HOLA to Stage Reading of Oscar A. Colon's SIEMPRE EN MI CORAZON, 12/14 at Teatro Latea

The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)
presents the 2015 edition of the HOLAfestival. This year, HOLA is presenting a very special staged play reading in celebration of the life and work of Oscar A. Colón.

Siempre en Mi Corazón, written by OSCAR A. COLÓN and directed by MIRIAM CRUZ will be presented on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 7:30pm at TEATRO LATEA at the CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER, 107 Suffolk Street, Second floor (between Rivington and Delancey streets), NYC. Free admission. Limited seating. Call (212) 253-1015 or (888) 624-HOLA to make a reservation.

OSCAR A. COLÓN was born on April 10, 1937. His plays include Short End of the Bridge, Soldiers of the 117th, Welcome to Margaret's World, Siempre en Mi Corazón, Reina, Alice Down the Hole, Becoming Bernarda (a prequel), La Reina's Last?Album, Fornicating?With The Devil, The Last of Bernarda (a sequel), Listenings: A Morning with María Irene Fornes, El Señor Presidente and his Biographer and The Mad Journey of Wilhemina Davis. He was commissioned by INTAR to translate and adapt René Marqués' María o el alba. In addition, he wrote the book and lyrics for the musicals Don Benito, L'Extraordinaire and Coquí. His first play, Siempre en Mi Corazón, was published by Mentor/Penguin, as part of the anthology Nuestro New York. The Last of Bernarda was published by El Archivo Nacional del Ateneo Puertorriqueño. He was of the first two playwrights (the other being Pablo García Gámez) to win an HOLA Award for playwriting (for the play The Last of Bernarda). He passed away on December 1, 2015. He leaves behind his wife, Miriam Cruz; his two children, Oscar de la Fe Colón and Miriam Carnase; his grandchildren; friends and family in the New York Latino theater scene.

For more information, visit www.hellohola.org.