THE Cultural Center of the
Philippines, through its Intertextual Division, will have a soft launch of the
special anthology of the Virgin Lab Festival fully staged plays on March 31,
2021, 2pm at the CCP and CCP Intertextual Division Facebook Pages as part of
the Center’s celebration of National Women’s Month.
Entitled “ELEMENTAL: MGA BABAENG
MANDUDULA AT MGA ELEMENTO NG DRAMA,” the said e-book will be formally launched
online likewise during this year’s Virgin Labfest which will be held from June
14 to July 6, 2021. The e-book can be
downloaded for free.
The plays selected for this
volume were chosen from the works by women that were staged from various
editions of the Virgin Labfest, the annual theater festival that provides a
venue for the emerging and established Filipino playwrights to present their
unpublished, unstaged, untested and untried works to the theater-going
public. The works by women were selected
to serve as samples to help define and explain the elements of a play. The e-book can also be considered as a manual
in writing for theater.
Edited by veteran playwright Ms.
Layeta Bucoy, the special anthology features the works of the following
playwrights: Clarissa Estuar (Ang
Mamanugangin Ni Rez); Debbie Ann Tan (Fate's
Line, Mga Babaeng Toobright, Dragon's Breath); Dominique La Victoria (Chipline); Eliza Victoria (Marte, Ang Bahay sa Gitna ng Kawalan);
Herlyn Alegre (Bahay Bahayan, Tagu-Taguan
and Huling-Huli); Isa Borlaza (Sa Package Counter); Joyce Ann Icayan (Last Ten Minutes); Lani Montreal (Looking for Darna and Sister-Out-Law), Layeta Bucoy (Ang Anak ni Gloria); Liza Magtoto (Paigan and Anonymous); Sheilfa Alojamiento
(Boy-Gel ang Gelpren ni Mommy), and
Mixkaela Villalon (High Stakes) among
others.
For inquiries regarding this
event, visit the CCP Intertextual Division FB page or send an email to ccpintertextualdivision@gmail.com
or text to 0919-3175708. (PR)
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