THE FIELD at Dixon Place

‘‘Day after day we’d meet in the same field. Our relationship a complete secret. It wasn’t that it was considered ‘not cool’ that kept us hiding, gay wasn’t even a word for homosexual yet. It was that we would lose everything. But eventually I realized I was willing to lose everything but this. He wasn’t.’’

Inspired by an anonymous story, HoosierMuse has created a story of forbidden love and racial stigma. An American and a Lebanese man who have grown fond of each other, find their only safe haven in a field outside of town. It becomes their nest, preferred home, refuge and battleground. The Field uses original English and Arabic text intertwined with movement based storytelling created by the ensemble.

Authors

• John B. Keane