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Obie and Emmy Award winner HÉCTOR ELIZONDO
to receive 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence
to receive 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence
Also honored with 2014 HOLA Awards – DANNY BURSTEIN (Broadway’s Cabaret), ANA ORTIZ ("Devious Maids"), BIANCA MARROQUÍN (Broadway’s Chicago), PEDRO PASCAL (“Game of Thrones”), CIERRA RAMÍREZ (“The Fosters”) and WNBC-TV’s SIBILA VARGAS
Monday, October 13, 2014 at the Battery Gardens in NYC
Héctor Elizondowill receive the 2014 Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence. The star of stage and screen can currently be seen in the ABC sitcom “Last Man Standing”. He won an Obie for the off-Broadway play Steambath and an Emmy for his role on the CBS series “Chicago Hope”. He has acted in over 80 films, including every film ever directed by Garry Marshall (17 in all, including Runaway Bride, Young Doctors in Love, The Princess Diaries movies and Pretty Woman– the last of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination).
Bianca Marroquín(currently on Broadway in Chicago, and a judge on Univision’s celebrity dance competition series “¡Mira Quién Baila!” and the Univision children's talent series "Pequeños Gigantes") will receive the2014 Raúl Juliá HOLAFounders Award.
HOLAwill present itsExcellence in Media Awardto WNBC-TV anchorSibila Vargas.
In addition to the above awardsHOLAwill 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.
A list of the 2013-2014 theater awardees is below.
Individual tickets are $150 and can be purchased in advance by calling (212) 253-1015 or by going towww.hellohola.org. Sponsorships are also available and can be purchased by calling A.B. Lugo at (212) 253-1015 or via e-mail atablugo@hellohola.org.
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. HOLAstrives for an accurate, informed and non-stereotyped portrayal of the full spectrum of Latino culture and heritage in the entertainment and media industries.
2014 HOLAAwards for Excellence in Theater
(producer[s] shown in parentheses)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR
Pablo Andrade, Noche tan linda (Pregones Theater-Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)Armando Riesco, The Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage Theatre)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR
Zulema Clares, Noche tan linda (Pregones Theater-Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)Beatriz Cordoba, Cita a ciegas (Repertorio Español)
Caridad del Valle, Las cenizas de Troya (Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos/Group of the Arts)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED MALE ACTOR
Iván Camilo, Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)Javier Fano, Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED FEMALE ACTOR
Xiomara Cintrón, Las cenizas de Troya (Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos/Group of the Arts)Jeannie Sol, Rafael Hernández… Romance (Society of the Educational Arts)
Kathy Tejada, Elektra XXXI (Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos/Compañía Hispana de Actores Sobresalientes)
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Emely Grisanty, Edipo (Guacamolink Performing Arts)
George Riverón, Últimos días de una casa (Festival Monologando Ando)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
Ricardo Birnbaum, María Cuartero, Pep Muñoz, María Peyramaure, Xabi Soret, Días estupendos (Artistas Españolas-Nueva York/IATI Theater)Pablo Andrade, Annia Bu, Zulema Clares, Dalia Davi, Javier Fano, Erick González, Elena Mohedano, Antonio Rubio, Fermín Suárez, El loco por fuerza (Repertorio Español)
George Bass, Fermín Suárez, Teresa Yenque, Los borrachos (El Grupo/Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNICAL PRODUCTION/DESIGN
José López Alemán, for his puppet, set, and animation design of My Superhero, Roberto Clemente (Society of the Educational Arts) Daniel Soto for his choreography of My Superhero, Roberto Clemente (Society of the Educational Arts)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PLAYWRITING
Pablo García Gámez, Noche tan linda (Pregones Theater-Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)José Rivera, Adoration of the Old Woman (INTAR)
Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Barceló con hielo(Repertorio Español)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Leyma López, El loco por fuerza (Repertorio Español)Walter Ventosilla, Edipo (Guacamolink Performing Arts)
Andrés Zambrano, La zapatera prodigiosa(Repertorio Español)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Germán Jaramillo, for his performance in Cita a ciegas (Repertorio Español)
Edna Lee Figueroa, for her performance in Carmen Loísaida (Teatro Círculo)
GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR HOLA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)
La zapatera prodigiosa (Repertorio Español)
GILBERTO ZALDÍVAR HOLA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Barceló con hielo (Repertorio Español)
La zapatera prodigiosa (Repertorio Español)