Banner Ads Now Available on HOLA Website

Wanna promote your upcoming stage production? Your upcoming film screening? Your upcoming special event?

HOLA members often get publicity in our Members in Performance page, but what if you could promote on our main homepage, or in our directory (The HOLA Pages), where more people can see your ad?

What if you had a project with no HOLA members that you wanted to promote?

What if you wanted to promote something that wasn’t a show (like your production company itself or a new website)?

Now you can do so by BUYING A BANNER AD on the HOLA website.

Banner ads come in half-page and full-page sizes and can be on the HOLA website for one week, two weeks, three weeks or a whole month. HOLA can also link your ad to a particular website at no additional cost.

Prices on the banner ads are affordable. Also, not-for-profit organizations receive a 10% discount on ad prices.

The HOLA website receives thousands of visits each month. The HOLA website is viewed by many professionals in the industry and is a unique way of reaching the Latino/Hispanic and mainstream audiences, which make buying a banner ad a smart investment for you.

Wanna buy a banner ad? Call (212) 253-1015 or e-mail us for prices and ad dimensions.

HOLA Regional Membership Available For Those Outside New York Metropolitan Area

If you are an actor who lives in an area of the U.S. outside of the New York metropolitan area, New Jersey or Connecticut (HOLA's programming and administrative headquarters region), HOLA is proud to announce its Regional Membership level - for only $65 (versus a $125 regular NYC region membership price) for one full year!

As an HOLA Regional Member, you'll be entitled to the following member benefits:

• Your headshot, resume, reel and voiceover demo* showcased on the HOLA Pages, the internet's only concentrated source of Latino acting talent. The directory is a trusted resource for casting directors, producers and talent agents receiving, on average, over 5,000 visits per month. (* There is an additional charge of $15 for adding your voiceover demo.)

• Your performances listed and promoted via HOLA's website and social media pages (Facebook and Twitter) that reaches thousands of people in the entertainment industry.

• Casting notices that will alert you to employment opportunities tailored to the Latino actor.

• Advocacy to combat stereotypes of the Latino/Hispanic community in media and entertainment as well as the opportunity to join in solidarity with the Latino/Hispanic acting community.


Application for regional memberships accepted by telephone order only. Call HOLA toll-free at (212) 253-1015. (VISA, MasterCard and American Express accepted.) Please submit your headshot (in .jpg format) and resume in a Word document or in Portable Data Format (.doc or .docx; or .pdf) via e-mail to HOLA.

Why Join HOLA? Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About HOLA

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 and advocacy 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 and how so? (Or conversely, I have a fair amount of experience. How does HOLA apply to me?)

HOLA members 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 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 (New York metropolitan area), fill out the member application form here.

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.

Lucio Fernández, shown at right, were featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written and edited by 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera, also see below), where it highlighted that Fernández recently received the Illustrious Award from the Institute for Latino Studies at Rutgers University. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here.

Kathy Tejada and 2016 HOLA Awards recipient A.B. Lugo are co-starring in Elena Garro's Un hogar sólido. Directed by 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera (also see above), the TEBA production will take place in October at the Broadway Blackbox Theater, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja), shown at right, in character, with Tito Nieves, in the photo at left, was featured in a photo flash article on Broadway World, as a result of her co-starring role in the Pregones-PRTT musical production I Like It Like That. A jukebox musical of classic salsa tunes from the 1970s and 1980s (with additional original songs by musical director Desmar Guevara and others), the book is written by director Waddys Jáquez and David Maldonado. The musical is currently running at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. To read the article, click here.

Gualterio Alomar, through the Organization for Culture of Hispanic Origins (OCHO), is presenting an evening of art, literature, film and Hispanic culture. The evening will feature writer Jonathan Marcantoni with special guests Johanna Tolentino, Orlando Ferrand, and Nelson Antonio Denis, and a sneak preview of a new documentary. The event will take place Friday, September 30, 2016 at The Center, located in Manhattan's West Village. For more information, 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?

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.

Iliana Guibert, shown at right holding her award, is starring in the film Twice Upon A Time. Written by Guibert (who also executive produced) and directed by Paul Borghese, the short film, inspired by true events, is hitting the film festival circuit, winning awards along the way. The film won Best Local Film at the Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City, where it screened in September in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Elizardi Castro, shown at left, recently performed standup comedy sets at Comic Strip Live in New York City and Carmine's Comedy Club in Poughkeepsie, New York. For more information about his personal appearances, click here.

Lucio Fernández, shown at left, in the photo at right, with his wife Megan Fernández and their son, had a fantastic birthday when, on that day (Saturday, September 24, 2016), he received the prestigious Illustrious Award from the Institute for Latino Studies at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey (the alma mater of Fernández, also see below). In addition, both he and his wife, Megan Fernández, associate produced Chosun Opera Company's performance of Seonbi (conducted by Jahye Kim) on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at New York's world renowned Carnegie Hall.

Basil Rojas is directing Cindy Lou Johnson's play The Years. The production (by Sleeping Satellites Productions and Brazen Acorn Productions) will star Xandra Leigh Parker, Jesse Corbin, Tamra Paselk, Christina Moran, Jan Kutrzeba, and Jonathan Demar and will take place in October at the 4th Street Theater, located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here and 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?

Moisés Kaufman, Sandra Cisneros, Rodolfo Anaya, Luis Valdez Among the 2016 National Medal of Arts and Humanities Recipients

President Barack H. Obama presented the 2016 National Medals of Arts and Humanities on Thursday, September 22, 2016, in the morning in an East Room ceremony at the White House in Washington, District of Columbia.

Latinos/Hispanics who were awarded the 2015 National Medal of Humanities include author Rodolfo Anaya and chef/entrepreneur José Andrés. For more information, or to see the full list, click here. Latinos/Hispanics who were awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts include writer Sandra Cisneros; musician Santiago Jiménez, Jr.; playwright/director/producer (and HOLA Awards honoree) Moisés Kaufman, shown at left; playwright/actor/writer/director Luis Valdez. For more information, or to see the full list, click here. To see the medal ceremony, click on the video below.

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.

Jesús E. Martínez, Soledad López and Ángel Gil Orrios were featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (edited by 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera) as a result of their participation in the Thalía Hispanic Theatre production of Apartment for Sale (tenant included)/Se vende apartamento (con inquilino). Written by Juan Carlos Rubio, the production co-stars López and Martínez and is produced, directed and designed by Orrios. The show will run in September and October at Thalía's eponymous theater located in the Sunnyside area of Queens. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. [Above left: Martínez; above right, left to right: López, Gil Orrios.]

Cynthia Bastidas, shown at left, above, modeled clothing from Jennifer López and Rock and Republic on the fourth hour of NBC's "Today" (hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb).

Johanna Tolentino, shown at right, above, booked a guest-starring role on "The Blacklist" (NBC).

Alicia Kaplan and 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Alfonso Rey were both featured in separate articles in the New York weekly newspaper Impacto Latin News, where the former was highlighted for her recent tour of Colombia with the Danisarte production of Soliluna (created and directed by Kaplan) and the latter was lauded for his recent win of the Monologando Contando Ando festival for the solo show #Popular (written by Marcos Purroy and directed by Rey). To read the articles, which are in Spanish, click on the image at above right.

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?

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.

2016 HOLA Awards recipients Soraya Padrao and Mônica Steuer, shown above, left to right, co-starred in the film Cassanova Was A Woman (written by Jezabel Montero and directed by Kevin Arbouet). The feature film, which stars Montero, Margo Singaliese and Paolo Andino, is available for pre-order via iTunes. To order, click here (if in the USA) or here (if in Canada). For more information on the film, click here.

Gilbert Cruz is co-starring in Betty Shamieh's play Fit For A Queen. Directed by Tamilla Woodward, the Classical Theatre Company world premiere production is taking place in October at 3LD Art & Technology Center in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood. For more information about the production, click here.

Patrick Michael Valley, shown at left, is co-starring in the short film Sasha (written and directed by Dana Schoenfeld, who also stars in the film).

Rénoly Santiago is directing Mathilde Dehaye's Free Your Mind, Free Yourself. The double bill of one-act plays (Prejudice and Ride) will take place in September and October at the Producers' Club Theatre, located in thetheater district of midtown Manhattan. The production stars Dehaye, 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Úrsula Tinoco, Fiona Robert Kapacinskas and Reza Salazar. For more information, 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?

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.

2016 HOLA Awards recipient Jeannie Sol, shown at right, will be performing on a double bill with entertainer Harmonica Sunbeam on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at Club Feathers in River Edge, New Jersey.

Hernando Caicedo is co-starring in the short film Illegal Mezcal (written and directed by Stephanie Gardner), which just wrapped up principal photography.

Rénoly Santiago co-starred in an episode of "Difficult People" (Hulu).

Vanessa Verduga just released the music video for "Owner of My Heart", the leadoff single off her debut album Soy Mujer. To see the video, click below.



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?