The Virgin Labfest YEAR 10 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 The Virgin Labfest is an annual festival of unpublished, unstaged, untried and untested works for the theater held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. This festival is a partnership project of the Writer’s Bloc, Inc., Tanghalang Pilipino, Inc. and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
This year, the Virgin Labfest will choose twelve (12) “virgin” one-act plays.
The Virgin Labfest is open to submissions of the following written works: One-act plays, (maximum running time: 40 minutes), All submitted works must NOT have previously been published in book form; staged commercially for more than two performances (staged readings, one-time workshop productions are allowed); awarded any literary or drama recognition in competitions and the like. Works may be in Filipino or English.
The festival is open to various themes and genres. It is open to works in the regional languages, provided translations in Filipino are given.
Interested parties can submit their works in .doc or .pdf formats via email (rodyvera@yahoo.com, nikkigtorres@gmail.com, drama_ccp@yahoo.com) or deliver at least two hard copies of the manuscript to:
Ms. CLOTILDE LUCERO or Ms. NIKKI TORRES
Performing Arts Division
Upper Basement
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
Submissions should indicate name and contact address of the playwright. Deadline is on February 28.
For inquiries, contact the CCP Performing Arts Division at (+632) 8321125 loc. 1606 and 1607.
