#TheaterPH - Virgin Labfest XX: Hinog — Set D: May Asim Pa is exactly that: ripe, potent, and packed with bite.

If you've ever found yourself caught between silence and truth, longing and duty, or tradition and identity, this trio of plays will hit you where it hurts—and heals.

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Anniversary by Nelsito Gomez

Grief is a language we all eventually speak, but few are fluent in. Anniversary captures that haunting quiet of memory meeting chance—with just two characters at a cemetery bench, I found myself holding my breath. Rob’s encounter with the feisty May isn’t just a conversation—it’s a reckoning. It reminded me of my own unexpected conversation with a stranger after losing someone dear; how sometimes it takes someone outside your orbit to name what you haven’t dared to feel.

Don’t Meow for Me, Catriona by Ryan Machado

This one gutted me. In a dim terminal, with no bus in sight, a daughter and mother wait—not just for transport, but for permission to let go. This story speaks for every caregiver who has lost parts of themselves in duty, and for every parent who clings a little too tightly out of fear. The dialogue rings true to anyone who's ever stood at the intersection of freedom and guilt. I saw echoes of my own mother here—the love, the longing, the weight of it all.

Mommy G by Jobert Grey Landeza

Families are complicated. Birthdays, even more so. Mommy G unspools like a warm dinner that suddenly goes cold when truth is served. The play doesn’t tiptoe around discomfort; it walks straight into the fire of parental expectations, queer identity, and generational divides. Watching this reminded me of family reunions where laughter sits beside loaded silences—those moments when love is tested by revelation. It’s messy, brave, and beautifully told.

Set D doesn’t just make you think—it makes you feel. From gut laughs to quiet tears, every play explores the fragile in-between spaces we often ignore. If you're heading to this year’s Virgin Labfest, don’t miss this set. And if you've seen it, let me know—what lingered with you after the final blackout?

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