About the Play:

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Two Steps From the Stars (English version of Deux pas vers les étoiles) is a full-length drama by Jean-Rock Gaudreault, translated by Linda Gaboriau. Profound philosophical dialogue abounds from the two 11-year-old school mates as, after school one day, Junior shares his plans with Maggie to to jump on a passing train and run away from home and Maggie challenges his idea. Sometimes the trains of childhood run very late. And rumours have a bit of truth to them… And what if the new world were only two steps away?

Two Steps From the Stars centres on a boy named Junior who wishes to run away to the United States to become an astronaut. Junior is afraid he won't be able to realize his dream of becoming an astronaut because he failed an exam, so he decides to leave by himself for Houston on a train. Cornelia, same age, who is hiding near the train, threatens him to expose his secret if he will not take her along. Now, what if a new world was only two steps away from them? Little by little Junior and Cornelia begin to foster love and courage without knowing. They take a chance to try a little escape journey, which will lead them to a wonderful trip to their own wonderland.

Deux pas vers les étoiles premiered in 2002 and was presented almost 200 times in Québec and France during their 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons. The play won the Prix Rideau Vox Pares and Masque for "Best Production for Young Audiences" in 2003. He received the Governor General's Literary Award in 2003 for the French language version of this play, Two Steps From the Stars.

Cast: 1 female, 1 male; has also been cast with adults in the roles of Junior and Maggie.

About the Playwright:

Jean-Rock Gaudreault is a Québec playwright. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada's playwriting section, he has written several plays which have been performed more than a thousand times on stage in Canada and abroad.