THE STORY: SERENDIPITY AND SERENITY: From The Young Playwrights Festival. Lionel Steinmetz is fifteen years old and has a lot on his mind. In this charming and funny coming-of-age story we go from Lionel dealing with his wish to become Catholic ("they’d love for a little Jewish boy to convert!"), to his conflicts with the girlfriends of his older brother, his father, his grandparents and even his own (sort of) girlfriend. Ultimately, Lionel yearns to find his own place within the family as well as his own identity and, in the end, he finds his own serendipitous serenity.
“[Mr. Sherman] is gifted with an empathy that extends beyond his gender and 25 years.” —New York Daily News.
Included in the collection
Three Short Plays by Jonathan Marc Sherman.
