Virgin Labfest announces new plays for 2025
After its successful three-week run for its 19th edition, with sold-out shows and high turnouts of audiences, the Virgin Labfest (VLF) marches on to its milestone season in 2025, with 12 new plays culled from over 200 submissions.
Copresented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Tanghalang Pilipino Foundation Inc. and the Writer’s Bloc Inc., the playwrights festival of untried, untested and unstaged plays announces the new “virgin” plays, namely:
1. “Minating ni Mariah ang Manto ng Mommy ni Mama Mary” by Eljay Castro Deldoc
2. “Unang Araw” by Ivan Villacorta Gentolizo
3. “Anniversary” by Nelsito Gomez
4. “Ang Problema sa Trolley” by Imuthis (Harvey Rebaya Sallador)
5. “Mga Magindara sa Siyudad” by Chris Joseph Junio
6. “Mommy G” by Jobert Grey Landeza
7. “Don’t Meow for Me, Catriona” by Ryan Machado
8. “Presidential Suite 2” by Siege Malvar
9. “The Late Mr. Palma” by Rolin Migyuel Cadallo Obina
10. “The Orphan and the Rat” by Liane Carlo S. Suelan
11. “Polar Coordinates” by Ade Valenzona
12. “TBT: Takbo, Batang Tondo” by Mikaella Yoj
During its closing program last June 30, VLF also announced the revisited plays for its 20th year: “Pagkapit sa Hangin” by Joshua Lim So, “Identité” by Jhudiel Clare Sosa and “Sa Babaeng Lahat” by Elise Santos.
