Writer Bri Ng Schwartz first met playwright Alex Lin last summer over coffee to discuss her production, “Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear.” In this adaptation of the Shakespearean classic, Lin tells the story of Margaret Choy, an immigrant grandmother suffering from dementia, whose restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown is being sold to a large real estate conglomerate.

Since then, Lin has emerged as a leader in the American Theater, earning a spot on Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list. This month, she returns to Off-Broadway with “Chinese Republicans” at Roundabout Theater Company. On through April 5, the play follows four Chinese American women working at a corporate finance firm as they attend monthly affinity group lunches.