Perseverance brings to the stage a timely story of healing and renewal. Few visitors to the G&S Jewelry Store in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood during the 1960s and '70s were aware that the cheerful proprietor, Melvin (ne Mieczyslaw) Goldman, had spent his teens enduring the horrors of Auschwitz before arriving in postwar America as a penniless refugee intent on reclaiming his life and reshaping his family's destiny. The touching play depicts Melvin's irrepressible spirituality and unflagging love for humanity as he worked to replace Darkness with Light, one piece of handcrafted jewellery at a time.