COME FROM AWAY
Seattle Rep presents COME FROM AWAY by Irene Sankoff and David Hein from November 28, 2025 to January 4, 2026. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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Come From Away
The complete script and lyrics for COME FROM AWAY, for your reading pleasure. This deluxe, fully-illustrated companion book also includes character design sketches, backstage stories, and more.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Come From Away
Learn the songs from COME FROM AWAY yourself with this piano/vocal score.
Format: Printed Music
Availability: Available
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Come From Away: A New Musical by Sankoff, Irene (Hoopla Digital Sound Recording)
The original Broadway cast recording of COME FROM AWAY for your listening pleasure.
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American Folk
"Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11." (Kanopy)
Format: Streaming Video
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On That Day
"National security expert and commentator Arkin works from a vast, meticulously assembled, million-word dossier he has assembled on the 9/11 attackers and from the government record to deliver a chronicle that reveals several essential institutional breakdowns." (Kirkus)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Sweetland
For the residents of the tiny hamlet of Sweetland, it seems their ship has come in. The Canadian government is offering everyone in town a sizable payment. All they have to do is leave Sweetland.
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The Day The World Came To Town Updated Edition: 9/11 In Gander, Newfoundland
When American airspace was closed in the wake of terrorist attacks on 9/11, 38 planes carrying 6,595 passengers were diverted to the tiny town of Gander, Newfoundland. Learn more about the remarkable true story that inspired COME FROM AWAY.
Format: Book
Availability: On order
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Summers in Squid Tickle
"In 1995, nature writer Finch left his home on Cape Cod and traveled to the Newfoundland village of Burnside, originally called Squid Tickle: a tickle being the narrow waterway separating the mainland from Squid Island. . . In his final memoir, Finch records his visits to Burnside on and off for the next 20 years." (Kirkus)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Come From Away
This podcast recording of a 5th Avenue Theatre Community Conversation at the Seattle Public Library features Chelsea LeValley, who was a cast member in the first Seattle Rep production of COME FROM AWAY, talking about how the musical evolved.
Format: eAudiobook
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The Shipping News
When his horrible wife dies in a car accident, perennial loser Quoyle retreats to the cold comfort of his family’s ancestral home perched on a barren rock in Newfoundland. Amidst the community’s quirky, big-hearted residents, he finds a sense of belonging altogether lacking in the world outside.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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