RUST
A MEMOIR OF STEEL AND GRIT
by George Brant
adapted from the memoir by Eliese Colette Goldbach
directed by Laura Kepley
April 25 - May 18, 2025
World PREMIERE
Run time: 90 minutes
*no intermission
Content Advisory: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Themes of Mental Illness and Suicide, Descriptions of Sexual Violence
The story
This is the true story of one woman's experience in the steel industry, her struggle to find peace, and the courage to rebuild her life. What she uncovers in the belly of a Cleveland steel mill is much more than molten metal and grueling working conditions. Under the steelyard's orange flame, she finds hope. RUST: A MEMOIR OF STEEL AND GRIT is a thrilling World Premiere play, commissioned by Dobama Theatre, and based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name.
“[on Goldbach’s memoir]
”A female steelworker’s soulful portrait of industrial life. Goldbach’s evocative prose paints a Dantean vision of the mill...but she discovers in the plant’s quirky, querulous employees an ethic of empathy and solidarity that bridges ideological divides. The result is an insightful and ultimately reassuring take on America’s working class.” ”
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