HOBT and On the Commons Present - A Civic Project - A Sacred Project - A Communal Health Project

Invigorate the Common Well - Supporters and Friends

Episode 1
March, 2007

Come to the Well was supported in part by grants from:

The National Endowment for the Arts
Mary H. Rice Foundation
Cynthia Krieg Memorial Watershed Stewardship Fund
Toro Foundation
Wedge Co-op's WedgeShare Grant
Numerous contributions from individual donors.

Production Team

In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
  • Sandy Spieler
  • Masanari Karahara
  • Malia Burkhart
  • Julie Kastigar
  • Esther Ouray
  • Laura Harada
  • Duane Tougas
  • Paul Robinson
  • HOBT administrative staff
Tomales Bay Institute
  • Rachel Breen
  • Julie Ristau
Blue Moon Video
  • Will Hommeyer

Episode 2
Feb-Mar, 2008

Beneath the Surface
was supported in part by grants from:

The Bush Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph Partners in Justice
MN Dept. of Health, Environmental
Health Division, Drinking Water Protection Section
National Endowment
for the Arts
Mary H. Rice Foundation
Cynthia Krieg Memorial Watershed Stewardship Fund
Toro Foundation
WedgeShare
and many contributions from individual donors

CAST

  • Water One:
    D. Blake Love
  • Thirsty: Masanari Kawahara
  • Ringmaster:
    Esther Ouray
  • Bobo: Julie Boada
  • Uno: Malia Burkhart
  • Pepe: José Maquin Gutierrez
  • Tweet:
    Jessica Tweet
  • Squeak:
    Greg Herriges

Episode 3
July 26, 2008

Decorate the Well in Gratitude Sponsors:

Threshold Foundation
Minneapolis
Public Works
COMPAS
Community Art Fund
COMPAS
Arts Work Program
MN Dept. of Health, Environmental
Health Division, Drinking Water Protection Section
Park Midway Bank
Drinking from the Fountain
-Sandy Spieler

SPECIAL THANKS :

Minneapolis
Water Works
Friends of a
Mississippi River
Mayor RT Rybak
Blue Moon Productions
Hamline University Center for Global Environmental Education
M ary Lynn Pulscher and the Environmental Education Division
of Minneapolis Park & Recreation Department
Stew Thornley and the Minnesota Department
of Health
Amber Collett of Think Outside the Bottle campaign
Annie at Corporate Accountability
Twin Cities Municipal Waste-Water Treatment
Facility (Pig’s Eye)
Norma Adam
John Akre
Cecile Bellamy
Bart Buch
Mictla Chadwick
Tara Chadwick
Nathanial Damrod
Lynne Derby
Trang Do
Joan Fritz
Elizabeth Garvey
Laura Harada
Linda Henning
Nick Lethert
Michael Mereness
Micah Spieler-Sandberg
Rose Spieler-Sandberg
We also want to thank the many people who have contributed to our work on water over the years, especially those who worked on Come to the Well, The Circle of Water Circus, and Life of HOH.

MANY THANKS TO
OUR PROJECT ADVISORS:

Annika M. Bankston, P.E.,Minneapolis Water Works
Gemma Bulos, International Water Networker
Tara Chadwick, Danza Mexica Cuauhtémoc of Minnesota
Whitney Clark, Friends of the Mississippi River
Doug Freeman,Minnesota Arts and Ecology Alliance
Susan Gust,
GRASS ROUTES of U of M;
City of Mpls Public Health Advisory Committee
Neal Hines, Civil Engineer Dept. of Limnology, Hydrology
Seitu Jones, Advisor of Community and Public Spaces
Jim Koplin, Researcher, Environmental Activist
Satish Kumar, Resurgence magazine, Schumacher College
Ken Meter, Director of Crossroads Research
Mark Muller, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Anil Naidoo,
Council of Canadians
Patrick Nunnally,
Mississippi River Initiative
Megan O’Hara,
MN Arts and Ecology Alliance
MaryLynn Pulscher,
Mpls. Parks & Recreation
April Rust, Project WET
Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra,
Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center
John G. Shepard, Center for Global Environmental Education, Hamline University
Stew Thornley, Minnesota Department of Health,
Drinking Water Protection
Shiney Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy