Virgins revisited

Some of the cast members of Pilipinas Kong Mahal with All the Overcoat, Set E (Revisited) of #virginlabfest 14 at @culturalctrph #manila #2018gac07

A post shared by Glenn Cruz (@glenncruz_ph) on Jul 7, 2018 at 11:04am PDT

Dateline: 07 July 2018, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

Was able to accompany Cebu-based friend Hendri, a producer of performances on stage, do part of his whirlwind Manila catch-up theater roundup. We went to see Set E of the 14th Virgin Lab Fest, the festival of plays that are prior "untried, untested, unstaged" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Set E, or re-staging of plays from the previous year's festival, included Eljay Castro Deldoc's "Pilipinas Kong Mahal with All the Overcoat."

Not one to usually fight for tickets in the ever growing crowd of fans and attendees of the VLF, I took exception on this one weekend to reconnect with Hendri. Attendance to Set E appear to be less stressful, I realized; I'd likely do the revisited set again on the next festival.