The Train Stoppers
A 20-Minute Ride
Book & Lyrics by Amanda Freedman
Music & Lyrics by Adam LaPorte
Best Short, Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2025
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Best Audience, Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2025
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Best Short, Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2025 ✳︎ Best Audience, Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2025 ✳︎
Who really stops the MTA trains? The Train Stoppers takes you on a 20-minute ride questioning what you think you know is true, what you know you know is true, and if universal truth even matters. Existential crises have never been more fun!
“You Never Really Know” from The Train Stoppers
Performed by: Cara Rose DiPietro
Green Room 42, September 2023
Development History
June 2025
Premiered at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) at Theatre Row Off-Broadway, Awarded Best Short & Best Audience
September 2023
Featured in Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One: The Adam LaPorte Songbook at Green Room 42
Spring 2023
Developed at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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