HOLA Member Bochinche

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

Modesto Lacén just wrapped up producing Sunilda Caraballo's solo show Hardware Dreams at Theater for the New City and will follow that up with portraying the Brazilian sculptor Antônio Francisco Lisboa (also known as O Aleijadinho) in the NY Artists Unlimited/Montauk Theatre Productions' Black Gold - the Passion of Aleijadinho. Written and directed by Melba LaRose, the show is scheduled for a December run at the Shooting Star Theatre at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan.

Blanca Vásquez recorded voiceovers of two different characters for a children's interactive iPad application called "Goodie Words," recorded audiobooks for Audible.com and recorded educational books for Pearson Education.

Éric-Dominique Pérez had a sold out performance of his self-penned solo show El Gringuito (directed by A.B. Lugo) at Theatre Row Studios in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. He will next perform the show in December at The PIT (People's Improv Theater) in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.

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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.

Gladys K. Nilsen e-mailed us to let us know that she sang a repertoire of songs in English, Spanish and French, as well as a tribute to the Chilean miners at the restaurant ETC. ETC. located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan.

Actor-dancer-choreographer Milteri Tucker brought a dance program to the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in the Columbus Circle area of Manhattan. She and a company of nine performed a number she choreographed; it marked the first time the Afro-Puerto Rican dance bomba was presented on that stage.

Angelina Llongueras e-mailed us to let us know that her self-penned solo show Phoolan is Everyone was invited to perform in the Festival de Mujeres en Escena por la Paz: Memoria e Independencia and Festival de Teatro Contemporáneo de Mujeres theater festivals, in Bogotá and Cali, Colombia, respectively.

FELT and Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (the latter home to HOLA) is set to present The Pins and Needles of the Heart. Written and directed by Arcadio Ruiz Castellanos, the play is produced by Gloria Zelaya, is scheduled for a December run in the Flamboyán Theater in the CSV Center (located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood) and features Jorge Hoyos, J.W. Cortés, Cristina Rodríguez, Paul Cosentino and Joanna Blais in the cast.

Tony Chiroldes booked the audiobook narration for the Spanish language version of Ricky Martin's memoir Me (naturally titled in Spanish, Yo).

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WELCOME NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2010

Below is a list of new (and returning) HOLA members who joined between September 1, 2010 and October 31, 2010.

(Top row, left to right): Miguel Belmonte, Melita Camilo; (second row, left to right): Koko De Jesús, Henry Gaínza; (third row, left to right): Richard Gómez, Susanna Guzmán; (fourth row, left to right): Laura Lona, Ignacio Meneses.

2010 HOLA Awards Closing Number

Soloists: Henry Gaínza, Yuri Rodríguez and Mariand Torres.
Performers: Janet Dacal, Jace Coronado, Omar López Coronado, José Luaces, Anthony Michael Martínez, Stephanie Martínez, Hjordy's Matos, Joline Mujica, Skie Ocasio, Karina Ortiz, Andrea Sousa.
Musicians: Enrique De La Torre, Leo Huppert, Robin Lobe, Matt Zebroski.
Musical Direction and Arrangements: Jaime Lozano.
Director of Entertainment: Henry Gaínza.

HOLA Member Bochinche

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

Lucio Fernández's music video for "Morena linda" off his CD Enamorado can be seen here. For more information, click here. To buy the song, click here.

Inma Heredia is presenting her solo show My Audition for Almodóvar (co-written and directed by Alberto Ferreras) at Centro Español in Manhattan's West Village. For more information, click here. To see an interview she and the director did for NY1 Noticias, click here (interview is in Spanish).

Alberto Bonilla will be acting in Oasis, a play by Allen Davis III. Directed by Katrin Hilbe and produced by the Dramatic Question Theatre Company, the play will be on a double bill with George Joshua's Last Train to San Francisco and performed at Klimat in Manhattan's East Village.

Emmanuelle Bordas e-mailed us to let us that she booked the role of Liliana, the bubbly Hispanic receptionist in the web soap opera "Hospital Hope" and that she is doing a lot of Spanish language voiceovers and supervision of talent for Transperfect.

Éric-Dominique Pérez will be presenting his self-penned solo show El Gringuito at Theatre Row Theatre in the theater district of as part of the United Solo Theater Festival.

Venuz Delmar is acting in Federico García Lorca's Yerma. Directed by Yossi Yzraely, the show will be performed at the Frederick Loewe Theatre in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Teatro LATEA will be presenting the musical Is There Room In Your Heart? A musical about the homeless, it was written by Michael F. and Cynthia S. Marion and is directed by José A. Esquea. Scheduled for a December run, the show will take place at LATEA's eponymous theater in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) and will feature Sevans Callaghan, Mahammatt Baba, Howard Collado, Venuz Delmar, Mateo Gómez, A.B. Lugo, Andrés Chulisi Rodríguez, J.F. Seary, Jeannie Sol, Carissa Jocétt Toro, Victor Arnez, Amanda Idoko, Ann Flanigan, Folami Williams, Ashton Pina and others in the cast.

A.B. Lugo has been quite busy as of late. He will be performing in the musical Is There Room in Your Heart? at Teatro LATEA (see above), directing Éric-Dominique Pérez's El Gringuito at Theatre Row Theatres (see above) and flying to Puerto Rico to see his play Emboscada get produced at the Teatro Arcelay for the XXXII Festival de Teatro de Caguas. Directed by Emineh de Lourdes, Emboscada features Amneris Morales, Belange Rodríguez, José Brocco, Jandrés Burgos and José Luis Gutiérrez in the cast.

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 Society for the Educational Arts/Sociedad Educativa de las Artes (SEA) is having their fifth annual BORIMIX Puerto Rico Festival. Running throughout the month of November and dedicated to Pura Belpré, author-librarian-puppeteer-storyteller, this multidisciplinary festival (produced by Manuel A. Morán) showcases Puerto Rican artists whether island- or mainland-born. This is the first year that the festival will be in many locations. Some of the festival offerings are below.

• Caridad De La Luz will lead a poetry and spoken word performance workshop at El Museo Del Barrio in Manhattan's El Barrio neighborhood.

• Andrea Sousa will star in La cucarachita Martina/Martina The Little Roach, a Latino rock and roll musical based on the Puerto Rican and Cuban folktale. The production, directed by Manuel A. Morán, will take place at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre in the theater district of midtown Manhattan.

• Lauren Vélez will present El color de la guayaba, the latest film by Luis Caballero. This U.S. premiere will take place at Baruch College in the Gramercy section of Manhattan.

• Sunilda Caraballo will present her self-penned solo show Hardware Dreams. Produced by Modesto Lacén and Nueva Escena, the production will take place at the Theater for the New City in Manhattan's East Village.

• Lina Sarrello wrote and acted in a film called The Talk. The film, which also stars Rebeca Díaz, Paola Poucel and Joshua Taveras, will be shown at Baruch College in the Gramercy section of Manhattan. One of her paintings will also be shown in the gallery of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) as part of the Veuve Cucaracha exhibit.

• SEA will also present this year's BORIMIX Awards to several individuals who have made a significant contributions to the arts. They include Miriam Cruz, Caridad De La Luz and Lauren Vélez.

For more information on the BORIMIX festival, 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?

2010 HOLA Awards Report

The 2010 HOLA Awards Gala and Benefit on Monday, October 18th, was a complete success. There were so many highlights-- the red carpet arrivals (including appearances by luminaries such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emilio Delgado, Ada Maris, Dominic Colón and Douglas Santiago), the performances by Broadway singer-dancers, the witty banter of masters of ceremonies Jorge Ramos and Odalys Molina, the fantastic speeches by honorees John Quiñones, Robin De Jesús, José Yenque, Tony Plana and Lauren Vélez and the theater awardees, the fantastic food (including the special 35th anniversary cake made by Susan Gambelli Custom Cakes), the camaraderie between some the finest performers in the New York Latino arts community. A good time was had by all.

Check out the photos from the event taken by ARuiz Photography.