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Heart/Lung at The Vino
Dates: 5/7/2026 - 5/9/2026
📍 Theatre: The Vino
Loud Stone Entertainment
274 Morgan Ave, Suite 201, Brooklyn, NY
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Groundbreaking, women-led queer play to have World Premiere in New York City
Heart/Lung, an original, genre-blending new drama about a closeted lesbian doctor who falls in love with her patient will have its world premiere at Brooklyn’s The Vino Theater this May.
Heart/Lung’s premise follows Patricia D. Smith, an ambitious pulmonologist – a doctor who specializes in the lungs – through a decades-long career shaped by identity struggles, heartache, and hope as she faces adversity in an unforgiving world. The story begins in 1984, where Patricia meets her very first patient, Sandy, a precocious and spirited recent college grad, and the two are immediately smitten with each other.
A cast of six female-identifying people play numerous characters, including a Greek chorus of pulmonology patients to push the story along and a complicated openly lesbian couple Patricia treats in 1995.
Writer/Director/Producer: AJ Dwayne
Cast: Meredith Stracar, Rachel Kordell, Hayley Marks, Leeann Ortiz, Natalie Hunter, Breda Smith
Stagehand Nurses: Natalie Osborne, Olivia Ros
Heart/Lung at The Vino Schedule
May 7 @ 8 PM
May 8 @ 8 PM
May 9 @ 2 PM and 8 PM
Cast and Creative Team for Heart/Lung at The Vino
Cast
Meredith Stracar
Patricia D. Smith
Meredith Stracar previously appeared as Malcolm in an off-Broadway production of Macbeth and as Millie in Perfect Arrangement. A Long Island native, she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting Conservatory in NYC. Meredith is excited to portray Patricia in Heart/Lung and thanks her family and friends for their continued love and support.
Rachel Kordell
Sandy/Sandra
Rachel Kordell (Sandy/Sandra) Credits: Sarah, Legendary. Erin, I'm Afraid You've Got Ghosts. Lottie, Dead Body of Truth. Rachel is excited to bring the heartbeat to this passionate story of fervent love and what it means to be true to yourself.
Hayley Marks
Patient 1/Maggie/Reporter 2/ Ms. Crane
Hayley Marks, Patient 1, previous credits include countless theatrical productions throughout the New York metro area and writing, directing, and starring in the short film The Pickle. She is a New York City native and studies under Neal Matarazzo at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. Hayley is excited to be portraying Maggie and is grateful to AJ, her family, and her partner Christian for believing in her dreams.
Leann Ortiz
Patient 2/Nurse/Housewife/Claire
Leeann Ortiz, Patient 2 is a New York–based actor with a passion for honest, emotionally grounded storytelling. Trained at the Beverly Hills Playhouse NYC under Neal Matarazzo, she has also produced five films, two selected for the Chelsea Film Festival. She’s excited to bring this new role to life on stage this May!
Natalie Hunter
Patient 3/Dee-Dee
Natalie Hunter, Patient 3, is a triple-threat performer with a BFA in Acting from Adelphi University. She also went through the full UCB improv training program and has studied in classical acting at LAMDA. She would like to thank AJ for the opportunity to bring this character and beautiful show to life.
Breda Smith
Patient 4/Mother/Student/Doctor/Reporter 1
Breda Smith, Patient 4, previously appeared as Emma in “Funny Guy” with Narrows Community Theater and is thrilled to be a part of “Heart/Lung.” She lives in Brooklyn and works in book publishing.
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The Vino is at 274 Morgan Ave, Suite 201, Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn.
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