Hearts Beating Faster

Set in the late 1980’s, Hearts Beating Faster takes the audience on a compelling journey through the lives of five vivid characters, whose fears and dreams reflect the changes in society over the last dozen years. It questions whether life’s coincidences are really random, or are part of a preordained plan. A young woman, Carol Ann Gates, realizes that she has spent most of the decade in a forlorn quest for love and self fulfillment. She accepts an invitation from her older sister, Melanie, to stay with her and her daughter in Oklahoma. En route, she misses her connecting flight and encounters Ray, a handsome young man who believes their meeting is no accident and offers to drive her home. While at Melanie’s home, Ray has a series of volatile exchanges with John, Melanie’s former lover who has re-appeared after six years…and also finds himself falling in love with Patricia, who returns his feelings. He reveals to her that he is on a “mission of great importance,” the impact of which only becomes clear in the play’s penultimate scene.