Know Theatre of Cincinnati Presents HEARTS LIKE FISTS, Opening Tonight

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 features 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.