[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"siteSettings-header":3,"production-hearts-like-fists":6,"navigation":253},{"header_cta":4,"header_cta_url":5},"Get Tickets","/productions/fear-wonder",[7],{"id":8,"status":9,"date_created":10,"date_updated":11,"user_created":12,"user_updated":13,"title":14,"slug":15,"tagline":16,"playwright":17,"director":18,"season":19,"opening_date":20,"closing_date":21,"meta_title":22,"meta_description":22,"poster_image":23,"description":24,"content":25,"featured":33,"carousel_title":22,"events":45,"Venue":46,"funders":59,"Crew":60,"Cast":137,"gallery":216,"carousel_items":252},"71334e89-aa45-4b80-bbc3-64b042bdab22","published","2026-04-17T03:57:29.830Z","2026-04-26T15:57:35.401Z","330cdc5a-6d3f-456c-aec8-de6c0e72ce85","99317c0d-dc7d-4f50-b644-c6316824f718","Hearts Like Fists","hearts-like-fists","a superhero noir comedy about the dangers of love","Adam Szymkowicz","Kelly O’Donnell","2012","2012-11-30","2012-12-15",null,"85472c64-395f-4c72-b4bc-aafdce6d8779","\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em> is a superhero noir comedy about the dangers of love. The city&rsquo;s heart beats with fear: Doctor X is sneaking into apartments and injecting lovers with a lethal poison. Lisa&rsquo;s heart beats with hope: now that she&rsquo;s joined the elite Crimefighters, maybe she can live a life with meaning. And every beat of Peter&rsquo;s wounded heart brings him closer to death, but he&rsquo;s designing an artificial replacement that will never break. Can the Crimefighters stop Doctor X? Do Peter and Lisa have a chance at love? And who is the girl with a face like a plate?\u003C/p>",{"time":26,"blocks":27,"version":44},1777219052614,[28],{"id":29,"type":30,"data":31},"epp1W_peBL","image",{"caption":32,"withBorder":33,"withBackground":33,"stretched":33,"file":34},"Pictured: Rachael Hip-Flores, Aja Houston, Becky Byers, Jennifer Somers Kipley. Full gallery below, all photos by Isaiah Tanenbaum.",false,{"width":35,"height":36,"size":37,"name":38,"title":39,"extension":40,"fileId":41,"fileURL":42,"url":43},1024,723,"411124","8235278031_117750f314_b.jpg","Hearts Like Fists production photo Crimefighters and the paparazzi","jpg","9a0e90bd-61c6-49d8-b96d-b10d41f53cd2","/files/9a0e90bd-61c6-49d8-b96d-b10d41f53cd2","/assets/9a0e90bd-61c6-49d8-b96d-b10d41f53cd2","2.30.7",[],[47],{"venues_id":48},{"id":49,"status":9,"date_created":50,"date_updated":22,"user_created":13,"user_updated":22,"name":51,"slug":52,"address":53,"city":54,"state":55,"zip":56,"capacity":22,"website":57,"maps_url":58,"photo":22},"782ff5de-0bd4-4765-a95e-ed37049719e4","2026-04-25T12:56:09.303Z","The Secret Theatre","the-secret-theatre","10-10 44th Ave","Long Island City","NY","11101","https://secrettheatre.com/","https://maps.app.goo.gl/u1AXc2D3EiqUMKM28",[],[61,71,81,90,100,109,116,123,128],{"title":62,"content":22,"sort":63,"person":64},"Playwright",1,{"first_name":65,"last_name":66,"slug":67,"headshot":68,"bio":69,"pronouns":70},"Adam","Szymkowicz","adam-szymkowicz","5cd91dc7-fe59-4f87-94d4-b3a4f36d4907","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Adam Szymkowicz\u003C/strong>&rsquo;s plays have been produced throughout the U.S., and in twenty-six other countries. His plays are published by Concord, Broadway Play Publishing, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Stage Partners and Original Works Publishing. He has a book of new monologues,&nbsp;\u003Cem>Small Explosions,\u003C/em>&nbsp;and a book on playwriting,&nbsp;\u003Cem>Letters to a Young Playwright,\u003C/em> both published by Applause/Bloomsbury. Adam received a Playwright&rsquo;s Diploma from The Juilliard School&rsquo;s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and an MFA from Columbia University where he was the Dean&rsquo;s Fellow. He is a Creative Partner at Flux Theatre Ensemble. For more, go to www.adamszymkowicz.com.\u003C/p>","he/him",{"title":72,"content":22,"sort":73,"person":74},"Director",2,{"first_name":75,"last_name":76,"slug":77,"headshot":78,"bio":79,"pronouns":80},"Kelly","O'Donnell","kelly-odonnelll","73a14ca0-529d-4d4a-9222-17fe7fd7c8b0","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Kelly O&rsquo;Donnell&nbsp;\u003C/strong>is a co-founder of Flux. She directed many Flux shows including \u003Cem>Marian, The Sea Concerto, Hearts Like Fists, Dog Act, World Builders, Jane the Plain, Honey Fist, Jacob&rsquo;s House, Riding the Bull, Life is a Dream\u003C/em>, and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Rue\u003C/em>. She acted in the ensemble of&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Lesser Seductions of History\u003C/em>. Recent work includes&nbsp;\u003Cem>Wolf Play\u003C/em>&nbsp;at Portland Theatre Festival,&nbsp;\u003Cem>Indecent, Ms. Holmes &amp; Ms. Watson apt 2B,\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Agitators\u003C/em> at Playhouse on Park. She has also directed college and high school students at NYU Tisch, Lafayette College, Temple University and Shakespeare &amp; Company.\u003C/p>","she/her",{"title":82,"content":22,"sort":83,"person":84},"Production Stage Manager",3,{"first_name":85,"last_name":86,"slug":87,"headshot":88,"bio":89,"pronouns":80},"Jodi M.","Witherell","jodi-m-witherell","fff5a9db-80ee-4d74-8cba-4f4622af87b4","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Jodi M. Witherell \u003C/strong>was most recently seen as PSM for Flux&rsquo;s&nbsp;\u003Cem>Operating Systems&nbsp;\u003C/em>and Adam Szymkowiz&rsquo;s Rare Birds (Red Fern). Favorite credits include: miscellaneous work on&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Miracle Worker\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Queens Theatre) and Mac Rogers&rsquo;&nbsp;\u003Cem>Universal Robots\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Honeycomb Trilogy\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Gideon Productions);&nbsp;\u003Cem>That Which Isn&rsquo;t\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Theater Accident),&nbsp;\u003Cem>All Systems Go: Mission 4\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Mission to (dit)Mars);&nbsp;\u003Cem>Moby Dick (\u003C/em>Fireboat Productions);&nbsp;\u003Cem>AM I DEAD? Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, Rizing, Salvage, Once Upon a Bride&hellip;, Jane the Plain, Hearts Like Fists, Deinde, Ajax in Iraq\u003C/em> and many others with Flux; as well as shows with The Gallery Players; Avalon Studios; The St. Bart&rsquo;s Players; Working Man&rsquo;s Clothes; Pembi Players; Playwright&rsquo;s Company; Audax Theatre Group; Streetlight Productions and The American Globe Theatre. NYIT Award Winner: Outstanding Stage Manager 2016.\u003C/p>",{"title":91,"content":22,"sort":92,"person":93},"Scenic Designer",4,{"first_name":94,"last_name":95,"slug":96,"headshot":97,"bio":98,"pronouns":99},"Will","Lowry","will-lowry","a96f3c76-5cd8-4ae5-a7aa-96fc40ed6199","\u003Cp>Will Lowry is a multidisciplinary designer with an MFA in Design from UNC Greensboro. He has been a Flux Creative Partner for a decade, and this is his twentieth show with Flux. He has created over 130 scenic, lighting, projection, and costume designs for theaters along the East Coast and beyond, including productions at Dupont Underground (DC), Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), Warehouse Theatre (SC), Playhouse on Park (CT), Birmingham Children&rsquo;s Theatre (AL), Palace Theatre/Spirit of the Dance Productions (SC/UK), Curtain Call Theatre (NY), California Theatre Center (CA), Southeast Missouri State University (MO), College of Southern Nevada (NV), and the Sydney Opera House (AUS). In NYC, he contributed to multiple Broadway productions as a studio assistant and graphic designer, and he recently created the digital theatre experience GPS at Lehigh University (PA), where he serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre. Love to B,L,&amp;P.\u003C/p>","He/Him/His",{"title":101,"content":22,"sort":102,"person":103},"Lighting Designer & Production Manager",5,{"first_name":104,"last_name":105,"slug":106,"headshot":107,"bio":108,"pronouns":22},"Kia","Rogers","kia-rogers","d01a8112-d5bd-4124-9899-ab856f40dac9","\u003Cp>Kia Rogers (Lighting Designer, she/her) is a New York City based lighting designer for Theatre and Dance.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>International credits: Lighting Designer for The Baby Monitor, Belgrade, Serbia for the Belgrade Pride Festival, and the OnStage Festival and Rome, Italy. Associate Lighting Designer for Slutforart/98.6 inGothenburg, Sweden with Muna Tseng.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>West coast designs: El Portal&rsquo;s Monroe Forum Theatre, Los Angeles and Z Space, San Francisco. Dance designs: Flamenco Vivo National tours, Forward Motion, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Lighting Designer and mentor for Ethical Culture Fieldston High School Dance Company since 2015. Guest Lighting Designer: Lafayette College, Easton PA, &nbsp;the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and for the South Carolina Governors School of the Arts, Greenville, SC. Awards: Outstanding Lighting Design for Real, 2019 and Jane The Plain, 2014 by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, Outstanding Lighting Design for Mr. Toole, 2016 by the Midtown International Theatre Festival.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Nominations: Operating Systems, 2019, Rizing, 2016 and The Gin Baby, 2014 by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards Kia is a member of Rising Phoenix Repertory and a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble since 2010.\u003C/p>",{"title":110,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":111},"Costume Designer",{"first_name":112,"last_name":113,"slug":114,"headshot":22,"bio":115,"pronouns":22},"Stephanie","Levin","stephanie-levin","\u003Cp>Stephanie is a NYC-based costume designer who originally hails from the Yankee South. Recently, she has worked with Gregg Barnes and William Ivey Long, as well as collaborating with AGGROCRAG, The Woodshed Collective, and the machine comedy collective. An NYU Tisch graduate, she studied at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, directing productions of Jack, or the Submission, \u003Cem>Zoo Story\u003C/em>, and&nbsp;\u003Cem>God&rsquo;s Ear\u003C/em>, and designing innumerable shows including&nbsp;\u003Cem>Spring Awakening, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant\u003C/em>, and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Ubu Roi\u003C/em>.\u003C/p>",{"title":117,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":118},"Sound Designer",{"first_name":119,"last_name":120,"slug":121,"headshot":122,"bio":22,"pronouns":22},"Janie","Bullard","janie-bullard","64f77523-e11f-4129-9266-2801baa40dcd",{"title":124,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":125},"Fight Director",{"first_name":65,"last_name":126,"slug":127,"headshot":22,"bio":22,"pronouns":22},"Swiderski","adam-swiderski",{"title":129,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":130},"Assistant fight director",{"first_name":131,"last_name":132,"slug":133,"headshot":134,"bio":135,"pronouns":136},"Rocio","Mendez","rocio-mendez","0db6b614-5a0c-4a50-961b-dabbd10f3266","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Rocio Mendez,&nbsp;\u003Cem>Fight and Intimacy Director,&nbsp;\u003C/em>\u003C/strong>(she/they)&nbsp;is an actor/fight director/teacher from Hell&rsquo;s Kitchen, NYC. Fight | Intimacy | Movement Direction credits include:&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Wolves\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Actor&rsquo;s Theater of Louisville),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Love in Hate Nation\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Two River Theater),&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Secret life of Bees\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Atlantic),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Leap and The Net Will Appear\u003C/em>&nbsp;(New Georges),&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Royale (\u003C/em>Geva Theater | The Kitchen),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Southern Promises, Good Friday\u003C/em>&nbsp;(The Flea Theater),\u003Cem>&nbsp;Marian; and The True tale of Robin Hood, Hearts like Fists\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Flux Theatre Ensemble). Film credits include&nbsp;\u003Cem>Bad Writing, Clandestiny, Tied Up, Hurt filling\u003C/em>. Nominee for two New York Innovative Theater Arts Award &ndash; Outstanding Choreography and Movement, Winner for Artemis &ldquo;Women In Action&rdquo; Film Festival. Rocio is a Team Member of Unkle Dave&rsquo;s Fight House.&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https://www.rociomendez.com/\">www.rociomendez.com\u003C/a>\u003C/p>","they/them",[138,146,154,162,170,178,186,194,202,209],{"role_name":139,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":140},"PETER",{"first_name":141,"last_name":142,"slug":143,"headshot":144,"bio":145,"pronouns":22},"Chinaza","Uche","chinaza-uche","068076e3-6ff6-4165-b6b6-e04fc18e80de","\u003Cp>Flux shows:&nbsp;\u003Cem>Jane the Plain\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Scotty the Hotty),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Honey Fist\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Sul),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Peter), and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Ajax in Iraq\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Vincent Charles). He is a Member of The HartBeat Ensemble and has worked with The National Black Theatre, The Kinetic Theatre Ensemble, The Talking Band, The NY Fringe Festival, The Movement Theatre Company, Target Margin Theater, The New Museum, and The Piper Theatre. Outside of NYC, he has worked with The Hartbeat Ensemble, The Everyman Theater, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Film/TV: Frank in&nbsp;\u003Cem>Mother Of George\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Sundance 2013), Terry Richardson in&nbsp;\u003Cem>Terry Richardson&rsquo;s Last Hours\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Cannes 2012), Maceo Figueroa on CBS&rsquo;&nbsp;\u003Cem>Golden Boy\u003C/em>, Calvin on NBC&rsquo;s&nbsp;\u003Cem>Deception\u003C/em>, and Pete on CBS&rsquo;&nbsp;\u003Cem>Blue Bloods\u003C/em>.\u003C/p>",{"role_name":147,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":148},"LISA",{"first_name":149,"last_name":150,"slug":151,"headshot":152,"bio":153,"pronouns":80},"Marnie","Schulenburg","marnie-schulenburg","ab033532-8005-49d9-928a-ad2b05338e2b","\u003Cp>&nbsp;NY/Regional Theatre:&nbsp;\u003Cem>How I Learned to Drive\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Second Stage),&nbsp;\u003Cem>South Pacific, The Foreigner, Henry V,\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Two Gentleman of Verona\u003C/em>&nbsp;(PSF),&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Yellow Wood\u003C/em>&nbsp;(NYMF dir. B.D Wong),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Hearts like Fists, The Angel Eaters,\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Pretty Theft\u003C/em>&nbsp;(Flux Theatre Ensemble). TV/FILM: Alison Stewart on&nbsp;\u003Cem>As The World Turns, Young &amp; The Restless,&nbsp;\u003C/em>Jo Sullivan on&nbsp;\u003Cem>One Life To Live\u003C/em>, plus guest star &amp; recurring roles on&nbsp;\u003Cem>Manhattan Love Story, Royal Pains, Alpha House, Blue Bloods, Army Wives, &amp; Fringe\u003C/em>. Marnie can also be seen in films such as&nbsp;\u003Cem>Made For Each Other, Penny Dreadful,\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Golden Scallop.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>",{"role_name":155,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":156},"JAZMIN",{"first_name":157,"last_name":158,"slug":159,"headshot":160,"bio":161,"pronouns":80},"Rachael","Hip-Flores","rachael-hip-flores","024d479f-18a8-4583-854f-5c4b4753d4fb","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Rachael Hip-Flores\u003C/strong>&nbsp;(she/her) has had many names. With Flux, they have included Jenni (\u003Cem>DEINDE)\u003C/em>, Jazmin (\u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em>), Kelly (\u003Cem>Sans Merci)\u003C/em>, Josie (\u003Cem>Once Upon A Bride, There Was a Forest\u003C/em>), Akiko (\u003Cem>Salvage)\u003C/em>, Whitney (\u003Cem>World Builders)\u003C/em>, and Muted and Off-Camera (\u003Cem>Creative Partner Zoom meetings)\u003C/em>. Selected Film/TV:&nbsp;\u003Cem>AfrAId, Traded, Angel, Appraisal, Not If But When, Liberty Falls, Gossip Girl, Lucrecia.\u003C/em>&nbsp;Selected streaming series:&nbsp;\u003Cem>Anyone But Me, Producing Juliet\u003C/em>. Selected LA Theater Credits:&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Visitor (\u003C/em>with Day for Knight Productions),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Waiting for Gal Gadot, Honest Talk for Serial Liars, Creation, Pretty, Heretics\u003C/em>&nbsp;(all with Bespoke Plays),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Chutzpah and Salsa, Past and Present, Exile\u003C/em>&nbsp;(all with the Braid). Audible: S\u003Cem>kybound, Data Mine\u003C/em>, both by Lou Iovino,&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Gathering of the Three\u003C/em> by A. K. Lang. Rachael is based in Los Angeles but remains grouchy, fast-walking, and hike-avoidant. Representation: Feral Talent, Inc.\u003C/p>",{"role_name":163,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":164},"DOCTOR X",{"first_name":165,"last_name":150,"slug":166,"headshot":167,"bio":168,"pronouns":169},"Corinna","corinna-schulenburg","b574c4f6-ba7a-4104-8230-4e09257658ee","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Corinna Schulenburg \u003C/strong>is a trans artist and activist committed to ensemble practice and social justice.\u003Cem>&nbsp;\u003C/em>As a playwright, her work with Flux includes&nbsp;\u003Cem>Riding the Bull, Rue, Other Bodies, The Lesser Seductions of History, Jacob&rsquo;s House, DEINDE\u003C/em>,&nbsp;\u003Cem>Honey Fist, Salvage,\u003C/em>&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Sea Concerto,&nbsp;\u003C/em>and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Operating Systems\u003C/em>. With Flux, she directed Ajax\u003Cem>&nbsp;in&nbsp;\u003C/em>\u003Cem>Iraq&nbsp;\u003C/em>(NYITA nomination)\u003Cem>,&nbsp;A Midsummer Nights Dream\u003C/em>, and the Food:Souls&nbsp;\u003Cem>Goldsboro\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Volleygirls.&nbsp;\u003C/em>As an actor with Flux, she has played Samantha in&nbsp;\u003Cem>Metra\u003C/em>, Max in&nbsp;\u003Cem>World Builders,&nbsp;\u003C/em>Dr. X in&nbsp;\u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em>, Ezekiel in&nbsp;\u003Cem>8 Little Antichrists\u003C/em>&nbsp;(NYITA nomination), and the Professor in&nbsp;\u003Cem>Rue.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>","She/Her/Hers",{"role_name":171,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":172},"NINA",{"first_name":173,"last_name":174,"slug":175,"headshot":176,"bio":177,"pronouns":80},"Becky","Byers","becky-byers","bbf758e1-3031-4e02-a946-be0180fcdf28","\u003Cp>Becky Byers is a Creative Partner emeritus with Flux Theatre Ensemble.&nbsp; With Flux: \u003Cem>Dog Act (\u003C/em>NYIT Nomination &ndash;&nbsp;Featured Actress),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em>&nbsp;(NYIT Nomination &ndash;&nbsp;Lead Actress),&nbsp;\u003Cem>Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest&nbsp;\u003C/em>(NYIT Nomination &ndash;&nbsp;Featured Actress);&nbsp;\u003Cem>Jane the Plain\u003C/em>. Off-Broadway: Retro Productions&rsquo;\u003Cem>&nbsp;The Runner Stumbles\u003C/em>, co-produced with The Bleecker Company.&nbsp;Regional: Contemporary American Theatre Festival &ndash;&nbsp;\u003Cem>A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World\u003C/em>. NY Theater: Gideon&nbsp;Productions&rsquo;&nbsp;\u003Cem>Advance Man\u003C/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Cem>Blast Radius\u003C/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;\u003Cem>The Honeycomb Trilogy, Kill Shakespeare\u003C/em>; Vampire Cowboys&rsquo;&nbsp;\u003Cem>Geek!\u003C/em>; Becky is a 2010 NYTheatre.com Person of the Year. Love to W&amp;P.\u003C/p>",{"role_name":179,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":180},"SALLY",{"first_name":181,"last_name":182,"slug":183,"headshot":184,"bio":185,"pronouns":80},"Aja","Houston","aja-houston","fa570bbf-c335-4c8c-b709-d424c25e5d2b","\u003Cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u003Cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Aja is a nomadic writer, actor, and educator from Everywhere, USA, due to her army-brat adjacent childhood.&nbsp; &nbsp;She writes for theatre, television, and film, drawing on passion, politics, and magical realism to build off-kilter, uncanny worlds that tell nuanced, monolith-breaking Black stories centered on women.&nbsp;\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u003Cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Starting her career as an actress in London, Aja relocated to Los Angeles to focus on writing the imaginative stories free of stereotypes that she longed to act in. Aja received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of Southern California. Her thesis play, Journey to Alice, was a semi-finalist in the O'Neill Theatre Conference.&nbsp;\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u003Cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Her other plays have been workshopped at theatres such as The Road Theatre Company, Inkwell Theatre, and the Ammunition Theatre Company, where she is also a member.&nbsp;\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u003Cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Currently, she is developing a play with music (not a musical) in IAMA's Emerging Playwright Group. Read her complete play library on New Play Exchange (NPX)\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u003Cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">In a full-circle moment, Aja recently returned to acting after retirement to star in the award-winning short film \"Missing Rhythms,\" which she wrote. The film has garnered many accolades, notably winning The Micheaux Film Festival's \"Best Thriller/Horror Short Film Award\" and receiving a nomination for the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Festival.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>",{"role_name":187,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":188},"THE COMISSIONER",{"first_name":189,"last_name":190,"slug":191,"headshot":192,"bio":193,"pronouns":70},"Chris","Wight","chris-wight","2f8c9d85-06f9-49c6-a7c7-f0065cd2c894","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Chris Wight\u003C/strong> is a Creative Partner with Flux and a longtime artistic member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. 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