After its successful run for 2023, the Virgin Labfest announces the selected one-act plays for its 19th edition.
The 12 new plays which will be staged in 2024 are: “Sentenaryo” by Herlyn Alegre; “Vengeance of the Gods” by Hans Pieter Arao; “Si Hesus naa sa US” by Neil Azcuna; “Ningas” by Lino Balmes; “Ang Munting Liwanag sa Madilim na Sulok ng Isang Serbeserya sa Maynila” by Dustin Celestino; “The Foxtrot” by Chesie Galvez-Cariño; “The Divine Family” by Dip Mariposque; “Love on the Brain” by Rick Patriarca; “Sa Babaeng Lahat” by Elise Santos; “Pagkapit sa Hangin” by Joshua Lim So; “Identité” by Jhudiel Clare Sosa; and “Abo-Kaykay Ang Ikalawang Yugto” by Ara Jenika Vinzon.
The 12 untried, untested and unstaged plays were selected from the 145 submissions received early this year. The selection committee was composed of festival directors Tess Jamias and Marco Viaña, together with VLF founders Writers Bloc Inc’s Rody Vera and director-playwright Herbie Go.
Three plays from the 18th edition will be revisited on its 2024 run, namely “Zheg Arban’s Room 209,” directed by Delphine Buencamino; Andrew Estacio’s “Ang Awit ng Dalagang Marmol,” directed by Nazer Degayo Salcedo; and Dingdong Novenario’s “Dominador Gonzales, National Artist,” directed by George de Jesus III.
