New Year’s Eve at the Stop-n-Go is a darkly comic coming-of-age play set on the final night of 1999. With Y2K paranoia, slushie machines, and teenage disillusionment swirling through the air, a group of small-town friends face the end of the millennium—and the possible end of their friendship. Trapped between the past and an uncertain future, they confront love, loyalty, ambition, and the deep fear that nothing will ever change.

With whip-smart dialogue and a tight, flexible ensemble cast, this time capsule of late-90s teen life balances sharp humor with emotional tension. Ideal for high school performers, the play offers rich character work, naturalistic pacing, and a single-location set that makes staging simple yet impactful.

Equal parts nostalgic and biting, New Year’s Eve at the Stop-n-Go captures a generation’s anxiety on the brink of the 2000s—and shows that, for teenagers, growing up can feel like an apocalypse all its own.

How we price. We determine price by multiplying $10 (the cost of a paper script) by the number of cast and crew.

How you license. When you checkout, you simply select the number of times you'll perform the play in front of an audience ($65 per performance).

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