On stage, a group of seniors perform their roles with energy and laughter. Off stage, they conduct their everyday lives alone in silence. The Personals follows a drama group of senior citizens, as they rehearse and perform an original play at a community theater on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Drawn from the comedy and drama of the seniors′ lives, the play features elderly people looking for dates through the personal ads. As the rehearsals progress, the camera turns to the individual members of the group at their homes, in the attempt to uncover both the joys and sorrows of growing old in America. With longing for love, sex, and relationships as its theme, The Personals depicts a surprisingly humorous and in-depth portrait of a not- often-seen segment of our society.