TITLE PLACE DATE DESCRIPTION The Virgin Labfest returns with HINOG, celebrating 20 years untried, untested, and unstaged works. Since 2005, it has nurtured emerging and established playwrights, directors, actors, and theater artists, becoming a vital platform for fearless Filipino storytelling. Led by dynamic young festival directors Tess Jamias and Marco Viaña, this milestone year celebrates not just past achievements, but a growing legacy: maturing voices, evolving stories, and a festival expanding into new communities. VLF remains a powerful space for creativity, collaboration, and conversation. VLF XX is co-presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Manila-based playwrights group Writer’s Bloc, Inc., and CCP’s resident theater company Tanghalang Pilipino.