Must Try Virgin

If there is one art event in Manila that will break my heart if I ever miss, that will be The Virgin Lab Fest at CCP. It is a showcase of the freshest and sometimes the most daring plays I have ever seen. I have seen a handful of Broadway productions, but my all time favorite play is a simple one act story I caught in this festival (that will be J. Dennis Teodisio's "Si Geegee at Waterina")

The best and the boldest plays from the Philippines are all here at the Virgin Lab Fest:

The Cultural Center of the Philippines, Tanghalang Pilipino. Inc. and
Writer's Bloc, Inc invite you to the Fifth Year of the Virgin Labfest!

15 unstaged, unpublished, untested one-act plays
4 full-length plays for public reading
and a book launching: Mga Piling Dula ng Virgin Labfest: Ang Unang
Antolohiya 2005-2008.

the plays feature actors from PETA, Tanghalang Pilipino, Dulaang
Gantimpala, etc.

All main entries will be performed at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute
(Studio Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines)

*****Schedule of SETS of plays with respective writers/directors* ****

SET A
"School of Life (Mga Dulang Walang Pinag-aralan) "
TUESDAY, JUNE 23: 3pm and 8pm
SATURDAY, JULY 4: 8pm
SUNDAY, JULY 5: 3pm
featuring:
MPC (Mababang Paarlan ng Caniogan) by Job Pagsibigan, performed by the
Sipat Lawin Ensemble
Ang Huling Lektyur ni Misis Reyes by Tim Dacanay, directed by Hazel
Gutierrez
Pandaraya by Oggie Arcenas, directed by Roli Inocencio/ JK Anicoche

SET B
"It's Complicated (The Buhul-Buhol Trilogy)"
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24: 3PM and 8pm
FRIDAY, JULY 3: 8pm
SATURDAY, JULY 4: 3pm
featuring:
Salise by J. Dennis Teodosio, directed by Roobak Valle
Ang Mamanugangin ni Rez by Clariza Estuar, directed by Paolo O'Hara
So Sangibo a Ranon Na Piyatay O Satiman A Tadman by Rogelio Brage,
directed by Riki Benedicto

SET C
"BloodSports (Trilohiyankg Dinuguan)"
THURSDAY, JUNE 25: 3pm and 8pm
FRIDAY, JULY 3: 3pm
SUNDAY: JULY 5: 8pm
featuring:
Kitchen Medea by Kiyokazu Yamamoto, directed by Yoshida Toshihisa
Doc Resurrecion: Gagamutin ang Bayan by Layeta Bucoy, directed by
Tuxqs Rutaquio
Asawa/Kabit written and directed by George de Jesus III

SET D
"The Family That ______s Together (Tatlong Dulang Walang Diyos)"
FRIDAY, JUNE 26: 3pm and 8pm
TUESDAY, JUNE 30: 3pm
THURSDAY, JULY 2: 8pm
featuring:
Boy-Girl ang Gelpren ni Mommy by Sheilfa Alojamiento, directed by
Carlo Garcia
Maliw by Reuel Molina Aguila, directed by Edna Vida
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by George Vail Kabristante,
directed by Paul Santiago

SET E
"Life is a Trap (Three Plays in Search of Escape)"
SATURDAY, JUNE 27: 3pm and 8pm
TUESDAY, JUNE 30: 8pm
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1: 3pm
featuring:
Isang Araw sa Peryahan by Nicolas B. Pichay, directed by Chris Millado
Paigan by Liza Magtoto, directed by Sigrid Bernardo
Hate Restaurants by David Finnigan, directed by J. Victor Villareal

SET F
VLF 4 Revisited (Selected Plays from Last year's Virgin Labfest)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28: 3pm and 8pm
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1: 8pm
THURSDAY, JULY 2: 3pm
featuring:
Ang Kalungkutan ng mga Reyna written and directed by Floy Quintos
Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na
Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte by Rogelio Braga, directed by
Nick Olanka
Uuwi na Ang Nanay Kong si Darna by Job Pagsibigan from Edgar Samar's
story for children, directed by Cats Racsag