‘Virgin Labfest Set A’ review: Negotiating boundaries

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'The young adults of each one-act play are forced to confront a different demon in a loved one; one that embodies their struggle of assimilating into a world that grows more broken as we age.' Read this review of Virgin Labfest's Set A:

The Virgin Labfest has always been a space for trial-and-error. Before the doors open to the public, scripts get massive cuts and additions, props and sets get overhauled, lights and sounds are toyed with til open house, and even actors are removed and replaced at the last minute. All of these decisions are guided by the sentiment that the most important thing is the story and that transformation continues even past the closing date.

We enter their story in medias res and everything that has happened comes to us in waves of exhausting exposition — Bien’s drug addiction, their estranged relatives, financial woes, and the all-consuming guilt that comes with existence. It is typical of plays in Virgin Labfest to use evasion to create tension, building up to an explosive finale.

Astrid breaks up with her fiancée of two years named Oliver just before he climaxes. Hoping to finish what they started, Oliver coaxes her into an admission neither of them were ready for: she’s never had an orgasm with any of her sexual partners. Including him. The rest of the play then becomes a tug-of-war between the two: with Oliver hoping to prove her dissatisfaction is a fluke and Astrid’s insistence that it’s rooted in her partners’ selfishness.

 

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