Hearts on Fire

by Nina Morrison

Hearts on Fire is a pop musical written by Nina Morrison with music by Jeannie Fry. The boyband Hearts is at the top of the charts in 2019 America. Daniel, an Iowa high school student, is questioning his sexuality. Daniel has become a secret TJ shipper, meaning he ships Tegen and Jesse, two members of Hearts. He has befriended Alex, a non-binary TJ shipper, and they make “proof” videos that they post on social...

Hearts on Fire is a pop musical written by Nina Morrison with music by Jeannie Fry. The boyband Hearts is at the top of the charts in 2019 America. Daniel, an Iowa high school student, is questioning his sexuality. Daniel has become a secret TJ shipper, meaning he ships Tegen and Jesse, two members of Hearts. He has befriended Alex, a non-binary TJ shipper, and they make “proof” videos that they post on social media. The videos are filled with clips culled from Hearts concerts. The footage is of Tegen and Jesse grabbing each other’s asses, whispering, holding hands, sitting in each other’s laps and generally looking more like boyfriends than friends. The shipping somehow helps Daniel and Alex feel more comfortable about their own identities and sexualities. The videos become very popular, and the record label gets concerned.

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Hearts on Fire

DANIEL - white cis-man, high school student

JASMINE - double w/Alex - Black, cis-woman, high school student, Daniel’s girlfriend
ALEX - double w/Jasmine - Black, non-binary college student and blogger in the “TJ” community

DONNA - triple w/Scott & Wilde - white, cis-woman, Daniel’s mom
SCOTT - triple w/Donna & Wilde - agent for boyband Hearts
OSCAR WILDE - triple w/Scott & Donna - Oscar Wilde

MRS. LIU - double w/Interviewer - Chinese, cis-woman, high school English teacher
INTERVIEWER - double w/Mrs. Liu - Interviewer from entertainment gossip show

TEGEN - double w/Tyler - white, cis-man, Tegen is singer in boyband, Hearts
TYLER - double w/Tegen - Tyler is high school quarterback

JESSE - double w/Josh - Black, cis-man, Jesse is singer in boyband Hearts
JOSH - double w/Jesse - Josh is high school football player

CHARLIE - double w/Bosie - any gender, any ethnicity, Charlie is singer in boyband, Hearts
LORD ALFRED “BOSIE” DOUGLAS - double w/Charlie - Bosie is a British aristocrat, intellectual, poet, Oscar Wilde’s lover for a long time

TOPHER - double w/Andy - any gender, any ethnicity, Topher is singer in boyband, Hearts
ANDY - double w/Topher - Andy is Scott’s secret boyfriend who is also a record exec at the same label as Hearts

Development History

  • Reading, Miriam Randolph and Weiyi Zhang, Producers, 2020