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by Alex Lin
Directed by Cara Hinh
March 29, 2025
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Follow the McGann family through 100 years of history in the heart of rural Pennsylvania. Spanning two generations, American Steel explores the sacrifice, resilience, and the unyielding grip of the steel mill that has defined the McGann family struggles through the birth, rise, and fall of the American steel industry. It’s a timely exploration of American identity and ambition, and the cost of breaking family traditions to forge a new path.
Working Theater is proud to commission this work through our Playwright in Residence program and partnership with Action Lab.
Alex Lin is just a girl from Jersey. Plays developed at Roundabout, Second Stage, NYTW, MTC, the O’Neill, Rattlestick, Ojai, South Coast Rep, New Harmony, Two River, Playwrights Realm, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Central Square Theatre, Amphibian Stage, and Theater Mu. Guest lectures at CMU, Rutgers, and Union College. As an actor, she has performed at Actors Theatre of Louisville, New Victory, Fault Line, HVSF, Ma-Yi, Jewish Plays Project, Amphibian Stage, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Ojai, and Commonwealth Shakespeare. Stavis Award winner, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist, and Weissberger Award nominee. Juilliard. instagram:@hemeiling