KNOW THEATRE COMPLETES ITS MAINSTAGE ADAPTATION SEASON WITH
Hearts Like Fists
By Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by Tamara Winters
Love is a battlefield. A battlefield where superheroes fight crime.
Doctor X is on a mission to make happy couples of The City pay, murdering them while they sleep with his specially designed poison that goes straight to the heart. Meanwhile, talented surgeon Peter works around the clock to perfect an artificial replacement to his own damaged heart, so it’ll never be broken again. Caught in the middle are The Crimefighters—nurses by day, superheroes by night—who must stop Doctor X before he kills love forever.
Know Theatre concludes its Adaptation season with the regional premiere of HEARTS LIKE FISTS, a play that brings the action-packed world of comic books to the stage.
This production marks director Tamara Winters second MainStage effort since joining Know Theatre as Associate Artistic Director in May 2014. About HEARTS LIKE FISTS, Tamara says, “HEARTS LIKE FISTS is a story where the danger of heartbreak is quite literally life-threatening. Where the stakes of love are truly big enough to warrant secret identities and death-defying acts of bravery—and malice. It’s the story of a world where the enormity of love and the fear of hurt can only be understood through the lens of a comic-book world. We can’t wait for you to see the comic book world we’ve conjured for our MainStage!”
HEARTS LIKE FISTS faces familiar to Cincinnati audiences, as well as some newcomers to the Know Theatre stage. Linnea Bond and Sola Thompson–both alums of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s Acting Internship, join Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Member Miranda McGee as the elite superhero force, The Crimefighters. Making her Know Theatre debut is another Cincinnati Shakespeare Company star, Maggie Lou Rader, who plays the fiercely independent (and fiercely in love) Lisa. Playing the brilliant-but-troubled surgeon Peter is Andrew Ian Adams, whose work has been seen locally in 2014’s Serials at Know, as well as with Madcap Puppet Theatre and Human Race Theatre Company of Dayton, OH. Lisa DeRoberts, frequently seen at The Carnegie and Children’s Theatre stages, joins the Know as the lovelorn Nurse. And making his Cincinnati debut is James Creque, who brings to life the nefarious supervillain, Doctor X.
Opening March 27th at Know Theatre, HEARTS LIKE FISTS will feature stellar performances, heart-pumping action sequences (led by Fight Director Jonn Baca), and a story unlike anything you’ve seen on Cincinnati stages.
Cast
- Andrew Ian Adams as Peter
- Linnea Bond as Sally
- James Creque Doctor X
- Lisa DeRoberts as Nurse
- Miranda McGee as Jazmin
- Maggie Lou Rader as Lisa
- Sola Thompson as Nina
Production Team
- Director – Tamara Winters
- Fight Director – Jonn Baca
- Scenic & Lighting Design – Andrew Hungerford
- Costume Design – Noelle Wedig
- Sound & Video Design – Doug Borntrager
- Design Associate – Sarah Beth Hall
- Technical Director – Nick Koehlke
Calendar Listing
Production: HEARTS LIKE FISTS by Adam Szymkowicz
When: March 27th – April 25th, 2015
Wednesdays – Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @ 3PM
Where: Know Theatre of Cincinnati. 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. In historic Over-the-Rhine.
Tickets: $20 in advance
$10 Rush tickets at the door 10 minutes prior to curtain (when available)
FREE performances on Wednesdays, as part of Know Theatre’s Welcome Experiment. Subject to
availability; reserved Welcome Experiment tickets must be claimed 15 minutes before the performance
or be subject to redistribution.
6 Ticket Flex-Passes are available for $90 and can be used in any combination of patrons and shows
for all MainStage and SecondStage programming at Know Theatre.
Since 1997, Know Theatre has been dedicated to creating explosive and evocative live entertainment. We value a playful artistic community where artists can collaborate and grow.
Know Theatre’s work is made possible by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Know is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving.
Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.
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