rose Hill neighborhood. For more information (and to buy tickets), click here.

The Francisco Lupini Basagoiti short film Tú. Yo. Baño. Sexo. Ahora.  continues its journey on the film festival circuit, this time making its Asian premiere at the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) in September in Taipei, Taiwan. The film stars Francisco Fuertes and Mauricio Pita (also see below). For more information, click here.

The next incarnation of the Sueño Pop concert series, from SepLo Productions, was featured in the Arte NY blog. Created by José Sepúlveda, the concert is titled "Baila" and will feature music direction by Carlos Escalona, It will be presented on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Drom, located in Manhattan's East Village. The performers for the "Baila" concert include Sepúlveda, Mauricio Pita (also see above), and Luis Salgado. To read the blog in Arte NY (which is in Spanish), click here. For more information, click here and here. [Clockwise from the top left, on the photo above left: Pita, Sepúlveda, Salgado.]

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?