Max, a pretty eighth grade girl from a troubled family, has planned a sleep-over with three girlfriends to celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of high school. Complications arise when her older brother and his drunken friend crash the party. As the girls are pressured with alcohol and tobacco, they face choices that literally mean the difference between life and death. The innocent sleep-over turns into a night of tragedy.

The play takes place in and around the home of Max: the basement where the girls are having a sleep-over, the backyard, and Dalton's room. It is the present time during the course of one evening at the end of summer vacation.

The End of Summer was commissioned by the Community Advisory Committee of Sarasota County, Florida as part of the "Believe In All Your Possibilities" campaign. The original cast were members of the SOURCE Teen Theatre, a national touring company based in Sarasota. They have presented the play to over six thousand middle school students.

Other Curran plays: Freshman Year; The Girl I Used to Be; Dear God, Let Me Be Popular; The First Time Club; Secrets

See also: Awareness Plays for Young Adults