What becomes of a performance when theater and science engage in a dialogue? This question stayed with me as I took my seat and faced the stage of In the Wake of the Lake In the Roar of the Ocean, directed and designed by Dennis Gupa, with John Carlo Panugaling as costume designer and co-scenographer. This “theatrical interrogation of water memory, climate crisis, and stewardship,” as the production’s publicity announced, was staged Aug. 27, 2025, at the D.L. Umali Auditorium of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. From the first glance, the stage design translated the themes of water […]... Keep on reading: Fluid stages: Scenography and design at the fusion of theater and science