Come From Away

March 4 – 20, 2027

Waterfront Playhouse, Mallory Square, 407 Wall Street

The Waterfront’s mainstage series presents Come From Away, the musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein about what happened in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001. When American airspace closed that morning, 38 planes were diverted to Gander’s airport, and a town of about 9,000 people took in nearly 7,000 strangers for the better part of a week.

The show is built from interviews the writers conducted with Gander residents and the passengers who ended up there. A cast of twelve plays both the townspeople and the travelers, switching between them onstage, and the score draws on Newfoundland folk music — fiddle, accordion, bodhrán, Irish flute. It runs about 100 minutes with no intermission.

Come From Away opened on Broadway in 2017 and ran for five years, earning seven Tony nominations and a win for Christopher Ashley’s direction. It is about a terrible day, but it is not really about the attacks; it’s about what a small place did in the days that followed.

Schedule subject to change. Information courtesy of Waterfront Playhouse — visit waterfrontplayhouse.org for tickets and complete details.