Hearts Like Fists at Theatre of NOTE

Hearts Like Fists, by Adam Szymkowicz, is a genre-bending world premiere love story. HEARTS LIKE FISTS is set in a world of evil villains and beautiful Crime Fighters! The evil Dr. X is stealing into lovers' rooms and injecting them with a serum, stopping their hearts while they sleep entwined in the perceived safety of their lovers' arms. And even though the beautiful and unstoppable Crime Fighters have been hot on his trail, they have been unable to capture him. Lisa, a woman who is desired by every man that sees her, has fallen in love with Peter, the ingenious but tortured doctor, who is about to finish his greatest creation - an artificial heart. Since Peter can't let himself love, he loses himself in his work. Since Lisa can't have Peter, she joins the Crime Fighters. In this funny, stylized and vicious story, we learn that the heart wants what the heart wants and not answering its desires will lead to a life of sadness, loneliness and possibly evil destruction.