In the Solitude of Cotton Fields

Midwest Premiere

What would happen if you were traveling in a somewhat hurried, somewhat oblivious disposition, over a straight line, strictly Point A to Point B, and as you were making your way, you came face to face with another person, a dealer, who stands between you and your destination? A dealer that you cannot avoid or side step but must confront? A dealer who drives the hardest of bargains? You not even knowing what you could possibly want or what is being offered, also not wanting to offend but not wanting to answer questions too personal to share with strangers. What happens in an empty society where no one knows what is really being bought and sold? In the Solitude of Cotton Fields distills to its psychological, poetical, and spiritual essence the nature of the most rapidly multiplying and perhaps most intimate relationship in present times, that of DEALER and CLIENT.
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WRITTEN BY
Bernard-Marie Koltes

DIRECTED BY
Dexter Bullard

PERFORMANCE RUN
September 25 – November 9, 2003

SEASON
Season 11

Midwest Premiere!

What would happen if you were traveling in a somewhat hurried, somewhat oblivious disposition, over a straight line, strictly Point A to Point B, and as you were making your way, you came face to face with another person, a dealer, who stands between you and your destination? A dealer that you cannot avoid or side step but must confront? A dealer who drives the hardest of bargains? You not even knowing what you could possibly want or what is being offered, also not wanting to offend but not wanting to answer questions too personal to share with strangers. What happens in an empty society where no one knows what is really being bought and sold? In the Solitude of Cotton Fields distills to its psychological, poetical, and spiritual essence the nature of the most rapidly multiplying and perhaps most intimate relationship in present times: that of dealer and client.

CAST
Dealer | Paul Dillon
Client | Ensemble Member Lawrence Grimm

CREATIVE TEAM
Scenic Design | Ensemble Member Guy Van Swearingen
Costume Design | Tiffany Liveris
Lighting Design | Brandon Wardell
Sound Design | Ensemble Member Joseph Fosco
Fight Choreographer | Chuck Coyl
Stage Manager | Anya Plotkin