TANGHALAN (Stage) is the official Department of Humanities academic theater arm under the College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los Banos, Laguna. It was artistically conceived since the school year 2013-2014 under the mentorship of renown director for theater, television and film - Prof. Geofferson “Joey” B. Ting. Among the recent creative works produced under the umbrella arts academic structure UPLB SAMASINING are as follows:
BANWA! (an adaptation in Filipino of Rudyard Kipling’s novel Jungle Book)
Winner: 2013 Broadway World Awards as Best New Filipino Play
Direction: Joey Ting
Adaptation: Om Velasco
Seniors’ Social Garden / September 2013
BONIFACIO AND THE FREAK SHOW (an original Filipino musicale)
Official Entry: 3rd Southern Tagalog Arts Festival 2014 / 2014 Philippine Arts Festival Month
150th Tribute to Gat Andres Bonifacio
Concept and Direction: Joey Ting
Libretto: Layeta P. Bucoy
DL Umali Auditorium / February 2014
OFFENDING THE AUDIENCE PILIPINAS (an adaptation in Filipino of Peter Handke’s play Offending The Audience)
Direction: Joey Ting
Adaptation: Om Velasco
Maquiling Performance Garden / November 2014
TSINELAS MUSIKAL
Direction: Joey Ting
Original Story: Sharmaine Caldino
Old Municipal Hall Covered Court / May 2015
ANG BARBERO NG LAGUNA (a Filipino adaptation of Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais' "The Barber of Seville")
Direction: Joey Ting
Adaptation: Om Velasco
Maquiling Performance Garden / October 2015
ELBI.COMM - The First Installment
Concept and Direction: Joey Ting
Maquiling Performance Garden / November 2015