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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 18, 2014, 4:47 pm

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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.

2014 HOLA Awards recipient Marco Antonio Rodríguez, shown at right, will be joining the cast of Carmen Rivera's La caída de Rafael Trujillo. Directed by Cándido Tirado, the play will also star José Cheo Oliveras, Eva Cristina Vásquez, Adriana Sananes, Johary Ramos, 2014 HOLA Award recipient Fermín Suárez, 2014 HOLA Award recipient Iván Camilo, and Ed Trucco. The production will have a run in October and November at Teatro Círculo's namesake space in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here or here.

David González can be seen in an on-camera Spanish language commercial for Premier Ford (he also does the voiceover for the commercial as well).

J.F. Seary will act in the play Latin Lives. Written by Robert Louis Maisonett and Lourdes Cuadrado Cabrera, it is directed by Lourdes Sepúlveda and will run in September and October at the Producers' Club Theaters in the theater district of midtown Manhattan.

José Sepúlveda and SepLo Productions are presenting another Sueño Pop concert, where singers sing the songs of Latin pop. While the previous concert was subtitled "Crossover", this concert is called "Pulso Latino". In addition to Sepúlveda, Mauricio Pita and Daniel Anthony Hidalgo (among others) will headline the concert, which will take place on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Tammany Hall, located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information on the concert, click here. One can see Sepúlveda, Pita and Hidalgo, singing by clicking on their respective videos 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?

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 19, 2014, 11:15 am

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Mauricio Pita, shown at right, booked a role in the play Los empeños de una casa (House of Desires). Written by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and directed by Hugo Medrano, it will run in February and March 2015 at the Gala Hispanic Theater in Washington, District of Columbia. In addition, he shot a print campaign for Tyte and Lyle. He is currently acting (with Lisann Valentín) in I Like To Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, or, This Is A Mango. A series of plays written by Camilo Almonacid; Jenny Lyn Bader; J. Stephen Brantley; Ed Cardona, Jr.; Les Hunter; Melisa Tien; and Joy Tomasko, it is directed by Ari Laura Kreith as part of the Theater: Village Festival of New American Plays, and presented by Theatre 167 at the New Ohio Theatre, located in Manhattan’s West Village. For more information, click here or here.

Teatro Vanguardia USA is presenting its new season with a pair of short plays. They are Confesiones de Lola (written and directed by Joanna Herrera) and Cuestión de vida o muerte (written by José Martínez Queirolo and directed by Ivan L. Argudo). The plays will be presented in October at the Producers' Club Theaters in the theater district of midtown Manhattan and star Maribella La Bella Garay, Herrera, Ivonne Martínez, Emir Cruz, Carlos Solís, Roberto D Jesús and Thiago Jiménez.

Edison Carrera received a special recognition award from the Universidad Dominicana Organización y Método (O & M) and its Teatro Universitario O & M (based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) for his staging of his solo work Mi vida en el teatro (presented by Carrera's theater company, Teatro Tocando Puertas). The certificate of special recognition can be seen at left.

Jorge Pupo will soon be seen in an episode of "Boardwalk Empire" (CBS).

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?

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Tío Louie, HOLA and ULP Present PRIME LATINO MEDIA SALÓN (September 2014)

September 19, 2014, 2:24 pm

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Metropolitan New York’s only monthly series for

Latino multimedia-makers & actors

Join us at the

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 6-10pm

A support network to advocate, promote & advance

mainstream & Latino projects in English & Spanish.

HISPANIC HERITAGE: FLYING HIGH

Everyone wants to soar. Actors yearn for it all: theater, film, television, commercials and voice-overs for animation. Filmmakers want that opening aerial scene that transports the audience. For Hispanic Heritage we celebrate those working and aiming for higher ground. Hear from those that have done it, how they continue to do it and what creative resourcing pays the bills within their artistic realm. Learn how three best friends put their heads and experience together, forging a new company to fill a void and how they’re in demand with new technology delivering top quality for compromised budgets. Join us for some networking, conversations and wine. Because this Hispanic Heritage, it’s not a whine fest, it’s about taking yourself and project to new heights ~ ¡sí se puede!

6-8pm: Networking

8-9pm: TÍO LOUIE Reporta/Chat: Interviews with Actor/Multimedia-maker

9-10pm: Networking

· Moderator: TÍO LOUIE/Louis E. Perego Moreno, President, Skyline Features

· Interview #1: Jorge Pupo, actor, guest star on "Boardwalk Empire"

· Interview #2: Edward Kostakis, producer/Creative Director and Multi-rotor of Xizmo Media (aerial productions with drones)

Save The Date– PRIME LATINO MEDIA FESTIVAL, October 5-12, 2014

1) Showcase: English- & Spanish-language films, TV & Digital Media

2) Conference: workshops, panels & Master Classes

3) Collective: connecting multimedia-makers with funders & distributors

FREE ADMISSION & CASH BAR/FOOD – RSVP at following: http://hispherfly.eventbrite.com

NEW Location: Bar 13, 121 University Place (at East 13th Street near Union Square), NYC. http://www.bar13.com

Jorge Pupo

On September 28, 2014, he will appear alongside Patricia Arquette in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" playing a bank manager in 1930s Cuba-- all this for someone born in Santiago de Cuba. He was recently cast in a Kevin Kline film, has appeared on the Emmy® Award winning series "The Sopranos" (HBO) and NBC's "Law & Order" (working alongside Jerry Orbach). He’s done commercials from Coca-Cola to McDonald's and Budweiser to Dr. Pepper and Ziploc bags (with television star Dom DeLuise). On "Entre Amigos-Among Friends", he was the host of the TV show interviewing Latinos in media. For independent cinema he has done El Cantante, Piñero, Azúcar amarga and Zooman. As a bilingual theatrical actor he was a member of Repertorio Español and has performed in Dark Habits by Pedro Almódovar, as well as Albert Camus’ The Misunderstanding. His voice has been captured in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" and as Papi in "Dora the Explorer". He has recordied literary works in Spanish for The Library of Congress of The United States by such greats as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Paulo Coelho and Umberto Eco. http://www.imdb.me/jorgepupo

Edward Kostakis

After graduating from Queens College having studied media, he and his two closest friends (Pablo Barrera & Carlos Espinel) decided to go into business for themselves opening a full production bilingual company whose mission is to bring high cinematic quality to independent films by using multi-rotor platform (using professional pilots and outstanding aerial videography by remote controlled helicopters) carrying professional grade cameras. Born in Flushing, Queens, he spent most of his youth growing up in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. http://www.xizmomedia.com

Louis E. Perego Moreno (Tío Louie)

An interactive content producer and educator who for the past 32 years has owned Skyline Features, a bilingual (English- and Spanish-language) multimedia and educational production company developing documentaries, television programming and advertising commercials featuring Latinos, Blacks, Women, Urban Youth and LGBT. Produced 70 documentary shorts with 1,500 Latino and Black Youth. Producer/Director/Writer of documentary feature, Latina Confessions (2010) and airing on PBS nationally was co-producer on American Dreams Deferred (2012-2014). Executive Producer of PRIME LATINO MEDIA SALÓN, metro-New York's only monthly gathering of Latino multimedia-makers and actors in which over 60 narrative & documentary filmmakers, programmers, casting agents, digital media producers and actors have been interviewed.

Follow the movement....

FACEBOOK Group: Prime Latino Media

Twitter: @PLMSalon

Instagram: PRIME LATINO MEDIA

Vimeo: Prime Latino Media

Join the following Professional Networking Groups:

· Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) www.hellohola.org

· United Latino Professionals (ULP) http://www.ulpnetwork.com

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 21, 2014, 6:46 pm

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David Zayas, shown at right, has signed on to star opposite Kevin Dillon in The Lennon Report. Written by Jeremy Profe and Walter Vincent and to be directed by Profe, the feature film is currently in pre-production. For more information, click here.

Inma Heredia will present a special one-night-only performance of her self-penned solo show Divas de España. Directed by Adolfo Vásquez, the show will take place on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at Centro Español, located in Manhattan's West Village. For more information, click here.

Bianka Gómez, shown at left, was profiled on Dominican blog Enterato, where her career in New York was highlighted. To see the profile (which is in Spanish), click here.

Group of the Arts (GOTA) will present Rosita. Adapted from texts by Federico García Lorca and directed by J. Edgar Mozoub, the production will be part of the eARTh Theater Festival/Lorca Al Desnudo II, scheduled to take place in November at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters complex, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The production boasts the talents of Dilcia De Jesús, Anny Gómez de Benítez, Alexandra Manzano, Yvette Quintero, Héctor Luis Rivera, Raúl Rivera, Pedro Vargas and María Vázquez in the cast.

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?

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 21, 2014, 7:43 pm

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Joel Pérez, shown at right, is performing in the fall performance of Broken Mime Theater. Titled Topography, the ensemble-devised work will run in September and October in The Wild Project, located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here or here.

Abdel González shot a commercial for New York Lotto.

Jesús E. Martínez starred in My Superhero, Roberto Clemente. Written by Manuel A. Morán (book, co-lyrics, co-music) and Alejandro Zuleta (co-lyrics, co-music), it was directed by Morán. The show, recipient of two 2014 HOLA Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Production/Design, was presented in September at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit, Michigan. The play features puppet, set and animation design by 2014 HOLA Awards recipient José López Alemán and choreography by 2014 HOLA Awards recipient Daniel Soto, and also starred Jorge Castilla, Ann Flanigan and Chris Williams in the cast.

Walter Krochmal recorded the Spanish-language audiobook version of Nelson Mandela's autobiography Long Walk To Freedom (El largo camino hacia la libertad). This audiobook version, in addition to being for sale, will be housed in The Library of Congress in Washington, District of Columbia.

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?

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HOLAwave: Hispanic Heritage Month... eh, ¿qué?

September 22, 2014, 12:43 pm

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HOLAwave represents a series of guest blogs by industry insiders giving informative and educational tidbits for the Latino performer. They can range from acting and auditioning advice, tech tips, legal advice, marketing, producing tips, and so on. Get caught up in the wave– the HOLAwave.]

What is Hispanic Heritage Month? Seriously, I'm Colombian and I have no idea. I don't remember it being a big deal in school. I can't recall seeing commercials on TV reminding me about the celebration of my heritage during mid-September through mid-October. (Honestly, who chose those dates?)

According to HispanicHeritageMonth.org, this "month" is where "we recognize the important contributions made by the presence of Hispanics and Latino Americans to the United States". That sounds awesome! So, where and when does this happen? Is there a Facebook invite I missed? A hashtag I'm supposed to be using? If there is a celebration, it must not be about Latinos. Trust me, we celebrate anything– my family turns a 5 year old's birthday party into a 4am dancing and drinking fest.

Something feels odd, I'm not sure what it is. Maybe it's the fact that although Hispanics make up the second largest ethnic group and 17% of the total U.S. population, it still feels like we're hidden in the kitchens and cleaning rooms of America. Never mind that Latinos/Hispanics have the highest movie attendance average among other races/ethnic groups. According to the theatrical market statistics report released by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Hispanics continue to be the largest growing percentage of moviegoers and more likely than any other ethnic group to go to the movies. In contrast, Caucasian moviegoers have declined to less than half of what it had been and other ethnic groups have remained stable since 2009.

Now pair this with the study done by the the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at University of Southern California showing that out of all the characters in the top grossing films from 2007-2013, only 4.9% were Hispanic/Latino characters. So what does this say about America? The facts are there, one ethnic group continues to grow, yet remains under-represented within the country in which it lives.

It's not just movies. Hispanics lag behind other racial and ethnic groups in college enrollment. In politics, although there's been an increase in Latinos serving in elected office, only 3.3% of nationally elected seats are held by Latinos. Make no mistake about it though, once election season comes around, everyone will be running around speaking Spanish and talking immigration trying to dip their hands in the 25.2 million Hispanic voters in 2014.

It feels like we're the unwanted child. How am I supposed to feel proud celebrating my heritage in a country whose actions have done the opposite in accepting me as a member of society? How can I truly feel proud of what my people have done for the history of America when I had to change my name from Hernando to Josh to rent an apartment? Or why I had to start including my picture when submitting job applications because of fear I was getting pushed aside for my name?

There was a glimmer of hope. Last year, PBS released a six-hour documentary called "Latino Americans", highlighting the stories and history of Latinos and Hispanics in America. I guess I should settle for yearly replays of a documentary that I didn't hear about until after it aired. Besides that, what reason do I have to celebrate? Why should I be excited? It's not like there's some bug event that has a heave Hispanic influence and seen nationwide by everyone. It's not like the past two years, the Major League Baseball (MLB) Most Valuable Player Award in the American League has gone to the same player, a Venezuelan native. Makes me wonder how exciting the MLB postseason would be without Hispanics, especially since the MLB postseason coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month.

Hernando Caicedo moved to the United States from Colombia with his family and settled in Florida. There he attended the University of South Florida majoring in Mass Communications and Theater. Afterwards he moved to New York where he studied film and television at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Upon graduating he had the opportunity to work on several stage productions including Prophet of Borough Park and Transubstantiation (directed by André Glant-Linden). He most recently starred as Romeo in the independent film Romeo and Juliet in Harlem (directed by Aleta Chappelle).

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 22, 2014, 5:15 pm

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Monte Bezell, shown at right, is one of the stars of the upcoming series titled "Sangre Nueva". For more information, click here or here.

Teresa Yenque is guest-starring on an episode of "Power" (Starz).

Francisco Ramos is the star of The Hardest Love (written and directed by Henry B. Roa). The feature film is an official selection of the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival, scheduled to take place in November in Manhattan's El Barrio neighborhood. For more information, click here.

The award-winning short film You're Dead To Me (written by Adelina Anthony and directed by Wu Tsang) continues its run on the film festival circuit. The film starring Laura Patalano and Harmony Rose Santana will be screened at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival and Lecture Series in Brooklyn, New York. For more information, click here or 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?

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 23, 2014, 11:40 am

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Raquel Almazán, shown at right, will guest star on an episode of "The Blacklist" (NBC).

The short film Lobo: An Orisha Tale (written and directed by Lina Sarrello) is an official selection of the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival, which will occur in November in New York City. The film stars Sarrello, Gloria Zelaya, Paola Poucel, Juan Chaves, Isabella Barrett and Skyy Blue. For more information on the film festival, click here.

Jorge Pupo will be seen in the upcoming film Dean. Written and directed by Demetri Martin (who also stars as the titular character), the feature film also stars Kevin Klein, Gillian Jacobs and Mary Steenburgen and is currently in post-production for a 2015 release. For more information, click here.

David Zayas appeared as himself in a webisode of the webseries "Improv Imagination" (Vanity Fair's channel The Scene) where he opined on the fates of the major characters of the Showtime series "Dexter" on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of its season finale (including a dead character and his character, Ángel Batista). To see what he thinks, click here. (Zayas can currently be scene playing Salvatore "The Boss" Maroni in the Fox series "Gotham".)

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?

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September 25, 2014, 12:35 pm

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2014 HOLA Awards recipient Edna Lee Figueroa was profiled in a recent issue of the Puerto Rican newspaper La Semana, where she spoke of her being awarded a 2014 HOLA Award for her role in the Teatro Círculo production Carmen Loísaida (written by Eva Cristina Vásquez and directed by 2014 HOLA Awards recipient Beatriz Córdoba). It also talks of her latest project, the solo show Láyel (written and directed by Joselo Arroyo), which is scheduled to take place in October as part of the Monologando Ando festival at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters, located in the theater district of Manhattan in New York City. For more information, click here. To read the article (which is in Spanish), click on the image at right.

Nanda Abella will be acting in Todo que está a mi lado/Everything By My Side. The Performance Space 122 (PS122) interactive installation and theater piece is co-presented by the Hudson River Park and the French Institute-Alliance Française (FIAF), as part of the 2014 Crossing the Line Festival was created by Fernando Rubio and will take place in September at Hudson River Park's Pier 45, just off Manhattan's West Village. For more information, click here.

Rénoly Santiago will be acting in the Carmen Rivera play Julia de Burgos: Criatura del Agua. Directed by Cándido Tirado, the show also stars Amneris Morales, Belange Rodríguez, Carlos Esteban Fonseca, Georgina Borri and Jimmy Navarro. The production will be performed in November at the historic Teatro Yagüez in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Robin De Jesús, shown at left, will be headlining along with Broadway stars Lena Hall and E. Clayton Cornelious for a one-night-only tribute concert to Prince, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his Academy and Grammy award-winning album Purple Rain (and film of the same name). The concert, titled "Dearly Beloved... A 30th Anniversary Tribute to His Purple Majesty", will also feature Kiyan Taghaboni and Ariel Bellvalaire and have musical direction by Michael Moritz, Jr. The concert will take place on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 42West, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here or here.

Eduardo Ramos and CJ Richards (collectively known as Handsome For Hire) are once again featured in Cosmopolitan.com, where they perform a rap song (penned by Ramos and Richards) encouraging voter registration and turnout for the U.S. midterm elections, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. For more information, click here or on the video 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?

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Maker Studios Targets Hispanic Millennials With MiTú Partnership

September 25, 2014, 2:59 pm

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Disney-owned Maker Studios, currently the world's largest provider of online video for "millennials", will partner with Latino content creator MiTú to target the online Hispanic market in the U.S. Maker will work with MiTú's Hispanic talent to produce original and branded content. The financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. For more information, check out Gina Hall's article in The Wrap by clicking here.

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 26, 2014, 12:13 pm

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Edvin Ortega, shown at right, starred in the film The Jersey Devil (written by Joseph and Billy Pepitone and directed by Joseph Pepitone). The film screened at the Jersey City International Television and Film Festival in Jersey City, New Jersey. For more information, click here.

Ellie Diez has just been cast in Quiara Alegria Hudes's play Water By The Spoonful, which will be presented this autumn by Lehman Stages, located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx.

Athenas Duché is acting in the film 5 Días (written by Matthew Preston, directed by Nicholas Ortiz and starring Preston and Jason Torres), currently shooting in New York City.

Alberto Bonilla was the subject of a profile in "Lo que no te habíán contado" (Televicentro Honduras), where his career as an actor was highlighted. To see the profile (which is in Spanish), 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?

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HOLA Member Bochinche

September 27, 2014, 7:37 pm

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Juan Villarreal, shown at right, is starring in Antonio César Morón's Balanza de los instintos. Directed by Mario Colón, the play also stars Juan Luis Acevedo, Nicole Betancourt, Carmen Cabrera and Yaremis Félix, and will run in September and October in IATI Theater's namesake space, located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

Allison Strong performed songs off of her debut album March Towards The Sun on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the First Street and Observer Highway stage at the Hoboken Music and Arts Festival in Hoboken, New Jersey. For more information, click here.

IShowNY Productions and Yajaira Paredes are presenting Gustavo Ott's Passport. Directed by Alfonso Rey, the play will be produced as part of the Venezuelan Art Festival Miami. The show stars Noëlle Mauri, Mafer Rodríguez and Paredes and will be presented in October at Teatro Ateneo Doral in Doral, Florida. For more information, click here.

Ellie Diez booked a role in the feature film Breathe (written by Asensio and Jerome Perzigian, story and direction by Ana Asensio). The thriller stars Asensio and Brian Kleinman. 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?

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September 29, 2014, 1:03 pm

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Sebastian Stimman, shown at right, will be acting in the play Lorca, la luna y la muerte. Based on Federico García Lorca's Un poeta en Nueva York, it is adapted and will be directed by Paul Montoya and also star 2014 HOLA Awards recipient Caridad del Valle and César Cova. The production (presented by La Caja de los Prejuicios) will be a part of the eARTh Theatre Festival/Lorca Al Desnudo II, scheduled to take place in November at the Roy Arias Theaters in the theater district of midtown Manhattan in New York. In addition, he booked a lead role in the feature film 1.7 Alpha (written and directed by Quanah Jay Hicks), as well as a role in Together Strong, an interactive app for companies and people who work with veterans. For more information, click here.

2014 HOLA Awards recipient Pablo Andrade, shown at left, booked a role in the play Federico García Lorca vuelve a nacer (based on the works of Federico García Lorca). Produced by United Productions, it will be presented as part of the eARTh Theatre Festival/Lorca Al Desnudo II, scheduled to take place in November at the Roy Arias Theaters in the theater district of midtown Manhattan in New York. Also in the cast are Natalia Ivana Escobar, Flor Bromley, Greidys Gil and Carla Blasi. For more information on the festival, click here. In addition, he was the subject of a profile in El Blog de Pablo, which dealt with his career this past year (which included him picking up two 2014 HOLA Awards). To read the profile (which is in Spanish), click here.

Group of the Arts (GOTA) will present Rosita. Adapted from texts by Federico García Lorca and directed by J. Edgar Mozoub, the production will be part of the eARTh Theater Festival/Lorca Al Desnudo II, scheduled to take place in November at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters complex, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The production boasts the talents of Dilcia De Jesús, Anny Gómez de Benítez, A.B. Lugo, Alexandra Manzano, Yvette Quintero, Héctor Luis Rivera, Raúl Rivera, Mariángel Sosa and Pedro Vargas in the cast.

Billy Martin Mejía will start performances in the long-running hit play Barceló con hielo. The 2014 HOLA Award-winning production was written by 2014 HOLA Award recipient Marco Antonio Rodríguez and directed by José Zayas, stars Rodríguez and also features 2014 HOLA Award recipient Iván Camilo, Modesto Lacén, Fernando Then, and Jerry Soto in the cast. The play is running now at Repertorio Español (located in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan). For more information, click here or here.

2014 HOLA Awards recipient Elena Mohedano, shown at right, will be performing in her self-penned solo show Juana, reina de España. Directed by 2014 HOLA Awards recipient Leyma López, the solo show will be performed as part of the IV Monologando Ando festival, scheduled to take place in October at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters complex, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information on the show, click here.

Eduardo Leáñez will be performing in his self-penned solo show Margarita, Rubén y Juan. Directed by Yolanny Rodríguez, the solo show is based on the poetry of Rubén Darío and will be performed as part of the IV Monologando Ando festival, scheduled to take place in October at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters complex, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. 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?

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SPANISH LANGUAGE VOICEOVER WORKSHOP with Manuel Herrera

September 29, 2014, 5:24 pm

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SPANISH LANGUAGE VOICEOVER WORKSHOP with Manuel Herrera

November 4-20, 2014
Six (6) sessions on
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 6:30pm sharp to 8pm

$200 for HOLA members

$325 for non-HOLA members
(HOLA membership will be included with admittance into workshop for non-members)

HOLA Office, located @ Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, Suite 302

Workshop will be conducted in Spanish.
(El taller será conducido en español.)

LISTEN TO THE BELOW PROMO FROM MANUEL HERRERA

Manuel Herrera's Spanish Language Voiceover Workshop was instrumental in my career development. Since I took this workshop, I have booked a number of Spanish-language commercials, industrials, dubbing, and special projects. In the past year alone, based only on my voiceover demo (which is on file at a commercial media company), I was offered a television campaign and was brought back three times. As a result I earned over $30,000. Take this workshop. Manuel is an excellent teacher, and you can be sure to increase your skills and earning capacity. –Actor, playwright, director, producer and voiceover artist MARIO GOLDEN

Manuel Herrera, HOLA Special Projects Director, actor, director and voiceover artist, will direct an advanced voiceover technique workshop for the experienced actor who wishes to fine-tune his/her technique. The workshop covers: diction and voicing in Spanish; interpretation and rhythm; character voices, and narration; professional audition and quick study techniques. Previous HOLA voiceover workshop students invited. Applicants should supply blank CD to record work progress. Optional production of demo tape available at additional cost. Actual voiceover copy will be used for this series. Small classes. Spanish-language voiceover jobs provide the greatest income potential for the Spanish speaking actor.

Workshop held at HOLA using the "WhisperRoom". Register early as there is limited enrollment. Registration confirmed upon payment.

Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center,
located at 107 Suffolk Street

(between Rivington and Delancey streets), Lower East Side, NYC.

(F to Delancey / J M Z to Essex /

M9, M14A buses)
Visa, Mastercard and

American Express cards accepted.
Call HOLA at (212) 253-1015 to register.

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All About Becoming an HOLA Member or a Friend of HOLA

September 30, 2014, 1:56 pm

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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.

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

September 30, 2014, 2:00 pm

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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!

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HOLA Regional Membership Available For Those Outside New York Metropolitan Area

September 30, 2014, 2:14 pm

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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 (888) 524-HOLA or (888) 524-4652. (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.

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Banner Ads Now Available on HOLA Website

September 30, 2014, 2:19 pm

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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 (888) 624-HOLA or e-mail us for prices and ad dimensions.

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HOLA Member Bochinche

October 1, 2014, 3:33 pm

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Idalmis García, shown at right, will be acting in the Woodshed Collective's Empire Travel Agency. An interactive series of site-specific performance events ("trips") set at various locations across New York City. Directed by Teddy Bergman and Mikhael Tara Graver, the production will have performances in September and boasts design from six different designers and original text by ten different writers. For more information, click here or here.

2014 HOLA Awards recipient Pablo Andrade, shown at left, was the subject of a profile in the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, where it mentions his very successful year in New York, culminating in two 2014 HOLA Awards. To read the article (which is in Spanish), click here.

Mauricio Pita booked a role in the short film Tú. Yo. Baño. Fo**ar. Ahora., written and directed by Francisco Lupini Basagoiti.

Jesús E. Martínez is the voice of the new Wendy's Pulled Pork on Brioche sandwich commercial in Spanish. Hear him below by clicking here and clicking on the commercial.

Rafa Reyes, shown at right, appeared on an episode of "Yo soy el artista" (Telemundo), after reading about the casting notice from the e-mail announcements that HOLA sends to its members and self-submitting. To see him on the episode, click here.

A.B. Lugo appears in a photo cameo as "Ray" for the viral video parody RATCH.com (based on online dating sites). Produced by The Comedy Girls, the video stars Christine Piñeiro, Jesenia (who also wrote the sketch), Nick Balestrieri and David Wright. The video can be seen below. [Note: Some adult situations.]

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?

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Hollywood's Most Bankable Latina Actress is Catherine Zeta-Jones

October 2, 2014, 9:52 am

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By A.B. Lugo.

Griselda Blanco.

Ever since La Madrina, the female Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco, was killed in a drive-by assassination in 2012, Hollywood has been clamoring to tell her story.

Overdone Colombian cartel trope? Check. Based on a true story? Check. Strong female lead to get the feminist angle (and female audience)? Check and check.

Let's get a strong director for this film. Who can tell this story of a South American "queenpin"? I know, let's get Eva Sørhaug. She's directed a handful of films. I mean, she's Norwegian, but at least she's a woman. That's close enough.

And Norway in Spanish is Noruega. Noruega... Noriega... Escobar. Yeah, that'll work.

Now who to cast in the lead role of The Godmother (La Madrina)... let's see. She has to be known, she has to be tough, she has to be relatable to women, she has to have the acting chops (in that order).

How about an Academy Award winner? How about someone who has played Latinas in three films (The Mask of Zorro, Traffic and The Legend of Zorro— incidentally for characters named Elena or Helena)?

Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I got it! Let's get Catherine Zeta-Jones.

She's perfect. The dark Latin (yet safely not African nor American indigenous) looks are mainstream enough for an American audience (which is mostly Latino anyway).

Zeta... that's the letter Z in Spanish, right? Equis, Greek I, Zeta.

And she's not American. She's foreign-ish. That'll ensure a Golden Globe nomination.

Yes, Catherine Zeta-Jones is from the Hispanic nation of Cymru. Cymru? You know Cymru. Maybe you know it by its English name of Wales.

Cymru, or Wales (in green).

Raise your hand if you can find Wales on a map. (I can, but I am a bit of a geography geek.) Wales is next to England. It is part of the United Kingdom and birthplace of Anthony Hopkins. (Who knew Hannibal Lecter was Latino?)

Zeta-Jones is a clearly talented actress-singer-dancer, winning a Tony for A Little Night Music and an Oscar for playing Velma Kelly in the movie musical Chicago (incidentally, the other lead female role, Roxie Hart, is being played, at this writing, by the Latina actress-singer-dancer Bianca Marroquín).

I cannot wait to see the nuances la señora Zeta-Jones de Douglas will bring to the role. Will she bring the requisite toughness and grittiness the role requires?

Colombia (in green).

Will she tap into the "volatile" Celtic temper she possesses in order to nail the Latina temperament, such as she had when she played Elena? (Or was it Helena?)

Will she nail that Medellín paisa accent that is quite distinct from the accents of Bogotá, Barranquilla or San Andrés y Providencia? (The accents are as distinct as say, Californian vs. New Englander vs. Deep Southerner. Or as different as say, English vs. Irish, or even Welsh.)

Will she breathe new life into the tired stereotype of the Colombian head of a cartel, an image that has been around since Hollywood discovered cocaine (and claimed it as its very own)?

Most importantly, will Zeta-Jones look sexy and desirable in the role. which is a requisite for a Hollywood major motion picture?

It's refreshing to know that in 2014 Hollywood's most bankable Latina actress is neither Jennifer López, nor Zoë Saldaña nor Cameron Díaz nor Salma Hayek nor Michelle Rodríguez nor even Jessica Alba?

Hollywood's most bankable Latina actress is Catherine Zeta-Jones.

(The only problem is she's not even remotely Latina.)

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