Brighton Beach Memoirs

Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other with laughter, tears, and love. Set in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York in September 1937, this coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish American teenager who experiences puberty, sexual awakening, and a search for identity as he tries to deal with his family. As our guide through his “memoirs,” Eugene takes us through a series of trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life’s challenge’s with pride, spirit, and a marvelous sense of humor.