A beautiful portrayal of inner faith, and how sometimes we need to build up boundaries in order to feel genuinely unconditional support - all on a page. Bravo, Steve Martin, King of the mini play!

Steve G. Martin is truly a master at being able to communicate deep emotions in a very short period of time. His play Abandonment says so much so quickly and deeply. After finishing it took me a moment to realise how very touched I was by it.

I grew to be gay in Ireland in the 1960s and 70s
I can't believe that this short piece affected me so much.
I spent more than a decade unraveling all things associated with this theme and this wonderful short said it all in sixty seconds.
What I like about, too, is that it is the boy who takes control and does the rejecting.
Kudos to the playwright.