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CAST in alphabetical order

Bonnie & others...... PETRINA BROMLEY Oz & others ...... GENO CARR Beverley/Annette & others...... Claude & others...... JOEL HATCH Bob & others...... RODNEY HICKS Janice & others ...... Kevin T ./Garth & others...... Nick & others...... LEE MacDOUGALL Kevin J ./Ali & others...... CAESAR SAMAYOA Hannah & others ...... Q . SMITH Beulah & others...... ASTRID VAN WIEREN Diane & others...... SHARON WHEATLEY BAND

IAN EISENDRATH: Conductor, Piano, Synthesizer, Accordion and Harmonium ALEC BERLIN: Acoustic and Electric Guitars NATE LUECK: Mandolins, Bouzuki, Guitars ROMANO DI NILLO: Bodhran, Djembe, Cajon, Shakers LARRY LELLI: Drums, Shakers, Djembe, Cajon CARL CARTER: Acoustic and Electric Bass BEN POWER: Flutes, Whistles, Uilleann Pipes CAITLIN WARBELOW: Fiddle DAVID LAI: Music Coordinator CHRIS RANNEY: Associate Conductor ANDREW BARRETT for Lionella Music, LLC: Electronic Music Design RYAN DRISCOLL and ZACH REDLER: Music Preparation BOB HALLETT: Newfoundland Music Consultant

MUSICAL NUMBERS

1. WELCOME TO THE ROCK...... Claude, Company 2. 38 PLANES...... Company 3. BLANKETS AND BEDDING ...... Company 4. 28 HOURS / WHEREVER WE ARE ...... Beverley, Company 5. DARKNESS AND TREES ...... Company 6. On the Bus ...... Company 7. DARKNESS AND TREES (Reprise) ...... Company 8. LEAD US OUT OF THE NIGHT ...... Company 9. PHONING HOME...... Company 10. COSTUME PARTY ...... Diane, Hannah, Kevin T ., Kevin J ., Company 11. I AM HERE...... Hannah 12. PRAYER ...... Kevin T ., Company 13. ON THE EDGE...... Company 14. In the Bar / HEAVE AWAY...... Company 15. SCREECH IN...... Claude, Company 16. ME AND THE SKY...... Beverley, Female Company 17. The Dover Fault...... Nick, Diane 18. STOP THE WORLD...... Nick, Diane, Company 19. 38 PLANES (Reprise) / SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. . . . Beverley, Company 20. SOMETHING’S MISSING...... Company 21. 10 Years Later...... Company 22. FINALE...... Claude, Company 23. Bonus: SCREECH OUT...... Band The Come From Away benefit concert team at the Gander airport. SYNOPSIS

Come From Away tells the true story of 38 planes and almost 7,000 passengers from around the world that were diverted to the small community of Gander, Newfoundland on September 11th, 2001, doubling its population in an instant . While the world witnessed the worst acts of humankind, these stranded passengers had their faith in humanity restored by the Canadians who, for five days, comforted those who had come from away .

YOU ARE HERE

Gander is a small town in Newfoundland and Labrador, the most isolated Canadian province, with one of the largest airports in the world . From the 1940’s through the 1960’s Gander was a refueling stop for transatlantic flights, hosting troops during World War II, and countless celebrities like the Beatles, Albert Einstein, the Queen, and Fidel Castro . When jumbo jets no longer needed to refuel to cross the Atlantic, Gander International Airport — called “The Crossroads of the World” — was reduced to servicing only a few flights a day, until it welcomed the world on September 11th, 2001 .

FROM THE CREATORS

In September 2011, we traveled to Newfoundland for the 10th anniversary of that pivotal day, along with countless returning passengers, pilots and flight crew . We spent almost a month there, interviewing everyone we could and experiencing the same incredible generosity that the original stranded passengers (or “come from aways”) did . Every character in the show was inspired by a friend we made out there — and we returned wanting to share every story we heard — 16,000 of them, in a 100-minute musical, with 12 actors . As Reg Wright, president and CEO of the Gander International Airport once told us, “You’re writing a show about giving people sandwiches? Good luck with that!”

But it wasn’t just luck that brought us where we are today — like Gander, we had an incredible community who helped us tell this story . Shepherded by our producers, Junkyard Dog Productions, who have assembled the best team you could ask for, it started with our director, , whose leadership and artistry are beyond measure . Our music supervisor, Ian Eisendrath, passionately dove into the world of Newfoundland music — he even learned to play the button accordion! And our choreographer, , together with Chris, created a unique staging vocabulary that moves us from airplanes to busses to Legion halls in an instant — all with 12 chairs and 2 tables . Our cast members hail from all across North America — including Newfoundland! Each actor plays locals and “come from aways,” switching on a dime from one accent and character to the next, but also supporting one another as a true ensemble: a diverse and unique company of individuals telling the story as one . Having now seen our team’s work hundreds of times, we never get tired of watching the magic they have all created onstage .

And then there are times we just close our eyes and listen . The music of Come From Away is intricately woven together with the dialogue, so we’ve tried to capture the total experience of the show in this cast recording while still saving a few surprises for the theatre . Newfoundland music draws on unique instruments which make up the heartbeat of our show: button accordion, bodhran, over twenty high and low whistles, Celtic fiddle, mandolin and a mop-and-bottle-caps-screwed-into-a-boot called an “ugly stick” — not your traditional Broadway sound . Ian Eisendrath’s , August Eriksmoen’s orchestrations and our kick ass band beautifully capture the essence of the authentic music we love from “The Rock ”. Beyond that, the music tells the story as much as the words — group numbers suggest a community zeitgeist while solos express moments of isolation . Hand drums from Newfoundland are contrasted with hand drums from Africa to find commonalities, fusing to create a musical metaphor that says we are greater together than apart .

Come From Away was workshopped at Sheridan College’s Canadian Music Theatre Project under the leadership of Michael Rubinoff, who first introduced us to this life-changing story . It was presented at ’ Festival of New Artists and the National Alliance for Music Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals, followed by a world premiere co-production at the and Seattle Repertory Theatre . It then travelled to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D .C ., the Royal Alexandra Theatre in , and most importantly to Newfoundland for two incredible benefit concerts, giving back to the people who gave so much . We were thrilled to be the first Broadway-bound show to play the Gander Community Centre Hockey Arena!

But the biggest honor and most humbling experiences have been sharing the show with the people we interviewed — now good friends — as well as those who lost loved ones on that tragic day, and who have, like us, found hope in a story about human kindness .

Thank you to everyone who made this journey possible — and thank you for listening!

— Irene & David @sankoffandhein Photo: Sandler Townsend WELCOME TO THE ROCK

A word of warning before you listen to this cast album: Come From Away is a musical that might very well inspire you to adopt an animal . I first saw and ’s joyous and moving show about human kindness in a sold-out hockey rink in Gander — the small Newfoundland town “on the edge of the world” where 38 airplanes from around the world were redirected when American airspace was shut down on 9/11 .

Junkyard Dog Productions, Come From Away’s lead producers, had flown the entire Broadway-bound cast and creative team led by director Christopher Ashley out for two concert performances — with all the box office going to charities in Gander and the surrounding towns like Gambo, Glenwood, Appleton, Lewisporte and Norris Arm .

It was about giving back to the communities who inspired the show by sharing food, shelter, clothes and, in certain cases, good Irish whiskey with 6,579 refugees of all nationalities stranded there for a week back in 2001 . The feeling of goodwill generated by the spirit of the show itself didn't go away when I left the rink — which may be why when I stopped by the local SPCA to meet Bonnie Harris, the amazing real-life woman who, like the character of the same name in Come From Away, cared for the frightened dogs, and even a pair of bonobo apes stuck at the airport that week, I ended up leaving with papers to adopt an adorable mutt named Ginger . (My surprised wife back in Toronto put the brakes on my spontaneous idea — but happily, Ginger had another home lined up .)

Come From Away has shown an amazing ability to inspire audiences to pay it forward in every place it’s played on route to Broadway — even as it became the highest grossing show in Seattle Repertory Theatre’s history and broke ticket sales records in La Jolla, Washington DC, and at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto (where its and lyricist are based) . It has had the critics raving too — ending up on end-of-year lists at the LA Times, Seattle Times, Washington Post, the and mine at .

It could be said that Come From Away fits into a familiar line of American musicals where characters find themselves challenged by an unfamiliar foreign culture — from Rodgers and Hammerstein classics like South Pacific to Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Bobby Lopez’s satiric hit The Book of Mormon . But what makes Sankoff and Hein’s approach to telling this story so right for today is neither the perspective of the “Come From Aways” who were stranded in Gander, or that of the Islanders whose lives were upended by them, dominates .

At the same time, as so many of the folks in Gander told me, even though Sankoff and Hein are “Come from Aways” themselves, they depict the resilient culture of Newfoundland with great authenticity and respect — from the unique idioms, accents and dishes (like Beulah’s “cod au gratin”) to its vibrant fiddle-filled, floor-stomping music to its self-deprecating screeching-in ceremonies .

At a time when the number of displaced people in the world is at a historical high, worse even than after the Second World War, a story about opening your home to strangers in need — even when they are scared, or you are — could not have arrived at a more crucial moment . And if not to a stranger, then maybe to a dog? I’m still working on my wife .

— J. Kelly Nestruck, theatre critic at The Globe and Mail

1. WELCOME TO THE ROCK ACTOR 6 ALL WELCOME TO THE FARTHEST PLACE WE WILL NOT BE DROWNED CLAUDE YOU’LL GET FROM DISNEYLAND On the northeast tip of North America, on ACTOR 3 an island called Newfoundland, there’s an CLAUDE WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE WE LOST airport — it used to be one of the biggest FISH AND CHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS OUR LOVED ONES AND WE SAID airports in the world . And next to it, is a town called Gander . WOMEN & CLAUDE ALL THIS IS NEWFOUNDLAND WE WILL STILL GO ON CLAUDE WELCOME TO THE ROCK! GROUP 1 ACTOR 10 IF YOU COME FROM AWAY WELCOME TO THE ROCK WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE THE YOU’LL PROBABLY UNDERSTAND WINDS TRIED TO BLOW ABOUT A HALF OF WHAT WE SAY GROUP 2 THEY SAY NO MAN’S AN ISLAND, I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER ALL BUT AN ISLAND MAKES A MAN AND WE SAID NO ALL CLAUDE, OZ, BEULAH & BONNIE I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER BONNIE ‘SPECIALLY WHEN ONE COMES I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER That morning, I drop my kids off at school FROM ONE LIKE NEWFOUNDLAND I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER and head to the SPCA, where I’m greeted by my other kids — all barking and meowing ALL OZ for breakfast and a belly rub . Not that I’m WELCOME TO THE ROCK That morning, I’m in my car . The kids cross complaining . I loves ‘em . But by the time Airport Boulevard to get to school — and that feeding is done, I’ve got to get back to BEULAH time a day people are in a little bit of a rush pick up my human kids . So, I take just one That morning, I’m in the classroom . It’s our to get to work and stuff, so normally I sit second for myself . And I’m sitting in my car . first day back and the school busses are on there and run my radar . strike, so I’m covering for Annette, who’s run- ANNETTE ning late! Oz cues the cast to make a "WOOP-WOOP" I’m in the library . sound. ANNETTE BEULAH Sorry, Beulah! How’s the kids? OZ I’m in the staffroom . And if they're speeding, I’ll stop ‘em and BEULAH write out a warning ticket . I’ll write “STFD” BONNIE, BEULAH & ANNETTE Not exactly thrilled to be inside on such a — Slow The Fuck Down . And I turn on the radio . gorgeous day, so I told them we’d only have a half-day this morning — and they were quite ACTOR 2 ALL pleased — until I told them we’d have the WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE THE YOU ARE HERE other half in the afternoon! WINTERS TRIED TO KILL US AT THE START OF A MOMENT AND WE SAID ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD ACTOR 8 WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA WELCOME TO THE WILDEST WEATHER ALL HERE — ON THE EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC THAT YOU’VE EVER HEARD OF WE WILL NOT BE KILLED ON AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN THERE AND HERE ACTOR 12 ACTOR 9 WHERE EVERYONE IS NICER, BUT IT’S WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE THE NEVER NICE ABOVE WATERS TRIED TO DROWN US AND WE SAID ALL TO THE ONES WHO’VE LEFT AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN (Repeated underneath) YOU’RE NEVER TRULY GONE THIRTY-TWO PLANES I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER A CANDLE’S IN THE WINDOW (THIRTY-TWO PLANES) I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER… AND THE KETTLE’S ALWAYS ON THEN ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER OZ ALL AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN I’m running my radar when Bonnie comes by . WHEN THE SUN IS COMING UP THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT She pulls up, and she is waving at me like AND THE WORLD HAS COME ASHORE THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT mad, so I roll down my window and she says IF YOU’RE HOPING FOR A HARBOUR THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT PLANES THEN YOU’LL FIND AN OPEN DOOR BONNIE IN THE WINTER FROM THE WATER JANICE Oz, turn on the radio! THROUGH WHATEVER’S IN THE WAY Is this on? Sorry . I’m new . This is Rogers TV TO THE ONES WHO HAVE COME FROM AWAY Channel 9 . My name’s Janice Mosher and I’m OZ WELCOME TO THE ROCK! reporting live from Gander Airport where the 19th Slow it down, Bonnie . plane has just touched down . I’m here with…

BONNIE 2. 38 PLANES BONNIE Jesus H .! Oz! Turn on your radio! Bonnie Harris . On a normal day, we get a half BEVERLEY dozen flights — now we've already got three COMPANY On final approach, we’re coming into runway times that many landing in two hours . It’s a lot WHERE OUR STORIES START two-two, and I think, “Where am I gonna of noise . You can smell the fuel . You can smell park this thing?” There are planes lined up the exhaust . JANICE like sardines . And as far as I can see, there's It’s my first day at the station . cars lined up too . It looks like everybody in OZ Newfoundland is here . Jaysus, that’s a jumbo! There’s gotta be two-fifty COMPANY or three hundred on her . That’s a fairly large one, WHERE WE’LL END THE NIGHT ALL UNLESS SPEAKING there’s gotta be two hundred on her — now, I’m (underneath) adding this up . We got 38 planes — we got two, GARTH ONE PLANE three hundred people on the average… Holy shit! I’m getting coffee for the picket line . THEN ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN 3. BLANKETS AND BEDDING WHERE WE KNOW BY HEART THIRTEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER JANICE CRYSTAL AND THEN ANOTHER 11:53 a .m . Five minutes ‘til my smoke break . AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN NINETEEN PLANES ALL COMPANY THEN ANOTHER Tuesday . EVERY SINGLE FLIGHT AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN JANICE DWIGHT TWENTY-SIX PLANES September 11th, 2001 . Any available commu- I’m off to work at the airport . THEN ANOTHER nity buildings will be converted into shelters . AND THEN ANOTHER With thousands of passengers arriving at any MEN AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN minute, the town is asking for help with — WELCOME TO THE FOG TWENTY- PLANES well, anything you can do… WELCOME TO THE TREES (TWENTY-NINE PLANES) TO THE OCEAN AND THE SKY THEN ANOTHER AND WHATEVER’S IN BETWEEN AND THEN ANOTHER

BEULAH Could be any time now? Well, I’m glad I phoned! ANNETTE CRYSTAL, I SAW ON THE NEWS MEDICINE THAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR OZ BLANKETS AND BEDDING I get a call from Beulah looking for “anything MARGIE AND MAYBE SOME FOOD 700 people from around the world might TOOTHPASTE need .” So I go down to Shoppers and the CRYSTAL manager says to just take what I want off the MARTHA DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED shelves - toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, UNDERWEAR AND HOW MUCH deodorant . And I’m back at the school, when Beulah says . . BEULAH MARTHA (ACTOR 5) ASPIRIN I NEED SOMETHING TO DO BEULAH You know, those planes probably got some CRYSTAL & ANNETTE MARTHA, CRYSTAL & BEULAH babies on them… JACKETS OUR KIDS GREW OUT OF LAST ‘CAUSE I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS SUMMER ANYMORE A slight pause. JANICE ANNETTE OZ AND DOWN AT THE STATION, WE'RE TAKING CAN I HELP? So I’m back to Shoppers for diapers . And we’re DONATIONS OUT BY THE DOOR IS THERE SOMETHING? unpacking them, when Annette says . . I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ALL TO KEEP ME FROM THINKING OF ANNETTE HOLY JESUS, THERE’S MORE! ALL OF THOSE SCENES ON THE TUBE You know, those babies are probably gonna be hungry . . ANNETTE CRYSTAL IT’S BETTER THAN BEING AT HOME ALONE I NEED SOMETHING TO DO A slight pause. WONDERING WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING ‘CAUSE I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS OZ MARGIE WOMEN — GROUP 1 So I’m back to Shoppers for formula and baby EVERYONE’S PHONING NO, I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS ANYMORE food . And when I get back, Beulah says . . ANNETTE & BEULAH WOMEN — GROUP 2 BEULAH WE’RE SETTING UP ROOMS IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, You know, those planes are probably filled with THROUGH THE WIND women of child bearing age… MARGIE BEEN CRYING ALL AFTERNOON WONDERING ALL WOMEN OZ WHAT CAN BE DONE IF A STRANGER ENDS UP AT YOUR DOOR Soooo…? MEN BEULAH BEULAH WHAT DO WE NEED? YOU GET ON THE HORN So I’M back to Shoppers to pick up as many (on the phone) pads and tampons as they have . ANNETTE Hello? This is Beulah Davis down at the I made a tray of sandwiches . Academy . I heard we might be getting some JANICE guests and I thought I’d see if I could help The Baptist Church needs a hand moving their BEULAH whosever in charge of getting the school pews . . Doctor O’Brien down at the pharmacy We need 50 more . organized— How many passengers can we take? is ready to fill any prescriptions . Oh, and the Uh — well, we fit about 400 students — yes, Lion’s Club is looking for some toilet paper, if ANNETTE we could probably do 600 . Yeah, or sure, 700, if you have any extra . Sandwiches? we really pack them in . When are they coming? BEULAH ANNETTE PASSENGER 7 Trays! Are we gonna be ready? It had three seats on each side . There was only one aisle in the middle . MEN BEULAH WHAT DO WE NEED? Well we have to be, don’t we? PASSENGER 10 (BOB) Everyone knew every inch of that plane . DWIGHT 200 gym mats! Is that enough? 4. 28 HOURS/ PASSENGER 4 Our flight was full — there were children BEULAH WHEREVER WE ARE sleeping on the floor . You tell me and we’ll both know . PASSENGER 1 (DIANE) PASSENGER 2 MEN When you include the original flight, we were We had no way to get information . WHAT DO WE NEED? on the plane for probably 12, 13 hours . PASSENGER 12 (NICK) JANICE PASSENGER 8 (KEVIN T) This is before most people had mobile phones For the love of God, stop bringing toilet paper We were on there 15 hours . — and only a couple people got through . to the Lion’s Club! PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J) PASSENGER 8 MEN - GROUP 1 (correcting him) Hello? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED 20 hours . WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY PASSENGER 7 YOU’RE NEEDING TO FEED PASSENGER 10 (BOB) Mom? 28 hours . We were on the plane for over an MEN - GROUP 2 entire day . PASSENGER 5 WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY ARE Bonjour . STAYING ALL 28 HOURS PASSENGER 2 MEN - GROUP 1 OVER AN ENTIRE DAY Operator? HOW LONG THEY ARE STAYING THERE WAS ONE AISLE IN THE MIDDLE EVERYONE KNEW EVERY INCH OF THAT PLANE BEVERLEY ALL MEN (repeated underneath) TOM? OH, THANK GOD . WE BETTER START PRAYING THE WEATHER I FINALLY GOT THROUGH . STAYS NICE PASSENGER 11 I BORROWED A PASSENGER’S PHONE . We were allowed out of our seats, but not off HOW ARE YOU? ARE THE KIDS OKAY? ALL the plane . NO I’M FINE, TOM . I’M FINE . IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, THROUGH THE WIND PASSENGER 8 (KEVIN T) SAFE AND SOUND ON THE GROUND (IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, You never think about it, but airplane doors HERE IN NEWFOUNDLAND . THROUGH THE WIND) are twenty feet in the air . WE DON’T KNOW MUCH — IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, EXCEPT FOR THE BBC THROUGH THE WIND PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J) LISTEN, I CAN'T TALK LONG (IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, And even if you survived the jump, they CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME? THROUGH THE WIND) probably would’ve shot you . IF A STRANGER ENDS UP SENT BY FATE PASSENGER 8 PASSENGER 3 I’m okay . You could go up to first class . You could stretch in the aisles . PASSENGER 7 PASSENGER 12 ALL I’m fine . An accident? THERE WASN’T SQUAT TO DO

PASSENGER 5 PASSENGER 9 JOEY Oui . Bien . The US airspace is closed . THEN THE CAPTAIN STARTS APOLOGIZING SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE AIRLINE, PASSENGER 2 PASSENGER 8 I’M GIVING EACH AND EVERYONE SOME Pick up . For the first time in history . ALL BEVERLEY PASSENGER 11 COMPLIMENTARY BOOZE! TELL THE KIDS I’M ALRIGHT Why won’t she tell us what’s happening? OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS TAKE THEM IN TO THE KITCHEN WAVE AT ALL THE CARS AND SHOW THEM THE MAP PASSENGER 9 HELLO TO WHOEVER YOU ARE — THAT WE USED TO PUT PINS IN A helicopter crashed in Pennsylvania . WHEREVER WE ARE FOR EACH DESTINATION THAT WE FLEW TOGETHER PASSENGER 5 PASSENGER 1 TELL THEM I’M FINE A helicopter crashed into a building . The ground crews supplied whatever we needed . PUT A PIN HERE IN GANDER PASSENGER 10 PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J) PASSENGER 12 A building? Nicotine patches . On our plane, someone has a cell phone . PASSENGER 8 PASSENGER 12 (NICK) PASSENGER 10 The white house! Medication . But then the battery dies . PASSENGER 7 PASSENGER 5 PASSENGER 9 The white house was bombed . Pampers . There are phones in the backs of the seats . FLIGHT ATTENDANT KEVIN T, KEVIN J, JOEY, BOB & PARTY PASSENGER 2 I need you to calm down, ma’am! GIRLS But they don’t work . Everyone calm down! Something to drink!

PASSENGER 4 PASSENGER 9 JOEY Half the passengers on our plane don't speak We need to do something . SO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BROUGHT OUT English . ALL THE MINI BOTTLES OF LIQUOR PASSENGER 4 AND DELIVERED THEM TO EVERYONE PASSENGER 11 Tell us what is going on!! Even if we knew what was happening, we don’t ALL speak their language . PASSENGER 10 SOON EVERYONE GOT FRIENDLIER! It’s World War 3! Ohmygod, it’s World War 3! PASSENGER 10 JOEY On our plane, we ask the flight attendants . JOEY I TOOK A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE WOOOOOO! VIEW THERE WITH MY CAMERA FLIGHT ATTENDANT (ACTOR 3) MEANWHILE ON OUR PLANE WE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE WE WERE But the captain says not to say too much . And WE DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE that's when rumors start flying . WE WERE ALL GOING INSANE BECAUSE ALL BUT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE HAMMERED! PASSENGER 5 OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS There was an accident .

WAVE AT ALL THE LOCALS OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS! DIANE SURELY THERE’S SOMETHING LOOK AT ALL THE PLANES OUT THERE I’m worried about someone . He was flying BETTER TO DO THAN PARK THERE MUST BE A CONVENTION, today . I just wish there was some way to tell WHEREVER WE ARE IT’S BIZARRE him where I am . WHEREVER WE ARE KEVIN T NICK We’d been sitting there for 14 hours when we ALL Newfoundland — oh — no, you know that pull out the Grey Goose . 28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — — you just can’t tell him . Right . I’m hoping OUT OF THE WINDOWS you’re one of those people who laughs when KEVIN J 28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — English people say awkward things . Kevin and I were kind of hiding it because, NOTHING BUT DARKNESS well… 28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — DIANE DARKNESS AND HEADLIGHTS I just wish we knew what was happening . KEVIN T 28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — Because we (indicating Kevin J) didn’t want to NOTHING TO SEE ACTOR 2 share it . Anyway, this woman — this hot mess What’s happening? behind us kept completely freaking out . HANNAH The flight attendants keep telling us noth- ACTOR 5 DELORES ing’s wrong — but I’ve got kids and I’ve got What’s happening? I don’t understand why they can’t let us off . I grandkids — I know when someone's hiding mean, just to stretch our legs, I mean really? I something . And when parents need their kids DIANE & NICK need to get some air! Oh my god! I need to get to stop asking questions . . They start playing SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN off this plane! movies . DIANE KEVIN T FLIGHT ATTENDANT YOUR LIFE And my boyfriend, Kevin — we’re both named We ran through every movie we had: Legally Kevin . It was cute for a while . Anyway, Kevin Blonde, Doctor Dolittle 2, and… Titanic . NICK was not dealing with it well . AND YOUR WORK DELORES KEVIN J NEAR… FAR… WHEREVER YOU— ALL I’m going to kill her . WHEN THE WORLD MAY BE FALLING APART ALL DELORES NOTHING TO DO, NOTHING TO SEE NICK & DIANE Excuse me?! I would like to get off the plane . I THANK GOD WE STOPPED AT THE AND YOU THINK am claustrophobic! DUTY FREE WHEREVER WE ARE DIANE KEVIN J I’M ALONE Excuse me! Would you like some Xanax? NICK Because you are freaking out and it is freaking Do you mind if I sit here? I need to get some NICK me out and we are all FREAKING THE FUCK work done and there’s some drunk people at I’M ALONE OUT!!! the back of the plane singing at the top of their lungs . NICK & DIANE ALL AND I’M SO DAMN HELPLESS OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS! DIANE LET A LITTLE AIR IN HERE No… of course . I’m Diane . KEVIN T, KEVIN J, JOEY, DRUNK ‘CAUSE I COULD USE A SHOWER — PASSENGERS OR A BAR (OR A BAR!) NICK THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT DRINK Nick . How are you doing? PARTY GIRLS (ACTORS 2 & 3) NO, FLIGHT ATTENDANT WE OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS I’M FINE, TOM . The people here don't know what to expect off FLASH ALL THE CARS I’M FINE . of these planes . WOOO! I’VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE KEVIN T KEVIN T, KEVIN J, JOEY, DRUNK 5. DARKNESS AND TREES The airport looks like something left over from PASSENGERS the Cold War and Kevin's like: 28 HOURS GONE OVER AN ENTIRE DAY BOB RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY We can see them from the plane — this KEVIN J AND WONDERING IF THERE’S SOMEONE long line of headlights coming through the Ohmygod . We’ve gone back in time . darkness . ALL BOB GOING TO CLUE US IN ALL The whole procedure — the soldiers and TELL US ALL WHAT’S HAPPENING OFF OF THE AIRPLANE all the formality — it just makes me really BECAUSE THE SUN IS SETTING nervous . AND WE’RE SITTING IN THE DARK FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHEREVER WE ARE Ladies and gentlemen, you can take only your BEVERLEY carry-on items . Checked luggage will remain in There’s a giant map on the wall of the airport BOB the hold . and someone has written in red marker, “You Later that night, I’m up in the cockpit with are here .” some of the other passengers when the pilot ALL puts the radio on over the intercom — and the INTO THE AIRPORT DIANE whole plane goes silent when the President Excuse me . I need to find a phone . gives his speech . DIANE The captain and the flight attendants tell HANNAH PRESIDENT BUSH (ACTOR 8) everyone to take their blankets and pillows off I need to call my son . I ask the American people to join me in say- the plane . ing a thanks for all the folks who have been CUSTOMS OFFICER fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens ALL I’m sorry . The payphones are out of order . and to join me in saying a prayer for the vic- OUT OF THE WINDOWS tims and their families . The resolve of our OZ great nation is being tested . But make no KEVIN T They’re all lined up at the airport payphones — mistake: we will show the world that we will We grab bottles of water too — no one has any so eventually we put an “Out of Order” sign on pass this test . God bless . idea where they're taking us . them just so we can get people on the busses .

BEVERLEY ALL CLAUDE YOU GOT THROUGH TO THE AIRLINE DARKNESS AND TREES 11:48 pm . Busses and drivers are now taking TOM, I’M OKAY — TELL ME WHAT’S passengers to shelters, not just in Gander, HAPPENING OUT THERE BOB but also to Gambo, Appleton, and farther HOW BAD IS IT — TELL ME EVERYTHING As we enter the airport, all those car lights are communities of Lewisporte, Norris Arm, and TOM . WHO WAS IN THE AIR? still aimed at us . Glenwood . NO — NO, I WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN THEM NO — NO ONE ON THAT AIRLINE HANNAH PASSENGER 12 Charles . . We’re scared . They’re probably scared too . Our bus sits there forever . Are you sure? PASSENGER 5 While all the others leave . PASSENGER 4 ALL 6. ON THE BUS Finally, this other passenger gets on . DARKNESS AND TREES MICKY (ACTOR 2) PASSENGER 11 GARTH Climb aboard . This guy from the Middle East . Every school bus we got is goin’ back and forth all night . Out to the Salvation Army Camp, TERRY (ACTOR 7) PASSENGER 2 we’ve delivered passengers from Germany, Hop right in, m’ ducky . Someone says he got questioned . England, and France . And around three in the morning, my bus is designated to take all MICKY PASSENGER 7 these African people out there . Let’s get you where you’re going . Someone says he got searched . ALL TERRY PASSENGER 1 INTO THE DARKNESS You’ve all seen the airport — used to be the And now… he’s on our bus . biggest airport in North America . Planes used MUHUMUZA (ACTOR 10) to stop here to gas up from everywhere . JANICE My family and I try to see out the bus win- I try to interview the Red Cross, the Salvation Army dows . No one tells us where we are going . MICKY — but they’ve got more important things to do than Frank Sinatra, Albert Einstein . to talk to me . That’s when I see them — the Plane ALL People — through the bus windows . The terror on ONTO A GRAVEL ROAD TERRY their faces . They have no idea where they’re going . Muhammad Ali . GARTH BEVERLEY Silence comes on the bus . We get outside of BOTH They take me and my crew in a separate van and Gander and you could hear a pin drop . The Queen . I'm looking out the window, trying to see where we are, but it is pitch dark . Now, I have flown over ALL TERRY this area hundreds and hundreds of times . And it AND ALL AROUND US Then they invented jetplanes that can get is just darkness – hardly any lights anywhere . And across the ocean on one tank . . now here I am . Oh my god, this is just so remote . MUHUMUZA My wife and daughter are scared . They ask me MICKY MEN what is happening and I do not know . So there's no need to refuel anymore — INTO THE DARKNESS ALL TERRY WOMEN DARKNESS AND TREES Leaving us with this giant airport . STARS AND THE MOONLIGHT GARTH They brake suddenly, screeching. MEN Behind me, this big man comes up to me and BUT ALL AROUND US he says in this low voice . . MICKY Now there’s the reason I drives slow . WOMEN MUHUMUZA NOTHING BUT DARKNESS Wewe watuchukuwa wapi? TERRY That there in the middle of the road . MEN GARTH OUT OF THE WINDOWS What’s that, now? BOTH Yeah . That’s a moose . WOMEN INTO THE DARKNESS An incredibly long pause. MICKY ALL MA-BADILIKO She’ll move when she’s good and ready . . GHAFLA MWANGAZA (SUDDENLY LIGHT)

On one of the busses, Nick approaches Diane. GARTH We rarely use them, but everyone’s dusted off their 8. LEAD US OUT OF NICK Salvation Army uniforms to welcome these people . Mind if I sit here? THE NIGHT MUHUMUZA BEULAH DIANE There are soldiers everywhere . Welcome to Gander Academy — I’m gonna Oh, hello Nick! I thought we’d lost you . show you now to your rooms, and then if you ALL want to come back, we’ve got two TVs set up in NICK PANDE ZOTE SISI the cafeteria with the news on — so you can see No — I just needed to get an emergency what’s actually happened for yourself… prescription filled . Nothing serious . It's not MUHUMUZA like, “ohmygod, he’s off his medication .” I’ll The man at the front opens the door . JANICE stop talking now . I didn’t even think — they haven’t seen any of GARTH it yet . DIANE I say, “Here you are . Out you go .” But he It’s fine . doesn’t understand . And he’s not getting off . ALL None of them are . LEAD US OUT OF THE DARKNESS NICK Any news yet about your husband who was ALL HANNAH flying today? GIZA NA MITI We’re all staring at those images .

DIANE GARTH BEULAH My—? No — do you mind if we just don’t talk But then I notice his wife — well, she’s And we just stand helpless watching them . about that . I haven’t been able to get to a phone . clutching a bible . Now, obviously I can’t read it, but their bible — it’ll have the same num- ALL NICK ber system ours does — so I ask to see it LEAD US SOMEWHERE TO SAFETY I’m sorry . I’ll help you find a phone as soon as and I’m searching for something and then in we get… wherever we’re going . Philippians 4:6 . I give ‘em their bible and I’m BOB pointing, saying, look! Philippians 4:6 — Be We barely know where we are . But we know it’s anxious for nothing . Be anxious for nothing . not there . 7. DARKNESS AND TREES GARTH & MUHUMUZA (REPRISE) ALL And that’s how we started speaking the same LEAD US FAR FROM DISASTER language . GARTH BEVERLEY Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at ALL the Salvation Army camp . Charles Burlingame was the captain of Flight KATI YA GIZA 77 that crashed into the Pentagon . I just saw (OUT OF THE DARKNESS) him at a pub in London . You can’t imagine . A ALL EXCEPT GARTH AND MUHUMUZA GHAFLA MWANGAZA KATI YA GIZA pilot will fight to the ends of the earth to save (SUDDENLY BRIGHTNESS) his airplane . He just will . MA-BADILIKO MUHUMUZA (EVERYTHING CHANGES) We pass through a large gate and the bus pulls ALL GIZA NA MITI LEAD US OUT OF THE NIGHT to a stop . And through the windows — out (DARKNESS AND TREES) there in the darkness — we see all these peo- KATI YA GIZA ple coming out of the buildings . KEVIN T (OUT OF THE DARKNESS) We watch those images for hours .

Suddenly they all react in shock. BOB 10. COSTUME PARTY DAD, I’M OKAY . IT’S OKAY . Until someone finally turns it off . JANICE HANNAH 3:45 a .m . Overnight, the community’s popu- I’M CALLING FROM . lation has gone from approximately 9,000 to 9. PHONING HOME 16,000 . I’m sure barely any of us have slept KEVIN J tonight . We’re hopeful that our visitors will be CLAUDE SAFE AND SOUND ON THE GROUND back in the air come morning . 1:15 a .m . HERE IN ICELAND . KEVIN T ALL KEVIN T I woke up from this dream which I can’t quite Wednesday . NO, NEWFOUNDLAND remember, but there was this music in it that I’d heard somewhere before . CLAUDE BOB September 12th . Crisis counselors are called YEAH . KEVIN J to Gander Academy . I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in ALL some backwater Canadian town and that my BEULAH WE JUST SAW THE NEWS air mattress deflated . The plane people — they’re exhausted — but they don’t want to sleep . And we’re standing HANNAH BOB there, ready with all that food . But that’s not HAVE YOU HEARD YET FROM KEV? I woke up to the smell of… freshly baked what they wanted . They wanted phones . bread? KEVIN J JANICE OR CELENA ANNETTE 1:45 a .m . — Six phones are put on tables for 4 a .m . in Newfoundland is breakfast time in the Plane People to use free of charge PASSENGER 5 Germany . And we got a lot of passengers here — lined up alongside the road by the Newtel CALL MICAH from Frankfurt, so breakfast starts at 4 a .m . building . and we start scrambling eggs . PASSENGER 7 BEULAH AND LAUREN BOB An hour later, they set up 20 more phones . Poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelettes . KEVIN T CLAUDE MY PARENTS DIANE An hour after that, there’s 75 phones and com- Fried Bologna . puters with internet — all being used ‘round PASSENGER 6 the clock . MY AUNT NICK Something called “toutans .” Passengers make phone calls. DIANE IT’S DIANE . NO, I’M FINE . KEVIN T PASSENGER 5 WHERE’S DAVID? I saw a casserole dish I don’t think I could lift . HELLO? YES — IT’S ME . Oh, thank god . BOB They made enough food to feed 7,000 people . It’s like they never slept .

BEULAH There’s this one man — from the Middle East — well, we don’t really know . Hasn’t said a word to a soul — and some of the other pas- HANNAH NICK sengers seem a bit wary of him . So it’s a little SITTING IN A CROWD OF PEOPLE Is your hair different? I mean…you look good . odd to find him poking around the kitchen . WAITING FOR THE PHONE I like it .

ALI KEVIN J DIANE (surprised) AND IN A TOWN THAT’S SUDDENLY Hm! Thank you . No shampoo for three days . Hello . DOUBLED POPULATION KEVIN T BEULAH KEVIN T, HANNAH, DIANE, & KEVIN J They start handing out clothes to anyone who Hello . Can I help you with something? I FEEL SO ALONE needs them .

ALI KEVIN J KEVIN J I would like to be of assistance . With the food . IT’S LIKE ANY OF US COULD HAVE DIED I haven’t changed my clothes in 39 hours . ON TUESDAY BEULAH BOB Oh, no . That’s not necessary . KEVIN T I wanted to burn my socks . AND LIKE WE’RE DARED TO SEE THINGS ALI DIFFERENTLY TODAY KEVIN J But I am— Kevin puts on this plaid thing . He says he’s “incog- DIANE nito” and that he’s going to “blend in with the BEULAH I’M FEELING DIFFERENT natives,” but he just looks like a gay lumberjack . Really . You go out there and sit down . HANNAH DIANE CLAUDE DISTANT CHANGING INTO ANOTHER WOMAN’S I’ve been going all night, but I can’t stop . DONATED SET OF CLOTHES None of us can . I splash some cold water on KEVIN J my face and just keep going . We’ve got 7,000 STRANGE KEVIN T scared and angry people who don’t want to be LOOKING DIFFERENT — here . And they’re about to wake up . KEVIN T FEELING KIND OF DIFFERENT TOO WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE HERE? DIANE DIANE IN A CROWDED ROOM HANNAH I CAN’T QUITE EXPLAIN FILLED WITH STRANGERS SLEEPING WHERE AM I? KEVIN T KEVIN T DIANE BUT WHEN I WOKE AN AIRPLANE BLANKET NO ONE KNOWS ME HERE AND PILLOW ON THE FLOOR DIANE KEVIN T, HANNAH, DIANE & KEVIN J WHEN DAVID WASN’T ON THAT PLANE DIANE WHO AM I IF I DON’T FEEL LIKE THE SUN COMES STREAMING THE ME FROM YESTERDAY? KEVIN T & DIANE THROUGH THE WINDOW IT’S LIKE I CHANGED INTO SOMEBODY ELSE NICK BUT WHO? KEVIN T & DIANE I wake up in a crowded room full of people AND IT’S SOMEHOW LIKE WE’RE AT A AND I CAN’T SLEEP ANY MORE sleeping on the floor and I see Diane and ask, COSTUME PARTY “Are we leaving?” KEVIN J KEVIN T STARING AT THESE STRANGERS DIANE AND FOR A SECOND YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF WAKING UP AROUND ME Any time now .

DIANE HANNAH & KEVIN J HANNAH YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF ASKING QUESTIONS Beulah . Wait . Can you help me find a Catholic Church? KEVIN T KEVIN J AND YOU LOOK AROUND ASKING CAN I GET BACK ON THAT DIANE AND BLINK YOUR EYES GODFORSAKEN PLANE? I can’t sit here . I need to get some air .

DIANE HANNAH KEVIN T AND BARELY EVEN RECOGNIZE AND ALL AROUND ME, PEOPLE CHAT Let’s go see where we are . The sun’s out . It’ll do you good . KEVIN T & DIANE KEVIN J THE PERSON IN THE MIRROR WHO’S AND PEOPLE SNACK KEVIN J TURNED INTO SOMEONE ELSE Seriously? You know what, go get lost in the HANNAH & KEVIN J woods . I’m going to be ready when we leave . KEVIN J LIKE NOTHING’S HAPPENED (On the phone) AND I NEED TO HEAR WE’RE GOING BACK HANNAH & KEVIN J Hey Little Sister — Yeah, still here where they BEFORE I GO INSANE AND IT’S SOMEHOW LIKE WE’RE STUCK eat rainbows for breakfast . Are you taking care HERE AT A MESSED UP COSTUME PARTY of Mom? No . I just wish I was home . No, not BEVERLEY LA . Brooklyn . Shut up . You're such a brat . No . Good morning . I’m Captain Bass . I’ve just DIANE & KEVIN T I just needed to hear your voice . heard from the airline . Now I know this is AND THERE’S NOTHING HERE FAMILIAR going to be hard to hear, but the American air- BEULAH space remains closed . I can’t tell you how long HANNAH & KEVIN J Excuse me? Are you Hannah? we’ll be on the ground . But, we are going to be FAR AWAY FROM THOSE YOU CARE FOR here for some time . HANNAH KEVIN T, KEVIN J, HANNAH & DIANE Yeah — that’s me . DIANE ON AN ISOLATED ISLAND IN BETWEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME THERE AND HERE BEULAH My name’s Beulah — someone told me your KEVIN J ALL OTHERS son’s a firefighter… Yeah, mine is too . Here HERE FOR SOME TIME THERE AND HERE in town . And I know Gander’s not New York, but… Is there anything I can do? HANNAH HERE FOR TOO LONG 11. I AM HERE HANNAH No . I just need to hear from my son . KEVIN T BEULAH HERE FOR HOW LONG Anyway I get lunch set up, labeling anything BEULAH that’ll go bad with the date and time . I let the I understand . KEVIN J, ACTORS 10, 12 pants out for one of the pilots who’s been enjoying WHEN WILL WE KNOW our cooking . I make a balloon animal for a crying Beulah leaves. toddler — and then I check on Hannah, leaving ACTORS 4, 5, 6 & 7, 11 messages for anyone she can reach . HANNAH WHEN WILL WE KNOW PRAYING FOR A PHONE CALL HANNAH ALL I AM HERE — I AM HERE ON AN ISLAND KEVIN J HOW MUCH LONGER? HELLO? HELLO . IT’S ME AGAIN PRAYING FOR A WAY HOME YEAH, MY SON — HE’S WITH RESCUE TWO — ANY NEWS?

I AM HIS MOTHER 12. PRAYER There is a man here in town . He’s lived here I’M FAR AWAY — STUCK HERE nearly his entire life . He heard that there was I’M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF — HANNAH a Rabbi diverted here and he came to find me FINE — I’LL HOLD AGAIN Beulah walks me to church — and when we and tell me his story . get there, I light a candle for my son . I SHOULD BE DOWN THERE EDDIE (ACTOR 11) AND CHECKING THE HOSPITALS BEULAH I was born in Poland, I think . And my parents PUTTING UP SIGNS And I do too . — they were Jews — they sent me here before DOING SOMETHING, INSTEAD the war started — I still remember some of the KEVIN T prayers they taught me . As a boy, I was told I AM HERE — I AM HERE IN CANADA I suddenly realize what that music from my I should never tell anyone I was Jewish . Even dream — it was an old hymn from when I was my wife . But after what happened on Tuesday I AM TELLING YOU, LISTEN, a kid . I haven’t been to church in years, but — so many stories gone — just like that . I MY SON - HE TAKES RISKS for some reason that song was in my head . needed to tell someone . HE'S NOT MISSING, HE'S HELPING OR HURT KEVIN T ALI HE'LL GET OUT OF THIS MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE: During El-Fagir, when most people are asleep WHERE THERE IS HATRED, it is easier to pray . But at Dhuhr, I can feel YES, I’LL KEEP TRYING LET ME BRING YOUR LOVE, them watching me . Sometimes I catch them AND YES, HERE’S THE NUMBER WHERE THERE IS INJURY, when they think I’m not looking — and I can AND YES, AT THE LEGION IN GANDER YOUR PARDON, LORD, see the fear in their eyes . I’LL BE RIGHT HERE AND WHERE THERE'S DOUBT TRUE FAITH IN YOU . ANNETTE I SHOULD BE THERE Excuse me? Beulah wanted me to check on WHEN IT’S OVER AND DONE HANNAH (& KEVIN T) you . The library’s open — for anyone looking WHEN HE COMES THROUGH THE MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE for some peace — and a quiet place to pray . DOOR AND SAYS, “I’M HOME, MOM” (MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE) I SHOULD BE THERE FOR MY SON WHERE THERE’S DESPAIR IN LIFE, Ali lays out a prayer mat and begins to pray. BUT INSTEAD LET ME BRING HOPE I AM HERE — I AM HERE (WHERE THERE’S DESPAIR IN LIFE, RABBI (& EDDIE, hesitantly) LET ME BRING HOPE) YA'ASEH SHALOM (YA’ASEH) BEULAH WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT YA'ASEH SHALOM (SHALOM) She leaves message after message for her son . (WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT) SHALOM ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRAEL Until there’s no more room on his answering YA'ASEH SHALOM (YA’ASEH) machine . HANNAH YA'ASEH SHALOM (SHALOM) AND WHERE THERE’S SADNESS SHALOM ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRAEL HANNAH ALL I KNOW HANNAH & KEVIN T HINDU PASSENGERS IS YOU ARE THERE EVER JOY ASATO MAA YOU ARE THERE SAD-GAMAYA AND I AM HERE RABBI TAMASO MAA OSEH SHALOM BIM’ROMAV JYOTIRE-GAMAYA HU YA'ASEH SHALOM ALEINU TAMASO MAA V'AL KOL YISRAEL JYOTIRE-GAMAYA V’IMRU, V’IMRU AMEN MRITYOR-MAA- MRITAN GAMAYA OM SHAANTIH SHAANTIH SHAANTIH

BEULAH, HANNAH, KEVIN T & SINGER 10 BEULAH ALI O MASTER, GRANT THAT We’ve got the TVs going 24/7 in the cafeteria . Excuse me? I MAY NEVER SEEK And the more they watch, the more scared and SO MUCH TO BE CONSOLED angry they get . PASSENGER 8 AS TO CONSOLE Are you telling your Muslim friends where to TO BE UNDERSTOOD ALL bomb next? AS TO UNDERSTAND ON THE EDGE OF THE TO BE LOVED ALI AS TO LOVE WITH ALL MY SOUL OZ This was not all Muslims! And I was not— Some of the Plane People haven’t slept in JEWISH PASSENGERS three days . None of us have either — and PASSENGER 11 OSEH SHALOM BIM’ ROMAV we’re jumping at our own shadows . Go back where you came from! HU YA'ASEH SHALOM ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRAEL ALL PASSENGER 2 V'IMRU AMEN ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD I’m Muslim and I was born in Connecticut! I’m an American citizen! PASSENGERS 1 & 6 BEULAH YA’ASEH SHALOM Around suppertime on Thursday, people are PASSENGER 11 YA’ASEH SHALOM waiting to use the phones and there’s a fight in You don’t look American . the hallway — ALI PASSENGER 2 Allahu Akbar ALI What does that even mean? Subbhaan Rabbi al Azeem (on the phone) Allahu Akbar Ana Kwayiss Alhamdulliallah . El aakl hena ALL Subhaan Rabbia Al-Aala’a helw awi . Hagga Faw’a el wassif . Lekin, fee ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Allahu Akbar ness, fee naass kateera hena, Be-yeboosooly OR WHEREVER WE ARE Alhamdulilah akiny Irtakept gereema . WE ARE — WE ARE — WE ARE ON THE EDGE KEVIN T PASSENGER 11 IS THERE SOMETHING — MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE (to Ali) I NEED TO DO SOMETHING WHERE THERE’S DESPAIR IN LIFE, Hey . Hey! What the hell are you saying? TO KEEP ME FROM THINKING OF ALL OF LET ME BRING HOPE THOSE SCENES ON THE TUBE WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT ALI I NEED SOMETHING TO DO — AND WHERE THERE’S SADNESS, EVER JOY I beg your pardon? ‘CAUSE I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS NO I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS ANYMORE PASSENGER 11 ON THE EDGE 13. ON THE EDGE You celebrating this? You praying for your friends? CLAUDE CLAUDE The FAA keeps delaying opening the airspace Some people spend their days crammed inside ALI — and here on the ground, we’re dealing with — shoulder to shoulder with nothing to do (into the phone again) a whole mess of other problems . but watch the news and wait for something to MaaMa, Laazim ‘afil el sikha delwaa’ty — happen . salaam . Bahibik — ALL ON THE EDGE OF THE ALL PASSENGER 11 ON THE EDGE Why doesn’t he speak English? BEVERLEY KEVIN J OZ Some of the planes are parked on a runway Hi, have you seen my boyfriend? His name is Beulah! They need some food down at the where the surface is all torn up . That debris Kevin, he’s about this tall, and he’s lost his Legion if you can spare any . gets into an engine and they’ll never leave . mind . ALI ALL KEVIN T Miss Beulah . Please let me help with the food . ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD I just want to go out! BEULAH DOUG KEVIN J No, m’love — you’re a guest— One of the big planes — a triple 7 — is sink- Well I don’t! ing into the asphalt . If we don’t do something, ALI she’ll be stuck here forever . KEVIN T Please . I am a master chef for an international Well I’m not going without you . hotel chain — I oversee restaurants around the ALL world . I would like to help with the food . ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD KEVIN J OR WHEREVER WE ARE Well I’m not… staying for a long time . BEULAH WE ARE — WE ARE — WE ARE ON THE Get in there! — ARE — WE ARE — WE ARE — WE ARE KEVIN T ON THE EDGE! One drink! DIANE Everyone’s going out to the bar — and Nick is JANICE KEVIN J going . I interview a woman from Queens — a moth- One drink! er . Her son’s a firefighter and they still can’t NICK account for him . She starts crying and I start BEULAH I’m going if Diane is going . crying too . And I can’t stop shaking . I don’t Hannah? Everyone’s going out tonight . want to do this anymore . DIANE HANNAH And I think, nobody here knows me — I can BEVERLEY You go on without me, Beulah… I need to wait be whoever I want to be… I check in with Air Traffic Control again and by the phone . it’s more bad news . Not only is the airspace BOB still closed, but there’s a storm headed for BEULAH I’m not worried about my wallet . I’m not wor- Newfoundland . Hurricane Erin is making land- … I’ll wait with you . ried about getting shot . I am a little worried fall tomorrow or the day after . If we don’t get about how much Irish Whiskey I’m drinking… these planes in the air soon, no one’s going BEVERLEY anywhere . I keep waiting to hear from the airline . So I’ll just be here by the phone, Tom, if the kids 14. OZ want to speak with me . IN THE BAR / Claude, people are starting to crack . HEAVE AWAY DOUG CLAUDE Bonnie? I know you’re not leaving the animals, OZ Let’s get everyone down to the Legion . so I brought you some chili . But I really think By eight o’clock the bar is completely packed that tonight, you should come home and get with people from around the world . Everybody’s KEVIN T some sleep… talking about where they’re staying and what Everyone’s going down to the Legion for a they’ve seen — and the bar staff keep making drink . BONNIE runs for more beer and liquor . After an hour, Doug! Oh my — get in here! We are about to people are swimming in the river out back . have the first rare Bonobo chimpanzee born in And no, no one brought their swim trunks! Newfoundland! A couple of the local b’ys get up with their accordions and fiddles — and someone brings 15. SCREECH IN KEVIN T out an ugly stick . I have no idea why I put up my hand . And CLAUDE Kevin’s like The band joins in. NOW THERE’S A SOLEMN, OLD TRADITION FOR ADMISSION — OR AUDITION — TO KEVIN J MEN TRANSITION FROM A COME FROM AWAY Ohmygod are you serious? FAREWELL TO ALL YOU PRETTY LADIES Ohmygod — you are serious . WAVING FROM THE DOCK ALL HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLLIES, HEAVE AWAY TO BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER KEVIN T AND IF WE DO RETURN TO YOU Yes — I’m serious . Don’t do it if you don’t WE'LL MAKE YOUR CRADLES ROCK CLAUDE want to . HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLLY BOYS, THE ONLY OTHER WAY AT ANY RATE WE'RE ALL BOUND AWAY IS PASS AWAY AND PRAY TO FATE AND KEVIN J WAIT TO REINCARNATE I won’t . WOMEN FAREWELL YOU NEWFOUNDLANDER BOYS ALL CLAUDE YOU’RE LEAVING US ALONE AS A NEWFOUNDLANDER Where you from, Buddy? HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLLIES, HEAVE AWAY AND IF YOU FIND ANOTHER HEY HEY — COME ON INSIDE KEVIN T WE'VE GOT LOVERS OF OUR OWN NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING TRIED Los Angeles .

ALL ACTOR 5 CLAUDE HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLLY BOYS, ONLY A COUPLE PEOPLE CRIED LA! Who else? WE'RE ALL BOUND AWAY ALL DIANE OZ YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER Us! And then we get the karaoke going . HEY HEY — SIT DOWN RIGHT HERE DIANE DELORES YOU’LL FEEL BETTER IN A YEAR We want to be Newfoundlanders! NEAR… FAR… ACTOR 7 CLAUDE ALL TRY TO IGNORE YOUR DOUBTS AND FEARS Alright . Where are you folks from? WHEREVER WE ARE! ALL DIANE OZ AND YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER Texas and— Then we decide to have a bit of a ceremony . CLAUDE CLAUDE CLAUDE Now we needs a couple volunteers — who Texas! (to Nick) What part of Texas are you Let’s make these people honorary wants to become a Newfoundlander? from, buddy? Newfoundlanders! BOB NICK Right here! No . I’m from —

CLAUDE DIANE Good man! Who else? No! I’M from Texas . He’s from England .

CLAUDE ALL BOB Wait . Now how does that work? WHEN YOU BECOME A NEWFOUNDLANDER No . Nope . Not really ready .

NICK HEY HEY — JUST DO YOUR BEST KEVIN T How does what work? NOTHING SCARY — NOTHING YET Do we have to drink this?

CLAUDE ACTOR 3 CLAUDE How does your marriage work with you being in YOU’LL HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU’RE Good! All together now . One! England and her in Texas? DRESSED ALL EXCEPT SCREECHEES DIANE & NICK They put Sou’wester hats on each screechee. ONE! No — we’re not married . ALL CLAUDE CLAUDE AND YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER Two! Oh, I’m sorry — I just assumed you were married… Well, would you like to be? HEY HEY — JUST SING ALONG ALL EXCEPT SCREECHEES NOTHING VENTURED JUST PROLONGED TWO! NICK Ah— CLAUDE CLAUDE THERE’S THIRTY VERSES IN THIS SONG Three! DIANE Well, why not?! ALL ALL EXCEPT SCREECHEES THEN YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER THREE! NICK Diane had had two beers by then, so it was CLAUDE CLAUDE probably the alcohol talking . (pointing at a bottle) Down the hatch! Ladies and Gentlemen . This is Screech . Back DIANE in World War 2, an officer was stationed here Everyone cheers as they drink. Bob howls. I’ve never had more than one beer at a time and was offered some of this stuff . All the Nick grimaces. Kevin T shakes his head. Diane before, so it was probably the alcohol talking . locals were tossing it back with nar’ a quiver, taps her glass, getting every drop out. so he does too, and lets out an ear-piercing NICK KEVIN T I went and got her two more beers . All the locals howl. Screech is basically bad Jamaican rum .

CLAUDE Everybody comes to see what’s happened and says, NICK NOW THE FIRST PART IS THE EASIEST Screech is horrific . WE’LL SOON GET TO THE QUEASIEST ALL EXCEPT SCREECHEES I’LL NEED YOU TO REPEAT THIS MESS “What was that ungodly screech?!” DIANE Screech is delishush! ALL CLAUDE WHEN YOU BECOME A NEWFOUNDLANDER And now it’s your turn . Are you ready? BOB And then they brought the Cod . CLAUDE NICK ‘CAUSE WE SPEAKS A DIFFERENT Um… I’m not sure that— KEVIN T LANGUAGE, SON The Cod . WE ADDS SOME ESSES AND SOME RUM DIANE YOU’LL HAVE TO TRY A GOOD COD TONGUE Wait — did you just say— NICK The Cod . DIANE DIANE 16. ME AND THE SKY The Cod . Come on, I will if you will! BEVERLEY A codfish is handed to Claude. NICK MY PARENTS MUST HAVE THOUGHT Oh my god . Fine . THEY HAD A CRAZY KID CLAUDE ‘CAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS NOW WITH EVERY TRANSFORMATION Nick kisses the fish and grimaces. WHO ALWAYS KNEW WHAT I WANTED COMES A TINY BIT OF RISK YOU’VE GOT TO WALK THE PLANK CLAUDE THEY TOOK ME DOWN TO THE AIRPORT AND THERE’LL BE BLOOD Three! TO SEE ALL THE PLANES DEPARTING OR THERE’LL BE BLISS WATCHING THEM FLY SOMETHING INSIDE AND IT’S THE SAME TO BE A DIANE OF ME WAS STARTING NEWFOUNDLANDER I can't do it! I WAS EIGHT WHEN I TOLD THEM EVERY PERSON’S WISH THAT I’D BE A PILOT SO DON’T BE DUMB NICK JUST TAKE THE PLUNGE What? I just did! BUT I WAS TOO YOUNG AND TOO SHORT GO ON — KISS THE FISH! AND THERE WERE NO FEMALE CAPTAINS CLAUDE AND MY DAD SAID BE PATIENT NEWFOUNDLANDERS Now you've got to kiss the cod — it’s a vital HE SAID “JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS” (continued underneath, building steadily) part of the ceremony . I’M AN ISLANDER — I AM AN ISLANDER BUT I TOOK MY FIRST LESSON I’M AN ISLANDER — I AM AN ISLANDER… DIANE CAME DOWN FROM THE SKY I can’t do it! AND TOLD MY FATHER I’D FLY FOR THE REST CLAUDE OF MY LIFE Ladies and gentlemen — this is a genuine CLAUDE freshly caught Newfoundland Cod — and if you Alright — look . I’ll make you a deal . Either AND I GOT MY FIRST JOB want to become an honorary Newfoundlander, you kiss this fish — or else you kiss this FLYING FOR A MORTICIAN you’ll have to give her a smooch! Englishman that you’re not married to . IN A TINY BONANZA JUST A CORPSE AND ME Bob kisses the fish and cheers. Diane kisses him. FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR FLYING DEAD BODIES CLAUDE ALL One! HEY HEY — COME ON TONIGHT I HAD TO CLIMB OVER THEIR FACES TAKE A RISK AND TAKE A RIDE JUST TO GET TO MY SEAT KEVIN J JUMP RIGHT IN WITH BOTH FEET TIED If you kiss that I am never kissing you again! AND YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LIFT OFF THE GROUND IS FALLING BACKWARDS KEVIN T HEY HEY — COME ON ONCE MORE I AM SUDDENLY ALIVE I’ll risk it! NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING SORE AFTER IT’S OVER, OUT THE DOOR SUDDENLY I’M IN THE COCKPIT Kevin T kisses the fish. AND YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER SUDDENLY EVERYTHING’S CHANGED SUDDENLY I’M NOT TOO YOUNG CLAUDE CLAUDE OR TOO SHORT Two! AFTER IT’S OVER YOU’LL REMEMBER AND THE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK DON’T COMPLAIN! NICK ALL SUDDENLY I’M FLYING COMPANY CHARTERS I’m not kissing a fish! THAT YOU’RE A NEWFOUNDLANDER SUDDENLY EVERYTHING’S HIGH SUDDENLY THERE’S NOTHING IN BETWEEN ME AND THE SKY

AMERICAN AIRLINES THEY’VE GROWN NICK HAD THE PRETTIEST PLANES SUDDENLY I’M WONDERING I don’t want to go . SO I APPLIED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER HOW MY PARENTS WOULD FEEL BUT THE WORLD WAR 2 PILOTS, SEEING ME TEACHING MEN TO BE PILOTS DIANE THEY ALL COMPLAINED ‘CAUSE SUDDENLY I AM A SENIOR What did you say? INSTRUCTOR THEY SAID, “GIRLS SHOULDN’T BE IN THE AND SOMEHOW I’M FIFTY-ONE NICK COCKPIT — HEY LADY, HEY BABY, Oh, I don’t know . I’m going to get a picture or HEY, WHY DON’T YOU GRAB US A DRINK?” SUDDENLY I’M FLYING PARIS TO DALLAS, two . AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WEREN’T MY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, AND FEELING CALM FRIENDS BACK THEN AND THEY SAID, WHEN SUDDENLY SOMEONE ON AIR-TO-AIR DIANE “ARE YOU BETTER THAN US, TRAFFIC SAYS AT 8:46 THERE’S BEEN A Oh, okay . DO YOU THINK?” TERRORIST ACTION AND THE ONE THING I LOVED MORE THAN BUT I KEPT GETTING HIRED AND ANYTHING WAS USED AS THE BOMB 18. STOP THE WORLD THE WORLD WAR 2 CREW — THEY RETIRED AND THE GIRLS ALL THOUGHT MUCH SUDDENLY I’M IN A HOTEL Nick takes a picture of her and Diane freezes. HIGHER OF ME SUDDENLY SOMETHING HAS DIED SUDDENLY THERE’S SOMETHING IN NICK 1986 — THE FIRST FEMALE AMERICAN BETWEEN STOP THE WORLD CAPTAIN IN HISTORY ME AND THE . . SKY TAKE A PICTURE TRY TO CAPTURE SUDDENLY I’M IN THE COCKPIT TO ENSURE THIS MOMENT LASTS SUDDENLY I’VE GOT MY WINGS 17. THE DOVER FAULT WE’RE STILL IN IT SUDDENLY ALL OF THOSE PILOTS BUT IN A MINUTE PROTESTING ME DIANE THAT’S THE LIMIT WELL THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN DRINKS! We're told by our pilot to stay close to our AND THIS PRESENT WILL BE PAST SUDDENLY THERE’S NO ONE SAYING shelters so we're ready to go again . So we end STAY GROUNDED up on one last walk to this gorgeous lookout: SO HERE WE ARE LOOKING DOWN — PASSING THEM BY the Dover Fault . WHERE THE WORLD HAS COME TOGETHER SUDDENLY THERE’S NOTHING IN BETWEEN SO HERE SHE’LL BE ME AND THE SKY NICK IN THIS PICTURE FOREVER There’s about a million stairs . SUDDENLY I’VE GOT AN ALL FEMALE CREW DIANE THE NEWS CAUGHT AND MADE HEADLINES DIANE Look at this: Five hundred and forty million ACROSS THE WORLD It’s beautiful . Nick! You’ve gotta see this . years ago, the continents of the world crashed SUDDENLY IT STOPPED, NO—ONE’S SAYING together right here . And two hundred million NICK years ago, they separated again, moving apart BEVERLEY (WITH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS) Wow… from each other . (YOU CAN’T) OR (YOU WON’T) OR YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT ANYTHING DIANE NICK (‘CAUSE YOU’RE A GIRL) I can’t believe we’re here . Huh .

BEVERLEY NICK DIANE SUDDENLY I’M GETTING MARRIED I know . But a little part of them was left behind . AND WE’RE PUTTING PINS ON A MAP WHERE WE’VE FLOWN DIANE Nick points the camera at her. SUDDENLY I AM A MOTHER I can’t believe we’re leaving! AND SUDDENLY SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH I should move . You’re missing all the scenery – TAKE A PICTURE OF THE SCENERY DIANE OF A LOOKOUT AND THOUGH HE’S HERE NEXT TO ME, NICK OF A MOMENT WHICH IS OVER IN A SECOND HE’LL GO No, no . Stay where you are . OF THE OCEAN OF THE RIVER OF THE TREES KEVIN J DIANE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW Really? They look at each other and then turn away. KEVIN T NICK STOP THE WORLD PLEASE KEVIN, TALK TO ME, PLEASE . Really . It’s perfect . HANNAH He takes another picture and this time Nick 19. 38 PLANES (REPRISE) / AND OUT THE WINDOW WE SEE freezes. SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE ALL DIANE OF NOWHERE A PLACE WE ALL KNOW BELOW STOP THE WORLD BEVERLEY SEIZE THE MOMENT Bob is handed the microphone. BUT THE MINUTE HE GOES The winds start to pick up . Fifty mile an hour winds . We have been here too long . We’re still YOU’RE ALONE AND IT’S THROUGH BOB on the ground – there’s a hurricane is coming . PINCH YOURSELF IS THIS ON? OH, IT’S ON . And I’m thinking – we’re running out of time . TELL YOURSELF SORRY, EVERYONE – HI! We have to leave . We have to leave now . YOU’RE JUST DREAMING LIKE MOST EVERYONE, THAT MEANS HE’LL FORGET ABOUT YOU I AM SORRY SAYING GOODBYE ALL SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM ONE PLANE THEN ANOTHER AND THEN BUT HERE WE ARE FOR ALL THAT THEY DID NINE PLANES THEN ANOTHER AND THEN WHERE THE CONTINENTS ONCE SO I’M DOING JUST THAT THIRTEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER CRASHED TOGETHER AND I’M PASSING A HAT NINETEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER BEFORE THEY WENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE UP THEIR TWENTY-TWO – TWENTY-FOUR – THEIR SEPARATE WAYS FOREVER, SO TIME AND THEY GAVE UP THEIR TOWN TWENTY-NINE – THIRTY-TWO – SO LET’S GIVE THEM A SCHOLARSHIP! THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT DIANE (& NICK) PASS THE HAT DOWN, ‘CAUSE STOP THE WORLD (STOP THE WORLD) THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT STOP THE WORLD (STOP THE WORLD) Bob passes his Sou’wester hat along. THIRTY THIRTY THIRTY-EIGHT PLANES DIANE, NICK (& CHORUS) ALL On her plane, Beverley makes an announcement. STOP THE WORLD FROM SPINNING ROUND SOMEWHERE I’M ON A LOOKOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE BEVERLEY OVERLOOKING SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF WHO KNOWS WHERE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WORTH TAKING THE TIME (WHO KNOWS WHERE) IF YOU LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOWS TO STOP FLYING BY THERE’LL YOU’LL FIND UNDERNEATH ALL THAT RAIN – IS MAINE (AND LOOK DOWN) SOMETHING WE’VE JUST CROSSED AND LOOK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE THE CANADIAN BORDER (STOP THE WORLD) IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEAR, BLUE AIR WELCOME BACK TO THE U .S . OF A . STOP BEING SCARED YOU FOUND YOUR HEART (AND LOOK ROUND) BUT LEFT A PART OF YOU BEHIND AND LOOK ROUND BOB (STOP THE WORLD) LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW JUST TELL HER/HIM NOW AT THE WORLD UNDERNEATH AND LOOK NOW DIANE FLIGHT ATTENDANT PAST THE GATE, UP THE STAIRS Nick and I sit together and I just - I want Hot towel? Hot towel? AND WE’RE THERE to say something, but we’re leaving and it’s AND HE’S WAITING IN LINE over… She looks at Nick and Diane. NO, I’M FINE TOM, I’M FINE NICK Cold towel? And then she starts crying . And I don’t know what to say, so I just put my arm around her – and I go ALL 20. SOMETHING’S MISSING to kiss her on the forehead – to comfort her . SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE PACE OF LIFE AND WORK DIANE DIANE AND WHERE YOU’RE GOING So… Well, there was some turbulence – and SOMETHING MAKES YOU STOP AND NOTICE honestly I just thought he missed! So I – AND YOU’RE FINALLY IN THE MOMENT NICK So… She grabs Nick and kisses him. SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE DIANE BEVERLEY IN THE MIDDLE OF WHO KNOWS WHERE So you’ll call? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU LOOK (WHO KNOWS WHERE) OUT YOUR WINDOW THERE YOU’LL FIND NICK YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS – WE JUST SOMETHING (SOMETHING) As soon as I get back . ENTERED TEXAS! IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (NOWHERE) IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEAR, BLUE AIR DIANE & NICK ALL YOU FOUND YOUR HEART And then he/she left SOMEWHERE (SOMEWHERE) BUT LEFT A PART OF YOU BEHIND And then I was alone . IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (NOWHERE) IN THE MIDDLE OF WHO KNOWS WHERE BEVERLEY JANICE (WHO KNOWS WHERE) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BACK TO THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE THERE’LL YOU’LL FIND PUT YOUR SEATBACKS AND TRAY TABLES UP (SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF) RIGHT BELOW US IS THE CITY OZ SOMETHING (SOMETHING) WHERE I GREW UP BACK TO THE SIMPLE AND PLAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (NOWHERE) COMING ‘ROUND PAST THE FIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEAR, BLUE AIR THEN THE WHEELS TOUCH THE GROUND DWIGHT YOU FOUND YOUR HEART FOR FIVE DAYS THE WEATHER HAD BEEN BUT LEFT A PART OF YOU BEHIND ALL EXCEPT BEVERLEY SO NICE (repeated underneath) JOEY HOME, AMERICA BONNIE Everyone’s drinking and comparing stories . HOME IN AMERICA BUT AS THEY BOARDED IT STARTED TO RAIN HOME, AMERICA DELORES HOME IN AMERICA… BEULAH Where’d you stay? What’d you do? AT THE END OF THE DAY, BEVERLEY AFTER EVERYONE LEFT DIANE TAXI-ING, WE’RE ALL CHEERING, But mostly Nick and I spend the plane ride WE’RE DOWN! OZ home canoodling in the back . THANKING EVERYONE – WE ALL TRIED TO GO BACK TO NORMAL THANK YOU FOR FLYING AMERICAN! EXCEPT NICK HUGGING THEM, HUGGING MY CREW At one point, a flight attendant comes ‘round ‘CAUSE WE’RE HOME AGAIN CLAUDE saying… THE TOWN WAS MORE QUIET AND SOMEHOW FAR EMPTIER BOB KEVIN T I know Newark airport . You could pull a truck Kevin breaks up with me . And then he quits BONNIE over on the side of the turnpike and shoot a and moves back home to New York . And I miss WE ALL LOOKED THE SAME, grenade launcher at a plane coming in . him . I miss his jokes . BUT WE’RE DIFFERENT THAN WE WERE ALL ALL BEULAH SOMETHING’S DONE SOMETHING’S LOST THE GYM WAS A SIGHT AS I STACKED THE LAST COT BOB DIANE But nothing happens . Nick and I call each other when we can . But… DWIGHT it’s awful . The only reason we met was because THANK-YOU’S WRITTEN EVERYWHERE KEVIN T this terrible thing happened . AND THINGS THEY FORGOT I drive Kevin back to his place . We don’t say much . ALL CLAUDE SOMETHING’S COST THE BOARD OF HEALTH SAYS CLEAN IT UP ALL – EVERY PART SOMETHING’S MISSING BOB I go down to Ground Zero, which is like the ALL HANNAH end of the world . It’s literally still burning . SO WE START I go straight to his firehouse . Part of me won- dered if they just weren’t telling me, but… ALL CLAUDE they still don’t know . SOMETHING’S NOT 7:42 a .m . ALL BOB ALL SOMETHING’S CHANGED My dad asks, “Were you okay out where you Sunday . were stranded?” How do I tell him that I NICK wasn’t just okay – I was so much better . CLAUDE My flat is the same as I left it . But emptier . September 16th . After five days, they just ran Quieter . I start to unpack – and I find the camera . ALL the zamboni over the ice . And played hockey . SOMETHING’S MISSING With the Plane People gone, Gander Town Council ALL declares the state of emergency over and I head SOMETHING’S REARRANGED BEVERLEY home . We were all exhausted – just spent – most I phone American and say, “I’m ready to go of us had been up for five days straight working . ALI wherever you want to send me .” But they say But somehow I can’t sleep, so I sit down and turn On the way to my restaurant, I drop my daugh- take a few days off . I phone every day and I on the television . And I just start crying . I hadn’t ter at school, but she won’t go in . She says am back in the airport by Thursday, and it’s let myself cry the whole time . she’s scared . What do I tell her? empty . Silent . It’s just – a different place . And I stop what few passengers there are and I say, ALL ALL “Thank you for still flying .” SOMETHING’S GONE SOMETHING’S STRAINED Beulah answers the phone. BOB BOB Out the airplane window, I can see Manhattan Back at my dad’s house, I look out the window BEULAH and there’s still smoke . And suddenly I’m – at this view I’ve looked at my whole life . And Hello . You’ve reached the Gander Academy, afraid all over again – and there are others now a part of it – something’s missing . this is Beulah Davis . How can I help you? afraid too . ALL HANNAH ALL SOMETHING’S MISSING …He’s gone . It’s over . SOMETHING’S OVER BEULAH OZ WHO HAVE COME FROM AWAY … Oh, no . I’m so sorry, Hannah . I’m so sorry . IN MY CAR WELCOME TO THE LOCALS WHO HAVE ALWAYS SAID THEY’D STAY HANNAH ALL IF YOU’RE COMING FROM TOLEDO YOU ARE HERE AND WHEREVER YOU ARE OR YOU’RE COMING FROM TAIPEI AT THE END OF A MOMENT (SOMETHING’S GONE) BECAUSE WE COME FROM EVERYWHERE AT THE END OF THE WORLD YOU ARE HERE YOU ARE HERE ALL ON THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN WE ALL COME FROM AWAY WHERE THE STORY ENDS 21. 10 YEARS LATER MEN BEULAH REPORTER 9 WELCOME TO THE ROCK WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA I’m reporting live from Newfoundland for BBC . ALL HANNAH REPORTER 8 I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER HERE CBC . I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER ALL REPORTER 7 I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER (underneath) CTV . SOMETHING’S GONE ANNETTE SOMETHING’S OVER REPORTER 5 WELCOME TO OUR ISLAND Al Jazeera . WITH ITS INLETS AND ITS BAYS NICK YOU COULD KEEP ON HEADING EAST, ACROSS THE ATLANTIC JANICE BUT THERE’S AN OCEAN IN THE WAY For Rogers TV, I’m Janice Mosher – on KEVIN T September 11th . GARTH AT THE OFFICE WHERE EVERYTHING IS MEANT TO BE, ALL BUT NOTHING GOES AS PLANNED BEVERLEY Two thousand eleven . IN AN AIRPORT OZ JANICE AND THE DRUNKEST FELLAS IN THE ROOM DIANE The town is again filled with Come From Aways . ARE PLAYING IN THE BAND IN MY HOUSE On the tenth anniversary, from all around the world, we welcome back the Plane People . The band rocks out. BOB ON AN ISLAND ALL WELCOME TO THE ROCK ALL 22. FINALE (underneath) CLAUDE A reporter interviews Beverley. SOMETHING’S REARRANGED One! Two! BEVERLEY BEULAH ALL With all the new security, kids aren’t even IN A CLASSROOM . One two three four! allowed up into the cockpit anymore . Of course on my retirement flight, I brought my whole JANICE CLAUDE family into the cockpit, on our way back to AT THE STATION WELCOME TO THE FRIENDS Gander . A reporter interviews Bob and Derm. BEULAH MEN I don’t know, Hannah . WELCOME TO THE FOG BOB WELCOME TO THE TREES I came back with the scholarship money we HANNAH A KISS – AND A COD raised – now worth over a million dollars . Well, try it . I’ll be a Newfoundlander . AND WHATEVER’S IN BETWEEN

DERM BEULAH TO THE ONES WHO’VE LEFT I bring out the Irish whiskey and we have Knock knock . YOU’RE NEVER TRULY GONE ourselves a toast . A CANDLE’S IN THE WINDOW HANNAH AND THE KETTLE’S ALWAYS ON A reporter interviews Diane. Come on in – the door’s open! ALL DIANE JANICE TO THE COVES AND THE CAVES Nick and I just couldn’t make the long The donation we are most honored by just AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE PLANES distance relationship work . arrived today . CLAUDE Nick joins the interview. OZ 5 DAYS! It’s about four meters long and twelve hundred NICK kilograms . BONNIE So, I moved to Texas – and then I proposed! 19 ANIMALS! JANICE DIANE Newfoundland is the only place outside of the BEULAH And we honeymooned in Newfoundland . United States, where we share the steel from AND 7,000 STRAYS! the World Trade Center . A reporter interviews Kevin T. WOMEN CLAUDE (underneath) KEVIN T On the northeast tip of North America, on an I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER My new secretary’s name is Robin . island called Newfoundland, there’s an airport I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER… – and next to it, is a town called Gander . ROBIN (ACTOR 10) Tonight, we honor what was lost . But we also MEN What’s up? commemorate what we found! WHEN THE SUN IS SETTING AND IT’S DARKER THAN BEFORE KEVIN T ALL IF YOU’RE HOPING FOR A HARBOUR Every year on September 11th, I close my YOU ARE HERE THEN YOU’LL FIND AN OPEN DOOR office and give each employee 100 dollars to AT THE START OF A MOMENT IN THE WINTER FROM THE WATER go and do random good deeds for strangers . ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD THROUGH WHATEVER’S IN THE WAY It’s my way of remembering what happened . WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA HERE ON THE EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC ALL A reporter interviews Hannah and Beulah. ON AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN TO THE ONES WHO HAVE THERE AND HERE COME FROM AWAY, WE SAY HANNAH (I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER WELCOME TO THE - WELCOME TO THE Beulah and I still keep in touch . She even I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER) WELCOME TO THE - WELCOME TO THE came to visit me in New York – and I’ll still THERE AND HERE WELCOME TO THE - WELCOME TO THE phone her if I hear a really stupid joke . (I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER WELCOME TO THE ROCK! Beulah . Why are Newfoundlanders terrible at I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER) knock knock jokes? THERE AND HERE (I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER)

PRODUCTION CREDITS

PRODUCED BY David Lai, Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, Irene Sankoff and David Hein RECORDED BY Ian Kagey MIXED BY Derik Lee at Electracraft Music Works EDITED BY Ian Kagey and David Lai MASTERED BY Oscar Zambrano, Zampol Productions ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: Phil Hotz and Andrew Doidge RECORDED: January 3 — January 6, 2017 at Revolution Recording, Toronto, Canada

ART DIRECTION & DESIGN: Derek Bishop PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY: Matthew Murphy LOGO DESIGN: AKA NYC

PUBLISHING CREDITS: All songs by Irene Sankokff & David Hein © Sankoff and Hein (ASCAP) Track 12 includes “Prayer of St . Francis”: dedicated to Mrs . Frances Tracy . ©1967, OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213 . All rights reserved . Tracks 4 and 13 include “My Heart Will Go On” Words and Music by Will Jennings and James Horner . ©IRVING MUSIC, INC . on behalf of BLUE SKY RIDER SONGS (BMI) Used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing . All rights reserved . Track 14 — Traditional, Additional music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein

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p & c 2017 Molly Records LLC. Under exclusive license to The Musical Company LLC. www.ComeFromAway.com Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. www.TheMusicalCompany.com Junkyard Dog Productions Jerry Frankel Latitude Link Smith & Brant Theatricals Steve & Paula Reynolds David Mirvish Michael Rubinoff Alhadeff Productions Michael Alden & Nancy Nagel Gibbs Sam Levy Rodney Rigby Spencer Ross Richard Winkler Yonge Street Theatricals Sheridan College Michael & Ellise Coit Ronald Frankel Sheri & Les Biller Richard & Sherry Belkin Gary & Marlene Cohen Allan Detsky & Rena Mendelson Lauren Doll Barbara H. Freitag Wendy Gillespie Laura Little Theatricals Carl & Jennifer Pasbjerg Radio Mouse Entertainment The Shubert Organization Cynthia Stroum Tulchin Bartner Productions Gwen Arment/Molly Morris & Terry McNicholas Maureen & Joel Benoliel/Marjorie & Ron DanzPamela Cooper/Corey Brunish Demos Bizar/Square 1 Theatrics Joshua Goodman/Lauren Stevens Just for Laughs Theatricals/Judith Ann Abrams Productions Bill & Linda Potter/Rosemary & Kenneth Willman AND La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre PRESENT COME FR M AWAY BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY IRENE SANKOFF AND DAVID HEIN

FEATURING PETRINA BROMLEY GENO CARR JENN COLELLA JOEL HATCH RODNEY HICKS KENDRA KASSEBAUM CHAD KIMBALL LEE MacDOUGALL CAESAR SAMAYOA Q. SMITH ASTRID VAN WIEREN SHARON WHEATLEY JOSH BRECKENRIDGE SUSAN DUNSTAN TAMIKA LAWRENCE TONY LePAGE

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN BEOWULF BORITT TONI-LESLIE JAMES GARETH OWEN

ORCHESTRATIONS ARRANGEMENTS MUSIC COORDINATOR CASTING AUGUST ERIKSMOEN IAN EISENDRATH DAVID LAI TELSEY & COMPANY RACHEL HOFFMAN, C.S.A.

DIALECT COACH DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND MARKETING ADVERTISING PRESS REPRESENTATIVE JOEL GOLDES ARTHOUSE AKA POLK & CO.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER MARKETING STRATEGY AND DIRECTION ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS, INC. ARTURO E. PORAZZI ON THE RIALTO

MUSIC SUPERVISION IAN EISENDRATH MUSICAL STAGING KELLY DEVINE DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY

Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre Come From Away (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, Connecticut.The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the , Seattle, Washington, also provided development support. American Airlines is the Official Airline Partner forCome From Away

ALBUM PRODUCED BY DAVID LAI, IAN EISENDRATH, AUGUST ERIKSMOEN, IRENE SANKOFF AND DAVID HEIN

p & c 2017 Molly Records LLC. Under exclusive license to The Musical Company LLC. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.