Hearts Like Planets

by Adam Szymkowicz

FULL LENGTH, PUBLISHED : A very bright, very fast object is careening towards the Earth and in this moment of imminent death, our heroes and villains make big life and love choices. Dr. X leads a prison break. He and Orphan Drillnose are off to find the woman with the face like a plate. The New Crimefighters, Magpie, Hummingbird and Butterfly fight to restore order and save the world. Harry Hardnose, ace...

FULL LENGTH, PUBLISHED : A very bright, very fast object is careening towards the Earth and in this moment of imminent death, our heroes and villains make big life and love choices. Dr. X leads a prison break. He and Orphan Drillnose are off to find the woman with the face like a plate. The New Crimefighters, Magpie, Hummingbird and Butterfly fight to restore order and save the world. Harry Hardnose, ace reporter, will record it all.

*sort of a sequel to Hearts Like Fists but stands on its own.

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  • Abigail Imgrund: Hearts Like Planets

    "Hearts Like Planets" is unique because I’ve never read a play about superheroes. Szymkowicz did a fantastic job of making the characters and painting a picture of this world. Furthermore, Szymkowicz lets there be creative liberty with stage directions and characters. The main character often talks to the audience, making you keep reading and get involved with the characters. This is perfect for modern audiences!

    "Hearts Like Planets" is unique because I’ve never read a play about superheroes. Szymkowicz did a fantastic job of making the characters and painting a picture of this world. Furthermore, Szymkowicz lets there be creative liberty with stage directions and characters. The main character often talks to the audience, making you keep reading and get involved with the characters. This is perfect for modern audiences!

  • Bethany Dickens Assaf: Hearts Like Planets

    A treat from start to finish: from the first few lines, I found myself completely enraptured by Szymkowicz's confident and colorful world-building. I also appreciated the oxygen the play gives each moment to develop into something hilarious and human (examples abound, from a wildly funny scene between two nurses to the "doughnut" conversation). These are not digressions; rather, they sum up to a very fine exploration of the joys of life: ever present if we would only embrace them.

    A treat from start to finish: from the first few lines, I found myself completely enraptured by Szymkowicz's confident and colorful world-building. I also appreciated the oxygen the play gives each moment to develop into something hilarious and human (examples abound, from a wildly funny scene between two nurses to the "doughnut" conversation). These are not digressions; rather, they sum up to a very fine exploration of the joys of life: ever present if we would only embrace them.

  • Corinna Schulenburg: Hearts Like Planets

    After falling in love with Hearts Like Fists, I was so thrilled to watch a reading of Hearts Like Planets. It has everything I love about Fists--kickass women, great fight scenes, delirious love, and of course, Doctor X--but it's also Queerer and stranger in exciting ways. I particularly loved meeting Orphan Drillnose and the intoxicating Darkness (who should totally get a spinoff, I mean a girl can hope).

    After falling in love with Hearts Like Fists, I was so thrilled to watch a reading of Hearts Like Planets. It has everything I love about Fists--kickass women, great fight scenes, delirious love, and of course, Doctor X--but it's also Queerer and stranger in exciting ways. I particularly loved meeting Orphan Drillnose and the intoxicating Darkness (who should totally get a spinoff, I mean a girl can hope).

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization The Chance Theater, Year 2021
  • Type Commission, Organization The Chance Theater, Anaheim CA, Year 2020