Late night, on a lonely Huron County road, fifteen-year-old Eloise Bernhardt has an extraordinary encounter that changes her life foreverÉThis is a story of a mother and her teenaged daughter who have lost their way, and how they are fighting their way back to loving each other. ItÕs a story that questions what we believe in, examines how we judge each other, and asks: ÒWhat is out there, beyond the stars?ÓEloise and her mother, Glen are struggling mightily with the recent death of the man who was both husband and father. Problems escalate for mother and daughter alike when Eloise returns home late one night after a gravel-pit party with some high school friends. Shaken and dishevelled, she tells her mother she saw Òa big glowing light hovering above the groundÓ that momentarily took possession of her. EloiseÕs improbable tale makes headlines in the local newspaper after a reporter talks to her under false pretences. What follows, for Eloise and her motherÑand for their whole communityÑis funny, touching, and inspiring.

Beverley Cooper is a writer, actor and teacher. She has written for TV, film and extensively for CBC radio drama, twice being nominated for Writers' Guild of Canada Awards. Her plays include Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess, Chalmers/Dora Award, Theatre Direct plus numerous other productions), The Eyes of Heaven (Blyth Festival), The Woman in White (adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins, Theatre Aquarius),The Lonely Diner: Al Capone in Euphemia Township, (Blyth Festival) and Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated for a Prix Rideaux award 2016, GCTC). Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott (Blyth, Centaur, National Arts Centre) was a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award and was on the Globe and Mail Bestsellers List, a first for a Canadian playwright. Beverley holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and trained as an actor at Studio 58. She has performed in TV, film and in theatres across Canada. Beverley lives in Toronto.

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ÒCooperÕs lovely homage to a place very much like Blyth is about many things. ItÕs about family and community, about fitting in and feeling alone, about finding oneÕs own path amid the rocks and boulders of life. ItÕs about life and death and the circle of love that connects both, here and now and forever. ItÕs about belief and faith, imagination and vision and the limits of reason, logic and rationality to explain the joyous wonders of life. Finally, itÕs about the mystery that envelops all of creation which, in moments of fleeting vision, we touch but cannot grasp.Ó
-The Kitchener Record