a hilarious backstage musical comedy celebrating art and exploration

Directed by April Perrin; Lighting by Frank Donato; Set and Costumes by Gaia Dhatt: Photo by Juan Echavarría (Yes Theatre)

One Small Step

By Anika Johnson & Barbara Johnston

When their annual musical is cancelled, a group of public school drama students set out to put up a show of their own. But in order to get funding, they have to make it about something Canadian. The result? ‘The Hadfield Follies: An Out of this World Journey Through the Life and Times of Astronaut Chris Hadfield’.

One Small Step is a hilarious backstage musical comedy celebrating art and exploration from Dora-nominated writers Barbara Johnston and Anika Johnson.

Production History

One Small Step was originally commissioned by the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts (Toronto) for their Pre-College Program.

It was also produced by Edge of the Sky at the Toronto Fringe Festival, in 2018, by the Toronto Youth Theatre at the Lower Ossington Theatre in 2019, and by Yes Theatre (Sudbury, ON) in May 2024.

 
 

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