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  Young aspiring playwrights can now apply for the Virgin Labfest XX Writing Fellowship Program (VLF XX WFP) until April 30, 2025. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), through its Artist Training Division, spearheads the VLF XX WFP, a two-week mentorship program on the study and practice of dramatic writing for the stage. The VLF XX WFP is open to applicants 18 to 29 years of age; a college student or a young professional; have not been involved or won in any professional playwriting and screenwriting platform; and can commit to whole days throughout the entire duration of the program, rehearsals, and performance for the Culminating Showcase. Chosen Writing Fellows will settle a minimal registration fee of Php 2,500.   Interested applicants must submit a duly accomplished application form that can be downloaded at bit.ly/VLF20WFPFellowshipApplication ,  one (1) to two (2) samples of their stage plays (maximum of 10 pages total) in .pdf format written in either Fi...

  The Virgin Labfest, the annual theater festival of untried, unstaged, and untested one-act plays, is looking for a new batch of written works for its 21st season. Twelve (12) new plays will be selected to be produced and staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in June 2026.    The deadline for submission is on February 28, 2025, at 11:59 PM.  Submissions may be sent online in .doc or .pdf format only to thewritersblocinc@gmail.com .   The call for script submissions is open to all Filipino citizens only. The festival is open to various themes and genres. The playwrights of the chosen scripts must be willing to undergo a script development process for their works with the creative team of the festival. Interested playwrights must submit their manuscripts with a maximum running time of 40 minutes, about 25-35 pages long.    Submitted works MUST NOT have previously been published in book form, staged commercially for more than two (2) performan...

  After its successful three-week run for its 19th edition, with sold out shows and high turnouts of audiences, the Virgin Labfest marches on to its milestone season in 2025, with 12 new plays culled from over 200 submissions.  Co-presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Tanghalang Pilipino Foundation Inc. (TP) 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 ...

  After its successful second edition, the Virgin Labfest in Visayas returns with a new batch of fellows.  Following careful deliberation, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) names the eight fellows who will undergo a two-week mentorship program on the study and practice of dramatic writing for the stage:    Gilmore Agustin, Jr. Melchie Marie Mediadero Alvin Dave Bensig Talisa Nicole Clavel John Arbe Arroyo Lilia Jean Garrovillo Ira Dawn Myer Vinco Leezo Dionzon   Virgin Labfest, the theater festival of untried, untested and unstaged one-act plays, extends its reach to the region through the writing fellowship program by providing trainings and workshops to region-based writers, playwrights, and aspiring theater talents. With award-winning playwright Glenn Mas as mentor, the young and aspiring playwrights will attend lectures and writing sessions, undergo  script critiquing, and interact with known playwrights and directors. They wil...

  After its intensive deliberation, the Virgin Labfest (VLF) Writing Fellowship Program announces the eight fellows who will be joining the two-week training workshop slated on June 18 to 30, 2024.  The budding playwrights are:  1. Andrei Michaela Corre 2. Lance Romulus Dayrit 3. Jeremi Flores 4. Ivan Jon Gentolizo 5. Chris Joseph Junio 6. Roel Rocky Pepito 7. Athina Melinette Tirones 8. Philomena Yap Every year, the Virgin Labfest Writing Fellowship Program calls for aspiring playwrights who are brave enough to learn the best from the best. Award-winning playwright Glenn Mas will once again guide the accepted fellows in their dramatic writing journey. For two weeks, the participants will learn the fundamentals of playwriting, as well as the different aspects of theater production. They will have opportunities to interact and converse with the featured playwrights of VLF 19: Pintog, and industry leaders.  Following the CCP’s desire to guide young aspiring playwrights...

Virgin LabFest 9 photo The Virgin Labfest YEAR 12 is now open for script submissions. The Virgin Labfest is an annual festival of unpublished, unstaged, untried and untested works for the theater held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

After a successful production of Han Ong's "Middle Finger" last August, the company now focuses its attention on Glenn Sevilla Mas's "Rite of Passage: Sa Pagtubu kang Tahud (An adaptation of a Kinaray-a short story by Maria Milagros Geremia Lachica). The play was first produced by Tanghalang Pilipino for the Virgin Labfest, the Cultural Center of the Philippines' annual festival of new plays in 2005. Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, celebrates its 36th season with the theme “Navigating Identities”. To articulate this, the company will stage plays that explore man’s need to find himself and his place in the world.