Super Short Summary

Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon follows teenage brothers Jay and Arty Kurnitz, sent to live with their strict grandmother and intellectually disabled aunt Bella above the family candy shop in Yonkers in 1942 while their father works to pay off a loan. During their stay, they navigate family tensions and evolving relationships, uncovering hidden money and secrets, and come of age amidst generational trauma. It contains discussions of child abuse, child death, physical abuse, sexual abuse, trauma, antisemitism, and intellectual disability.