Sprinkle/Stephens' "Water Makes Us Wet"

With a poetic blend of curiosity, humor, sensuality, and concern (and narration by Sandy Stone!), this feature work, in its Bay Area theatrical premiere, chronicles the pleasures and politics of H2O from an ecosexual perspective. We travel with Annie, a former sex worker, Beth, a professor, and their dog Butch in their E.A.R.T.H. Lab mobile unit, as they explore the larger role of water in all of our lives. Ecosexuality shifts the metaphor Earth as Mother to Earth as Lover, creating a more empathetic and reciprocal relationship with the natural world. Along the way, Annie and Beth interact with a diverse range of folks--scholars, biologists, treatment-plant workers, and even performance artists—finally climaxing in a shocking event that reaffirms the power of water, life, and love.*$9