The CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art repeatedly mentions the Virgin Labfest, which has since 2005 been a venue for emerging playwrights and performers to express their art form to a wider audience. Multi-nominated film Hintayan ng Langit owes its roots from being a one-act play first performed at the 2015 Virgin Labfest. It tells the story of estranged lovers Lisang and Manolo, who are forced into the unlikely situation of being roommates in playwright Juan Miguel Severo's well-crafted purgato