.Come From Away Arrives at Center for the Performing Arts

Jul 5, 2022

What happens when a crisis in the USA intersects with a sleepy town in Canada? About 20 years after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Tony-nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein have answered that question in the form of musical theater. Their new production, Come From Away, tells the true story of 7,000 stranded passengers whose planes were diverted to Ganger, Newfoundland, as an emergency safety measure in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. “Too soon” may come to mind for some, but critics swear this award-winning work of documentary theater strikes a respectful, insightful—even uplifting—chord.

Come From Away

Opens Tue, Various Times, $38+

Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.