Long-buried secrets surface as families are torn apart in Holly Lynne Aasen's tightly written emotional drama, "Heart of Palms."

Cole Wells and his father, Jack, have been on their own since Cole's mother died thirteen years before. Now the twenty-three-year-old is lying in a coma after recently being acquitted of drug trafficking charges. Questions hang over his hospital bed, including the depth of his involvement in the drug ring and who wants him dead...questions that Jack will stop at nothing to answer.

Meanwhile, the Stanton family faces its own crises. Ella, a brain surgeon,...