Fields Made of Glass

Fields Made of Glass

In the heart of rural Kentucky, where cornfields whisper secrets and time seems to stand still, a blind blues saxophonist, a boy with special needs, and a cast of misfits navigate the haunting echoes of trauma, memory, and myth. Fields Made of Glass is a lyrical and unflinching Southern Gothic stage play that weaves together the lives of a family and their enigmatic neighbors, revealing a world where the past is never truly buried—and where the line between reality and folklore blurs in the moonlit stalks of corn. At the center is Tick, a barefoot teen with a fractured voice and a heart full of wonder, who stumbles upon a tattered clown shoe in the cornfield. His discovery sets off a chain of encounters with Dotson, a blind musician who speaks in parables, and Vidrio, an Argentine sheriff haunted by his own ghosts. As stories unfold—of lost dreams, buried violence, and a mysterious figure known only as El Pombero —the characters are drawn into a surreal reckoning with their histories and each other. Told in four acts that span decades, Fields Made of Glass is a haunting meditation on time, identity, and the fragile mosaics we build from broken lives. The play is both a chilling ghost story and a deeply human portrait of a forgotten America.