Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Virgin Labfest 4 Lineup (25 June- 6 July 2008)

Exciting. Will make sure to catch as many as I can if not all sets. Finally, the new theater season's starting again.

Lineup from Gibbs' site:

Kapamilya, Kapuso, Kabisyo

Amoy ng Langit by Hase Hiroichi

Las Mentiras de Gloria by Layeta Bucoy

Ang Mga Halimaw by Carlo Garcia



Katotohanan, Katarungan, Kapatiran

Dong-Ao by F. Sionil Jose

Masagang Ekonomiya by Allan Lopez

Pamantasang Hirang by Tim Dacanay



Pagbabago, Paghahanap, Pagkakataon

Ang Kwento ng Menginga ng New York City Na Kamukha ng Bee-Stung Lips ni Julia Roberts by George Kabristante

Gumamela by Dennis Teodosio

Ang Bayot by Ogie Braga



Pagkagahaman, Panlilinlang, Pananampalataya

Ang Kalungkutan ng mga Reyna by Floy Quintos

Mga Babaeng TooBright by Debbie Tan

Ang Paulit Na Libing by Koh Jun Eiow



Mga Premyadong Kuwentong Pambata

Victoria Anonuevo's Terangati, adapted by Niel de Mesa

Ma. Corazon Remigio's Bruhihi, Bruhaha, adapted by Argel Tuazon;

Edgar Samar's Nanay Ko Si Darna, adapted by Job Pagsibigan



Virgin Labfest 3 Revisited

Ellas Inosentes by Layeta Bucoy; dir. Tuxqs Rutaquio

Three Sisters by Yoji Sakate; dir. Jose Estrella

Mga Obra ni Maestra by Niel de Mesa; dir. Niel de Mesa



Staged Readings

Billboard by Jovy Miroy (full length play)

Kung Paano Maghiwalay by George de Jesus

Newtopia by Khavn de la Cruz

Ang Mga Mananahi by Ogie Braga

Ama Namin by Anna Gonzales

Asunto by J. Dennis Teodosio


Excerpts from Savage Stage (plays by Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York)

Excerpts from The Virgin Labfest Lab



Symposium: From Novel to Stage



The Virgin Labfest 4, now on its fourth year, offers an exciting and provocative lineup of “untried, untested, unpublished and unstaged” one-act plays from playwrights both young and old.



This year's festival runs June 25-July 6 and is presented by the Writers Bloc and Tanghalang Pilipino with the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. For further inquiries, please call the CCP Dramatic Arts Division at 8321125 local 1600, or Tanghalang Pilipino at 8323661, or send an SMS to 0928-5054424.

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