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.

Our beloved member Allison Trujillo-Strong will be appearing in the recurring role of Talia Goldstein in Season 2 of the Amazon Prime hit shot The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! You can catch Allison in episodes 4 and 5. Below is a still from the show, alongside the show's star Rachel Brosnahan. Join us in supporting this amazing actress! Felicitaciones, Allison!

Give Back on #GivingTuesday

 

A Global Movement

Now in its 7th year, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration.

#GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving to encourage and amplify small acts of kindness.

That’s why I’m reaching out today to tell you about our special #GivingTuesday campaign to donate to HOLA (The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors)so that we can continue to offer our services to the arts community during these times that call for recognition and support of diversity and the arts. For more information on what we do, please go to www.hellohola.org.

Please support the #GivingTuesday campaign with a gift to HOLA to help support and empower the Latino and arts communities to help enrich all lives.

DONATE NOW

Thank you from HOLA and we wish you all Happy Holidays!

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.

THE CONDUCT OF LIFE 

by María Irene Fornés
Directed by: Elena Araoz
With: Dakota Granados, Ana Grosse, Déa Julien, Monica Steuer, Terrell Wheeler

Boundless Theatre Company
At Teatro Círculo 64 E 4th Street

Running till September 30th
All info and tickets at http://www.boundlesstheatre.org/pages/index.php?qpath=the-conduct-of-life
María Irene Fornés’ critically acclaimed drama The Conduct of Life presents an unflinching portrayal of the intersection between political and personal violence. The play follows Orlando, an army officer serving under the totalitarian government of an unnamed Latin American state. As he advances in his career, Orlando perpetrates state-sanctioned acts of violence, warping his psyche and gradually upending life in his household. His descent into a lifestyle of corruption and abuse leaves Orlando’s family grappling with the pernicious intrusion of state terror in their private lives. This riveting exploration of power, gender and greed provides a timely and brutal portrait of domestic life under authoritarianism. 

Review:
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/the-conduct-of-life/darryl-reilly/

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The International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival is looking for volunteers! This year, the festival will take place November 14th - 19th, HOLA members are invited to volunteer and be part of the festival for free! If you would like to apply, please click here.

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MEMBERS ON TV!

Member Victor Cruz can be seen in Netflix's new show The Good Cop playing Sergeant Rudner, alongside Tony Danza and Josh Groban!

Anthony Ruiz was part of the pilot of the new show New Amsterdam playing Miguel. Catch Anthony and the new NBC show Tuesdays nights!

Congratulations members!

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.

Acclaimed HOLA member Luis Salgado returns to DC!

GALA Hispanic Theatre will mark its next season, it's 43rd, with eyes on modern classics, including the musical version of the iconic movie FAME!

Fame The Musical, which won an Academy Award for best original score, is a story about how students at the New York High School of Performing Arts,, against the odds, danced their way into artistic and commercial success. The stage production features a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes, and lyrics by Jacques Levy. Luis Salgado directs and choreographs. This musical will be in both English and Spanish, with subtitles. From April 25 to June 2 of next year.

THE 2018 HOLA AWARDS!

The 2018 HOLA Awards

The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA), the nation’s longest running active arts advocacy organization for Latino actors, has just announced the list of Honorees and Award recipients for the 2018 HOLA Awards Gala and Benefit.  

Dascha Polanco (“Orange is the New Black” Netlflix) will receive the HOLA Award for Excellence in Television; Kevin Chacón (“Jessica Jones” Netflix) will receive the HOLA Emerging Artist Award; Sophia Angelica, outstanding young singer and composer, will receive the HOLA Elizabeth Peña Breakthrough Artist Award; Jorge Alí Triana, a Colombian artist who has been working in the world of theater for more than 40 years will receive the HOLA Excellence in Theater Award; and Ana María Estrada, an outstanding actress of Peruvian television and American cinema, will receive the Raúl Juliá HOLA Founders Award.

The 2018 HOLA Awards will take place on Monday, October 22, 2018 at the Gramercy Arts Theater, headquarters of the Spanish Repertorio Company, located at 138 East 27^th Street. 

Tickets are $100. Seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling HOLA at (212) 253-1015 or (888) 624-HOLA.

In addition to the Honorees, HOLA will also continue its annual tradition of honoring the best of Latino theater in New York with noncompetitive awards encompassing multiple winners in each category. HOLA is at the forefront in recognizing the high caliber work being offered across New York’s growing and thriving Latino theatrical stages. For the HOLA Awards, the theater season begins on July 1st and ends June 30th of the following year. A list of the 2017-2018 theater awardees is listed below. 

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The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) is an arts service/advocacy organization dedicated to expanding the presence of Hispanic artists in entertainment and media through the cultivation, education and recognition of emerging artists. HOLA strives for an accurate, informed and non-stereotyped portrayal of the full spectrum of Latino culture and heritage in the entertainment and media industries.      

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2018 HOLA Awards Honors

HOLA EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION AWARD

Dascha Polanco, for the Netflix series, "Orange is the New Black.”

HOLA EMERGING ARTIST AWARD

Kevin Chacón, for the Netflix series, "Jessica Jones."

HOLA ELIZABETH PEÑA BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST AWARD

Sophia Angelica

HOLA EXCELLENCE IN THEATER AWARD

Jorge Alí Triana

RAÚL JULIÁ HOLA FOUNDERS AWARD

Ana María Estrada

 

2018 HOLA Awards for Excellence in Theater 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR

Gerardo Gudiño, Esperando El Lunes

Germán Jaramillo, El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba

Txemi Parra, El Crédito

Sebastian Stimman, Yo No Soy El Rey Lear

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR

Zulema Clares, El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba

María Fontanals, El Diván

Mónica Steuer, Atomic Intimacy

Génesis Tavarez, La Chica Del Parque

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR

César Augusto Cova, El Gos

Luis Carlos de la Lombana, El Crédito

Alfonso Rey, El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba

Gonzalo Trigueros, Exquisita Agonia

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR

Yanet Betances, La Sagrada Familia

María Cotto, Locos Y Duendes De Las Dunas

Juanita Lara, Pedro Infante: Cien Años Pienso En Ti

Paola Poucel, La Soprano Calva En McDonald’s

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED MALE ACTOR

Josean Ortiz, Nadie Es Profeta En Su Espejo

Mai Rojas, The Leyend Of The Faun And The Journey

Israel Solla, Nadie Es Profeta En Su Espejo

Sebastián Ospina, Blacamán El Bueno, Vendedor De Milagros

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED FEMALE ACTOR

Gemma Ibarra, Unos Cuantos Piquetitos

Luz Nicolás, Exquisita Agonia

Valentina Muhr, La Soprano Calva En McDonald’s

Kairiana Núñez Santaliz, Tuya

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Nelson Celis, El Cielo Y El Dolor

Natalia Ivana Escobar, No Se Si Voy O Vengo

Úrsula tinoco, ¡Por Fin!

José Luis Useche, El Doctor Insecto

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST

El Caballero de Olmedo - Ignacio García Bustelo, Soraya Padrao, José Cheo Oliveras, Miriam Cruz, Juan Luis Acevedo, Fermín Suárez, Joealis Filippetti y Anibal Nobel

Enchufe Awards - Zuleinette Ralat, Venuz María del Mar, Gilberto Gabriel Díaz, Braulio Basilio, Andrés López Alicea y Fernando Moya

La Oreja Militar - Jessica Florí, Agar García, Yorman Ostos y Héctor Palacios

Reinas De La Noche - Soledad López, William Saquicella, Inma Heredia, Anissa Gathers, Harold Puente, Yloy Ibarra, Franco Galecio, Jonathan Méndez, Pamela Sue Martin.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION/DESIGN

El Caballero de Olmedo – Israel Franco-Müller (Lighting, Scenery and Wardrobe)

Pedro Infante: Cien Años Pienso En Ti – Pablo Mayor (Music); Daniel Fetecua (Choreography); Segundo Tenesaca (Scenery) ; Erick Solano (Lighting); Mary Montano (Wardrobe)

Valor, Agravio y Mujer – Leni Méndez (Scenery and Wardrobe); Zulema Clares (Sound); Lucrecia Briceño (Lighting); Gonzalo Trigueros y Gabriel Rosario (Stage Combat)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PLAYWRITING

Emir Cruz, El Lenguaje De Las Flores

Julie de Grandy, ¡Por Fin!

Pablo García Gámez, El Gos

Pedro Monge Rafuls, La Oreja Militar

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION

Mariano de Paco Serrano, El Caballero de Olmedo

Angel Gil Orrios, Tango & Flamenco Fusion

Leyma López, Valor, Agravio y Mujer

Fernando Then, El Crédito

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Piedad Castaño for his outstanding work in El Lenguaje De Las Flores

Nilo Cruz for the world premiere of Exquisita Agonía

Caridad del Valle outstanding actress who assumes new responsibilities with mastery in Esperando El Lunes

Jean Rodríguez outstanding performance in Drácula

Héctor Luis Rivera for his outstanding work in La Sagrada Familia

The William V. Musto Cultural Center in Union City, New Jersey

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN MUSICAL THEATER

Jeannie Sol, Cenicienta Tanguera

Marga Mitchell, Tango & Flamenco Fusion

Sebastián Beltrán, Pedro Infante: Cien Años Pienso En Ti

Walter Pérez-Leonardo Sardella, Male Tango

GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMEDY/MUSICAL PRODUCTION

Cenicienta Tanguera

Male Tango

El Crédito

Tango & Flamenco Fusion

GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRODUCTION

El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba

The Eye of the Needle

El Caballero de Olmedo

La Cantante Calva

Prime Latino Media Salon (August 2018) - Maverick Alliences

presents

New York’s monthly series for independent
Latino multimedia-makers, actors & musicians

at

The Green Room in New World Stages 

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

“A support network to advocate, promote & advance mainstream & Latino projects in English & Spanish.”

MAVERICK ALLIENCES

"Latinos Unidos for Social Change" - that's our mantra for 2018. Boom line: we can't do it alone. What defines social change for Latinos in the USA? It's when a theater operator, guild, and playwright unite to showcase original works from Latin America. It's when straight people in our community unite to portray the humanity of the LGBT

community. It's when an artist finally connects with a good manager. As we do every month, join us for personal and professional accounts shared through insightful interviews, networking, conversation, and of course... drinks.

7pm - 8pm - Networking

Interviews by TIO LOUIE:

8pm- Shout-Out: Louie Salazar with 1st feature in pre-prod, Nice To Meet Me

8:10pm - Janio Marrero, theater producer, and Tere Martinez, playwright and educator, who brought Puerto Rican playwrights to NYC in Power Grid

8:40pm - Actors Maggie Diaz Bofill, LAByrinth Theater and Power Grid, plus Luis Ponce, FUERZAfest

9:05pm - from Puerto Rico for the NY Latino Film Festival premier of their two short films, filmmakers Omar Camilo & David Norris

9:30pm - Jorge Glem, award-winning cuatro player, mandolinist, and producer

10pm - 10:30pm - Networking

RSVP FREE ADMISSION AND CASH BAR: https://unidos.eventbrite.com

Location: New World Stages, 340 W. 50th st (bet. 8th & 9th Aves.)

Next: PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salón JUNE 2018

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.

Our friends at Teatro Sea are getting ready to open the second season of their hit play Sueño: A Latino Take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream!

IPFFNYC is an expanded project of Teatro SEA’s Arts for All Festival/Arte Pa’ Mi Gente. After a full day of International shows, Teatro SEA will present their award-winning and revamped production, Sueño: A Latino take on Shakespeare’s – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, each evening of the festival at 7:30 PM completely free for the community. After a successful run in NYC (2015), the show traveled to Puerto Rico and was the main event of the 51st International Theater Festival. It was performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Puerto Rico and was staged outdoors in front the most iconic historical site in the country, El Morro. Unfortunately, after the tour in Puerto Rico, the majority of the puppets were lost at sea in transit back to NYC. We have spent the last two years revamping and improving the set, costumes and rebuilding the puppets.  

Teatro SEA is excited to bring back Sueño just in time to be part of the IPFFNYC. Teatro SEA’s “Latinized” version of this theatrical classic aims is to spark interest in audiences, especially young and underserved audiences, that don’t have the opportunity to see the Shakespeare’s work. Sueño features a diverse group of 25 actors, singers, orchestra, dancers and puppeteers. The show includes over 65 carnival puppets, stilt walkers and masks including “Vejigantes and Cabezudos” … folkloric characters from Puerto Rico, used in festival celebrations. The presentation of Shakespeare’s work in Latin America dates back to the 1800s, but rarely do New Yorkers get a chance to see adapted Latino versions of the master’s plays.

For more information, please visit www.teatrosea.org or call 212 529-1545.

One performance per evening, August 8th through 12th at 7:30pm. 60 minutes (Performed in English)

Esteemed HOLA member Mario Golden's Spanish language novel Semillas has been released in Mexico!

Semillas (Seeds, in Spanish) tells the story of Gabriel, a young gay immigrant activist that decides to return to his native Mexico. Fiercely idealistic, he is committed to support the struggles of the poor and very much hopes to find love.

Semillas was published by Ediciones Letrablanca, an emerging publishing house in Mexico City, where Mario grew up. 

The printing of Semillas was relatively small, which means Mario's novel is being distributed mostly in Mexico for now. It can be found at the following bookstores in Mexico City: Librería Clandestina, Voces En Tinta, and Foro 37. It can also be purchased directly from Letrablanca.

In addition, the digital version can be purchased on Amazon and Google Books, and should be available soon through other platforms.