Heto, plugging muna: 3rd Virgin Labfest rocks the CCP from June 28 to July 8

Nag-Friendster message sa akin si Allan Lopez, 'yung malupit na malupit na playwright na husband-to-be ni Jaclyn Jose. Di ako nakapunta sa event na ito last year, kaya babawi ako this year. Pero peksman, astig ito.

Now on its 3rd year, the Virgin Labfest opens this June 28 and will run until July 8, 2007 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The Virgin Labfest (VLF), a festival of new plays (untried, untested, unpublished and unstaged) by both emerging and well-known playwrights, directors and actors, is now enthusiastically looked forward to by artists and audiences alike.

This year's festival boasts a repertoire of 15 short plays in five trilogies as the main exhibition list, and 3 additional independently produced plays. Read more about the plays being featured for each section at our website http://www.virginlabfest.com . Schedules may be downloaded from the site.

The Virgin Labfest is a joint venture of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (SentrongPangkultura ng Pilipinas), Tanghalang Pilipino, Writers Bloc, Inc., and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) with the generous support of the Japan Foundation Manila.

Tickets to the Virgin Labfest are at P200 for plays to be shown at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute & Bulwagang Amado Hernandez, and Pay-What-You-Can for play readings at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino. For more details, please contact Tanghalang Pilipino at 832-3661, the CCP Box Office at 832-3704, and Ticketworld at 891-9999. More information and downloadable schedules available at our website http://www.virginlabfest.com.