SCENE 1 (Gander)

1 – Welcome To The Rock

A Bohran beats a fast rhythm
CLAUDE
On the northeast tip of North America, on an island called Newfoundland,
There’s an airport - it used to be one of the biggest airports in the world.
And next to it, is a town called Gander.

OZ
There's a two-person police department.

BEULAH
An elementary school.

BONNIE
An SPCA.

JANICE
A local TV station.

DOUG (Robert)
And a hockey rink.

CLAUDE
It's small place - on a giant rock in the ocean. Everybody knows everybody else.
And everybody in this room has a story about how they started that day.

WELCOME TO THE ROCK! IF YOU COME FROM AWAY. (ALL: Hey)

YOUL'L PROBABLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT A HALF OF WHAT WE SAY(ALL: Hey)
THEY SAY NO MANS' AN ISLAND, BUT AN ISLAND MAKES A MAN

CLAUDE, OZ, BEULAH, BONNIE

‘SPECIALLY WHEN ONE COMES FROM ONE LIKE NEWFOUNDLAND

ALL
WELCOME TO THE ROCK

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BEULAH
That morning, I’m in the classroom. It's our first day back
and the school busses are on strike, so I'm covering for Annette, who's running late!

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Sorry, Beulah! How's the kids?

BEULAH
Not exactly thrilled to be inside on such a gorgeous day,
so I told them we'd only have a half-day this morning- and they were quite pleased
—until I told them we'd have the other half in the afternoon.

SINGER 8 (Jacob)
WELCOME TO THE WILDEST WEATHER THAT YOU’VE EVER HEARD OF

SINGER 12 (Robert)
WHERE EVERYONE Is NICER, BUT ITS' NEVER NICE ABOVE

SINGER 6 (Marisa)
WELCOME OT THE FARTHEST PLACE YOU’LL GET FROM DISNEYLAND

SINGER 11 (Ethan)
FISH AND CHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS

WOMEN & SINGER 11 (Ethan)

THIS IS NEWFOUNDLAND

MEN (Ethan, Robert, Jorge, Paul, Jacob, and Lew)

WELCOME TO THE ROCK

WOMEN (Marisa, Becca, Jewell, Courtney, Carrie W, and Carrie G)

I'M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER

ALL
I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER

OZ
That morning I’m in my car. The kids cross Airport Boulevard to get to school — and that time
a day people are in a little bit of a rush to get to work and stuff, so normally I sit there and run
my radar.
ALL
WOOP WOOP!
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OZ
And if they're speeding, 'll stop em’ and write out a warning ticket.
I'll write "STFD" - Slow The Fuck Down.

ACTOR 2 (Jewell)
WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE THE WINTERS TRIED TO KILL US AND WE
SAID

ALL
WE WILL NOT BE KILLED

ACTOR 9 (Jorge)
WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE THE WATERS TRIED TO DROWN US AND WE
SAID

ALL
WE WILL NOT BE DROWNED

ACTOR 3 (Carrie W)
WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE WE LOST OUR LOVED ONES AND WE SAID

ALL
WE WLIL STILL GO ON

ACTOR 10 (Paul)
WELCOME TO THE LAND WHERE THE WINDS TRIED TO BLOW

ALL
AND WE SAID NO

BONNIE
That morning, I drop my kids of at school and head to the SPCA,
where I’m greeted by my other kids-all barking and meowing
for breakfast and a belly rub. Not that I’m complaining.
I loves em’. But by the time feeding's done, I’ve got to get back to pick up my human kids.
So, I take just one second for myself. And I’m sitting in my car.

BEULAH
I’m in the staff room.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
I’m in the library.

BONNIE, BEULAH, ANNETTE (Marisa)

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And I turn on the radio.

ALL
YOU ARE HERE
AT THE START OF AMOMENT
ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA
HERE - ON THE EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC
ON AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN
THERE AND HERE

ALL
(Repeated Hushed Underneath – Oz lines start under this)
I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER...

OZ
I'm running my radar when Bonnie comes by.
She pulls up, and she's wavin' at me like mad,
so I roll down my window and she says…

BONNIE
Oz, turn on the radio!

OZ
Slow it down, Bonnie.

BONNIE
Jesus H!. Oz! Turn on your radio!

ALL
WHERE OUR STORIES START

JANICE
It's my first day at the station.

ALL
WHERE WE’LL END THE NIGHT

GARTH (Jacob)
I'm getting coffee for the picket line.

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ALL
WHERE WE KNOW BY HEART

CRYSTAL (Courtney)
Five minutes 'til my smoke break.

ALL
EVERY SINGLE FLIGHT

DWIGHT (Jorge)
I'm of to work at the airport.

MEN (Jorge, Jacob, Paul, Ethan, Robert, and Lew)

WELCOME TO THE FOG
WELCOME TO THE TREES,
TO THE OCEAN - AND THE SKY
AND WHATEVERS' IN BETWEEN
TO THE ONES WHO’VE LEFT
YOUR' E NEVER TRULY GONE
A CANDLE'S IN THE WINDOW
AND THE KETTLES' ALWAYS ON

ALL
WHEN THE SUN IS COMING UP
AND THE WORLD HAS COME ASHORE
IF YOU'RE HOPING FOR A HARBOUR
THEN YOU’LL FIND AN OPEN DOOR
IN THE WINTER FROM THE WATER
THROUGH WHATEVERS' IN THE WAY
TO THE ONES WHO HAVE COME FROM AWAY
WELCOME TO THE ROCK!

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SCENE 2 (Tim Hortons)
CLAUDE
I starts my day at Tim 'Ortons. Don't drink coffee. Don't drink tea. An' I've no use for donuts.
But I'll grab a Pepsi and get a lay o' the land. As the Mayor, it's ‘ow I keep in touch with the
people an' such. Everything starts and ends at Tim 'Ortons.
Claude Enters Tim Hortons
Morning, Garth.

GARTH (Jacob)
Morning, Claude.

CLAUDE
Morning, Crystal.

CRYSYAL (Courtney)
Morning, Mr. Mayor.

CLAUDE
Dwight.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Morning Claude. Garth. Crystal.

DOUG (Robert)
Claude. Crystal. Dwight. Garth. Morning

CRYSTAL (Courtney)
Morning, b'ys. Pepsi?

CLAUDE
That's right, Crystal. What's the news?

DWIGHT (Jorge)
School bus strike still on?

CLAUDE
Ahya. We're working it out.

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GARTH (Jacob)
Well, we're coming to the table.

CLAUDE
Well, we're coming to the table too.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Are they tearing down the airport?

CLAUDE
Not today.

DOUG (Robert)
(Changing The Subject)
I heard Don Burton and his wife won the Super 7!

CLAUDE
You don’t say.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Lucky hit.

DOUG (Robert)
4.6 million.
They all Whistle. JANICE ENTERS

JANICE
Excuse me, I'm looking for the Mayor.
Everyone points at CLAUDE

JANICE
Mister Mayor - I'm Janice Mosher with Rogers TV. I'm new.
To town - and new to reporting. It's my first day.

CLAUDE
Where you longs to, Janice?

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JANICE
Port Aux Basque. So if you see me running red lights or anything,
just forgive me because we don't have stop lights over there.

CLAUDE
Well welcome to Gander, Janice.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Janice.

GARTH (Jacob)
Janice.

DOUG (Robert)
Janice.

CRYSTAL (Courtney)
Janice.

CLAUDE
If you're looking for news, you should talk to that man running in here.
That's our constable, Oz Fudge. He's full of stories.

OZ runs in
OZ
Mister Mayor, I saw your car in the lot.
Crystal, turn up the radio so's we all can hear.
Doug, you probably want to get down to Air Traffic Control right away.

DOUG (Robert)
There's only supposed to be two air traffic controllers on, but instead there's fourteen.
Everyone's heard and they all shows up without even being asked.
We’re told there'll eb over 200 planes getting diverted across the country.

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SCENE 3 (Air Traffic Controllers)
2 - Diverted
Everyone becomes AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERs as the bohran starts beating slowly

CONTROL 12 (DOUG)
Lufthansa four one four, this is Gander center - squawk code seven two three five.
Due to a recent development, you are ordered to land at Gander YQX immediately.
Copy that. This is an order.

CONTROL 2/10 CONTROL 8/7 CONTROL 9/12 CONTROL CONTROL

(Jewell/Paul) (Lew/Jacob) (Jorge/Robert) 11/3/4 5/6
Roger
Lufthansa four
one four. Turn Air India one one Sabena
right heading one tree, reduce five tree niner, Delta one five
niner zero speed to one zero Gander- - Gander Center Air Lingus two
degrees. You are five, you are winds two one zerp show you on the two seven, the
cleared to flight ordered to land degrees localizer eight U.S. airspace
level two four your aircraft at five naughts. You miles final. has been
zero. Speedbird one Gander YQX are cleared to land Contact tower closed. You
one seven - squawk immediately. runway two two. now on frequency are ordered to
code two tree five. American airspace Thank you five one one eight land at Deer
This is Gander has been closed. three niner, vector decimal one. Lake YDX or
Center. You're You are cleared to for runway two two. Thank you one Gander YQX.
radar identified - six thousand feet Turn left heading five. Air New Roger two two
now cleared to Gander altimeter two five zero to Zealand eight five seven. Turn
Gander YQX via tree zero zero one. intercept the two, squawk code left heading
present position Roger one one localizer. Cleared seven two three one five zero
direct. tree. Cleared flight straight in back- five. This is degrees and
level two four zero. course runway two. Gander Center. proceed.

CONTROL 9 (Jorge)
No, sir. You do not have a choice.

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CONTROL 10 (Paul)
No, sir. This is not a drill.

CONTROL 12 (Robert)
Yes, sir. I understand you have VIPs' onboard.
I'll se your VIPs' and raise you an international emergency.
Land your plane now.

Everyone becomes PILOTS. The bodhrán builds in intensity.

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SCENE 4 (“Telling The Passengers”)
BEVERLY
Copy that, Gander Tower.

PILOT 5 (Carrie G)
This is Air France.

PILOT 1 (Courtney)
Air Lingus.

PILOT 9 (Jorge)
Lufthansa.

PILOT 8 (Jacob)
British Airways.

PILOT 7 (Lew)
Emirates.

BEVERLY
This is American four niner. What am I supposed to tell my passengers?

PILOT 10 (Paul)
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking.
There’s been an incident in the United States.

PILOT 7 (Lew)
We’re having trouble with the… cabin lighting system.
We’re just going to touch down while we fix the system.

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 PILOT 2/3 PILOT 10/8 PILOT 1/6/11 PILOT 4/5/12 PILOT 5/6
Damen und
Herren:
This is your Ladies and
Dueses ust Ihr pilot speaking. Gentlemen: can Mesdames et
We’ll be I have your Messieurs Senoreas y
Pilot. Wir haben making an Attenention? Nous allons Senores
Ein Situation in undexpected We’ve received Faire un court
Den America. Es detour. The US Word that there Arret a Por favor
Hat eine. airspace is Has been an Gander,
Terroristtalighkeit closed and we Incident in the Terre-Neuve Regressen a sus
Gerben und wir are being US that will Oour prendre Asienntos y
Weden betellt, diverted. I will Required us to De L’essence. Abrochense los
In Kanada zu provide more Make an Merci Cinturones
Landen. details as they unscheduled Beaucoup Vamos
become Stop in Gender, Pour votre aterrizar
available. Newfoundland Patience. En
Newfoundland

The flight attended button goes “Bong-Bong”

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Carrie W)

Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts.
Looks like we'll be making an unexpected landing in Gander, New Found Land.

The PASSENGERS start murmuring. The Passengers FREEZE.

Anybody in the business knows when you set down in Gander, it's for an emergency.
Now, we don't know what's going on, but the Captain tells us to keep everyone from panicking.

The Flight attendant turns, the passengers UNFREEZE.

Tray tables up, please. We will be dimming the lights in the cabin.
Pushing the light-bulb button will turn your reading light on;
however, pushing the flight-attendant button will not turn your flight attendant on.

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SCENE 5 (“Telling The Passengers”)
DIANE
I look out the window to see if there's something mechanical —
like if we've lost an engine or if something's on fire. But I don't see anything.

NICK
I told head office I need to travel less I-told them it was doctor's orders.
But they say, "You're going to the conference," so you go.

BOB
My dad is always saying, Bob, you've got to calm down. But the flight attendant is
shaking like a leaf, so I figure I've got permission.

HANNAH
My son sends me on this vacation he- says, "Mom, you’ve never gone anywhere."
And when I get back, I’m telling him - this is exactly why.

KEVIN T.
Suddenly, there's a drop.

The GROUP drops, with a gasp

A sudden change in direction. And I fly a lot, so I know that's not normal.
Outside the window, all I can see below are trees and rocks and... nothing.

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SCENE 6
3 – 38 Planes
BEVERLEY
On final approach, we're coming into runway two-two, and I think, "Where am I going to park this
thing?"
There are planes lined up like sardines. And as far as I can see there's cars lined up too.
It looks like everybody in Newfoundland is here.
ALL UNLESS SPEAKING
ONE PLANE THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN
JANICE
THIRTEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER Is this on? Sorry. I'm new. This is Rogers TV
Channel 9. My name is Janice Mosher and I’m
AND THEN ANOTHER
reporting live from Gander Airport where the
AND THEN ANOTHER 19th plane has just touched down. I'm here
with…
AND THEN
NINETEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
BONNIE
AND THEN ANOTHER Bonnie Harris. On a normal day, we get a
half dozen flights, and now we've already
AND THEN TWENTY-SIX PLANES
got three times that many landing in two
THEN ANOTHER hours. It's a lot of noise. You can smell the
fuel. You can smell the exhaust.
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN
TWENTY-NINE PLANES
THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN OZ
Jaysus, that's a jumbo! There's gotta be
THIRTY-TWO PLANES
two-fifty or three hundred on her. That's a
THEN ANOTHER fairly large one, there's gotta be two
hundred on her- now, I'm adding this up. We
AND THEN ANOTHER
got 38 planes —we got two, three
AND THEN ANOTHER hundred people on the average...
AND THEN

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THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT
THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT

ALL UNLESS SPEAKING

THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT OZ
Holy shit!
PLANES

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SCENE 7 (Town Hall)
At the Town Hall, everyone becomes STAFF who shout for CLAUDE as he enters, trailed by JANICE.

STAFF 1/8 STAFF 3/12 STAFF 2/6 STAFF 4/9 STAFF 5/10
Claude! Excuse me. Claude! The Mr. Mayor! I need Claude! I just
Claude? Mr. Mayor? phones are to talk to you. heard from
ringing off the Ottawa.
hook.

STAFF 10 (Paul)
Air traffic control says five of the planes on the ground aren't responding.

STAFF 9 (Jorge)
Reg says they're probably just on the wrong frequency.

CLAUDE
Thank you, Dwight.

STAFF 12 (Robert)
FAA won't give us a timeline for reopening the airspace.

STAFF 9 (Jorge)
And the airplane crews need to be rested or we'll never get them out of here.

STAFF 7 (OZ) STAFF 12 (Robert)

American Transatlantic flight number 25 is
requesting when they deplane… If they deplane.
that they be a priority...

CLAUDE
Why?

STAFF 7 (OZ)
They were headed to Disney World with 90 Wish Kids.

CLAUDE
Oh, Jaysus.

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STAFF 6 (Marisa)
Even with all the hotels in town, we've got no room —we gotta start looking at other towns.

STAFF 5 (Carrie G)
Appleton and Gambo have already offered -but we can't get them there.

STAFF 1 (Courtney)
Garth's bus drivers are still on the picket line- and without them no one's going anywhere.

CLAUDE
Oh for Jaysus sake, I'll tell them where to go.
(To Janice)
Don’t quote me on that.

STAFF 2 (Jewell)
(On the phone)
I've got the SPCA lady on the line again asking about animals –

CLAUDE
Tell Bonnie we've got people to deal with.

STAFF 4 (Becca)
Claude! Apparently those five planes that aren't responding? They’re treating them as bomb threats!

EVERYONE begins to panic

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CLAUDE puts his fingers to his lips and whistles

CLAUDE
Alright! The RCMP is gonna handle it. But we've got almost seven thousand people
who might be spending the night. Jaysus, that's near as many as we got living here
in town. We need to house them somewhere and we need to get them there –

GARTH (Jacob)
Don't look at me!

CLAUDE
… Not to mention food and supplies and anything else that snarls up.

STAFF 12 (Robert)
Well, why are they sending them here? Why not Toronto or Ottawa?

CLAUDE
Because if anything goes wrong, we have a lot less people to lose.

Alright, Janice Mosher. Here's your news. Gander Town Council declares a state of emergency.

4 – Blankets and Bedding

JANICE
11:53 AM

ALL
Tuesday.

JANICE
(On Camera)
September 11th, 2001. Any available community buildings will be converted into shelters.
With thousands of passengers arriving at any minute, the town is asking for help with –
well, anything you can do.

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SCENE 8 (Gander)
BEULAH
CRYSTAL, I SAW ON THE NEWS
THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
BLANKETS AND BEDDING
AND MAYBE SOME FOOD
CRYSTAL (Courtney)
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW MUCH

MARTHA (Carrie G)
I NEED SOMETHING TO DO

MARTHA, CRYSTAL, BEULAH

CAUSE I CAN'T WATCH THE NEWS ANYMORE

ANNETTE (Marisa)
CAN I HELP?
IS THERE SOMETHING?
I NEED TO DO SOMETHING
TO KEEP ME FROM THINKING OF
ALL OF THOSE SCENES ON THE TUBE

CRYSTAL (Courtney)
I NEED SOMETHING TO DO
CAUSE I CAN'T WATCH THE NEWS

WOMEN - GROUP 1
NO, I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS ANYMORE

WOMEN - GROUP 2
IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, THROUGH THE WIND

ALL WOMEN
IF AS TRANGER ENDS UP AT YOUR DOOR

BEULAH
YOU GET ON THE HORN

(On the phone)

Hello? This is Beulah Davis down at the Academy. I heard we might be getting some
guests and I thought I'd see if I could help whosever in charge of getting the school

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organized —How many passengers can we take? Uh - well, we fit about 40 students-
yes, we could probably do 60. Or sure, 70, if we really pack them in. When are
they coming? Could be any time now? Well, I’m glad I phoned!

OZ
I get a call from Beulah looking for "anything 70 people from around the world
might need." So, I go down to Shoppers and the manager says to just take what
I want of the shelves - toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, deodorant. And I’m back
at the school, when Beulah says…

BEULAH
You know, those planes probably got some babies on 'em... A slight pause.

OZ
So, I'm back to Shoppers for diapers. And we're unpacking them, when Annette says...

ANNETTE (Marisa)
You know, those babies are probably going to be hungry.

OZ
So, I’m back to Shoppers for formula and baby food. And when Ig et back, Beulah says...

BEULAH
You know, those planes are probably filed with women of child bearing age…

OZ
Sooo?

BEULAH
So, I’m back to Shoppers to pick up as many pads and tampons as they have.

JANICE
The Baptist Church needs a hand moving their pews. Doctor O'Brien down at the pharmacy
is ready to fill any prescriptions. Oh, and the Lion's Club is looking for some toilet paper,
if you have any extra.

The WOMEN begin packing and stacking boxes.

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ANNETTE (Marisa)
MEDICINE

MARGIE (Jewell)
TOOTHPASTE

MARTHA (Carrie G)
UNDERWEAR

BEULAH
ASPRIN

CRYSTAL (Courtney), ANNETTE (Marisa)

JACKETS OUR KIDS GREW OUT OF LAST SUMMER

JANICE
AND DOWN AT THE STATION, WE’RE TAKING DONATIONS
OUT BY THE DOOR

ALL
HOLY JESUS, THERES' MORE!

ANNETTE (Marisa)
ITS' BETTER THAN BEING AT HOME ALONE WONDERING WHATS' REALLY HAPPENING

MARGIE (Jewell)
EVERYONES' PHONING

ANNETTE (Marisa), BEULAH

WE’RE SETTING UP ROOMS NI THE SCHOOLS

MARGIE (Jewell)
BEEN CRYING ALL AFTERNOON WONDERING WHAT CAN BE DONE

(MEN with Boxes Enter)

MEN
WHAT DO WE NEED?

ANNETTE
I made a tray of sandwiches.

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BEULAH
We need 50 more.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Sandwiches?

BEULAH
Trays!

MEN
WHAT DO WE NEED?

DWIGHT (Jorge)
20 gym mats! Is that enough?

BELAH
You tell me and we'll both know.

MEN
WHAT DO WE NEED?

JANICE
For the love of God, stop bringing toilet paper ot the Lion's Club!

BARITONE MEN
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED
WHEN YOU DONT' KNOW HOW MANY
YOUR' E NEEDING TO FEED

TENOR MEN
WHEN YOU DONT' KNOW HOW MANY ARE STAYING

ALL MEN
HOW LONG THEY ARE STAYING-
WE BETTER START PRAYING THE WEATHER STAYS NICE

ALL
IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, THROUGH THE WNID
(IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, THROUGH THE WIND)
IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, THROUGH THE WNID
(IN THE WINTER, FROM THE WATER, THROUGH THE WIND)
IF A STRANGER ENDS UP SENT BY FATE

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ANNETTE (Marisa)
Are we going to be ready?

BEULAH
Well we have to be, don't we?

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SCENE 9 (Plane)
5 – 28 Hours/Wherever We Are
On the plane, the PASSENGERS look out the window
PASSENGER 1 (Courtney)
When you include the original flight, we were on the plane probably 12, 13 hours.

PASSENGER 8 (KEVIN T - Jacob)

We were on there 51 hours.

PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J - Jorge)

20 hours.

PASSENGER 10 (Paul)
28 hours. We were on the plane for over an entire day.

ALL
28 HOURS
OVER AN ENTIRE DAY
THERE WAS ONE AISLE IN THE MIDDLE
EVERYONE KNEW EVERY INCH OF THAT PLANE

PASSENGER 1 (Courtney) ALL

We were allowed out of our seats, but not 28 HOURS
off the plane.

PASSENGER 8 (KEVIN T - Jacob)

You never think about it, but airplane doors OVER AN ENTIRE DAY
are twenty feet in the air.

PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J - Jorge)

And even if you survived the jump they THERE WAS ONE AISLE IN THE
probably would’ve shot you. MIDDLE

PASSENGER 10 (Paul)
Everyone knew every inch of that plane.
EVERYONE KNEW EVERY INCH OF
THAT PLANE

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PASSENGER 3 (Carrie W)
You could go up to first class. You could 28 HOURS
stretch in the aisles.

PASSENGER 4 (Becca)
Our flight was full – there were children OVER AN ENTIRE DAY
sleeping on the floor.

PASSENGER 7 (Lew)
It had three seats on each side. There was THERE WAS ONE AISLE IN THE
only one aisle in the middle. MIDDLE

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
We had no way to get information.
EVERYONE KNEW EVERY INCH OF
PASSENGER 12 (Robert) THAT PLANE
This was before most people had mobile
phones – and only a couple people got
through.

PASSENGER 8 (Jacob)
Hello?

PASSENGER 7 (Lew)
Mom?

PASSENGER 5 (Carrie G)
Bonjour.

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
Operator?

BEVERLEY
TOM? OH, THANK GOD.
I FINALLY GOT THROUGH.

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I BORROWED A PASSENGERS' PHONE.
HOW ARE YOU? ARE THE KIDS OKAY?
NO I’M FINE, TOM. I’M FINE.

SAFE AND SOUND ON THE GROUND

HERE IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
WE DONT' KNOW MUCH-
EXCEPT FOR THE BBC
LISTEN, I CAN’T TALK LONG
CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME?

PASSENGER 8 (Jacob)
I’m okay.

PASSENGER 7 (Lew)
I’m fine.

PASSENGER 5 (Carrie G)
Oui. Bien.

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
Pick up.

BEVERLEY
TELL THE KIDS I’M ALRIGHT
TAKE THEM INTO THE KITCHEN
AND SHOW THEM THE MAP
THAT WE USED TO PUT PINS IN
FOR EACH DESTINATION
THAT WE FLEW TOGETHER
TELL THEM I'M FINE
PUT A PIN HERE IN GANDER

PASSENGER 12 (Robert)
On our plane, someone has a cell phone.

PASSENGER 10 (Paul)
But then the battery dies.

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PASSENGER 9 (Jorge)
There are phones in the backs of the seats.

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
But they don't work.

PASSENGER 4 (Becca)
Half the passengers on our plane don't speak English.

PASSENGER 1 (Courtney)
Even if we knew what was happening, we don't speak their language.

PASSENGER 10 (Paul)
On our plane, we ask the flight attendants.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Carrie W)

But the captain says not to say too much. And that's when rumors start flying.
FRONT PLANE MID PLANE BACK PLANE
PASSENGER 5
There was an accident.

PASSENGER 12
PASSENGER 11 An accident? PASSENGER 9
Why won’t she tell us what’s The US airspace is closed
Happening? PASSENGER 8
PASSENGER 5 For the first time in history.
A helicopter crashed into a
Building. PASSENGER 9
A helicopter crashed in
PASSENGER 10 Pennsylvania.
A building?
PASSENGER 8
PASSENGER 3 The white house!
I need you to calm down, PASSENGER 7
Ma’am. The White house was
PASSENGER 10 bombed
It’s a World War 3!
Ohmygod, PASSENGER 9
It’s a World War 3! We need to do something

PASSENGER 4
Teel us what is going on!!

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 In another area, JOEY jumps onto his chair unsteadily. Holding up a mini bottle of liquor. A FLFIGHT
ATTENDENT tried to get him down.

JOEY (Lew)
WOOOOOO!
MEANWHILE ON OUR PLANE
WE DIDN'T HAVE ACLUE
WE WERE AL GOING INSANE BECAUSE

ALL
THERE WASNT' SQUAT TO DO

JOEY (Lew)
THEN THE CAPTAIN STARTS APOLOGIZING
SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE AIRLINE,
I’M GIVING EACH AND EVERYONE SOME

ALL
COMPLIMENTARY BOOZE!
OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS
WAVE AT ALL THE CARS
HELLO TO WHOEVER YOU ARE-
WHEREVER WE ARE

PASSENGER 1 (Courtney)
The ground crews supplied whatever we needed.

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PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J - Jorge)
Nicotine patches

PASSENGER 12 (NICK - Robert)

Medication.

PASSENGER 5 (Carrie G)
Pampers.

KEVIN T , KEVIN J, JOEY (Lew), BOB, PARTY GIRLS

Something to drink!

JOEY (Lew)
SO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
BROUGHT OUT AL THE MINI BOTTLES OF LIQUOR
AND DELIVERED THEM TO EVERYONE

ALL
SOON EVERYONE GOT FRIENDLIER!

JOEY (Lew)
I TOK ACOUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE VIEW THERE WITH MY CAMERA
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE

ALL
BUT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE HAMMERED!
OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS! WAVE AT ALL THE LOCALS
SURELY THERES' SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THAN PARK WHEREVER WE ARE

KEVIN T
Wed' been sitting there for 41 hours when we pull out the Grey Goose.

KEVIN J
Kevin and I were kind of hiding it because, well...

KEVIN T
Because we didn’t want to share it. Anyway, this woman – this hot mess behind us kept
completely freaking out.

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DELORES (Becca)
I don't understand why they can't let us of. I mean, just to stretch our legs, I mean really?
I need to get some air! Oh my god! I need to get off this plane!

KEVIN T
And my boyfriend, Kevin —we’re both named Kevin. It was cute for a while.
Anyway, Kevin was not dealing with it well.

KEVIN J
I’m going to kill her.

DELORES (Becca)
Excuse me?! I would like to get off the plane. I am claustrophobic!

KEVIN J
Excuse me! Would you like some Xanax? Because you are freaking out and it is freaking me out
and we are all FREAKING THE FUCK OUT!

ALL
OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS!
LET A LITTLE AIR IN HERE
CAUSE I COULD USE ASHOWER - OR ABAR (OR ABAR!)

OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS!

LOOK AT ALL THE PLANES OUT THERE
THERE MUST BE ACONVENTION, IT’S BIZARRE
WHEREVER WE ARE

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3

28 Hours 28 Hours OUT OF THE WINDOWS
28 Hours 28 Hours NOTHING GETS BUT
28 Hours 28 Hours DARKNESS
28 Hours 28 Hours DARKNESS AND HEADLIGHTS
NOTHING TO SEE

BONNIE picks up her phone.

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BONNIE
Hello? It's Bonnie Harris down at the Gander SPCA. I went down with the rest of
the town to look at all those planes. Well, I got to wondering if there weren't any
animals on them. No? There's no animals on those planes? Not AONE?! Okay,
then. Thank you for your time.

Doug, are there animals on those planes?

DOUG (Robert)
Uh. Probably?

BONNIE
"Probably." Are they "probably" feeding them then? I’m heading over.

DOUG (Robert)
Bonnie, there's armed guards, the army, police everywhere-

BONNIE
Well, then they'll have to shoot me.

DOUG (Robert)
... Bonnie? Bonnie? Bonnie!

CLAUDE GARTH (Jacob)

Garth. Claude. Look.
Look. Wil you look at it from MY perspective?
Look at it from my perspective. We’ve been coming to the table too!
We've been coming to the table.

We've got the College, the churches

and we’ve got the hotels for the
crews. But we need your school
busses. We've got no effing way to
get them there...

Well, why don't you take them in your car?

Yeah, I can fit four in my Corolla,
that's a great start. UNION SUPPORTERS
Yeah, why don't you take them?

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 TOWN STAFF GARTH (Jacob)
Yeah, that's a great start. That's a great start. Great.
YOU think about it.
CLAUDE YOU think about it.
Great. You think about it. YOU think about it.

CLAUDE, GARTH (Jacob)

Oh, Jaysus!

JANICE
2:10pm. School bus drivers "thinking about" leaving the picket lines.

CLAUDE
What's the point of an emergency fi no one treats it like an effing emergency?
... And you can quote me on that.

HANNAH
The flight attendants kept telling us nothing's wrong - but I've got kids and I've got
grandkids-I know when someone's hiding something. And when parents need their
kids to stop asking questions...They start playing movies.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Carrie W)

We ran through every movie we had: Legally Blonde, Doctor Doolittle 2, and… Titanic.

DELORES (Becca)
(Drunk)
NEAR. FAR. WHEREVER YOU-

ALL
NOTHING TO DO, NOTHING TO SEE
THANK GOD WE STOPPED AT THE DUTY FREE
WHEREVER WE ARE!

NICK
Do you mind if I sit here? I need to get some work done and there's some drunk
people at the back of the plane singing at the top of their lungs.

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DIANE
No. Of course. I'm Diane.

NICK
Nick. How are you doing?

DIANE
I'm worried about someone. He was flying today. I just wish there was some way
to tell him where I am.

NICK
Newfoundland - no, you know that- you just can't tell him. Right.
I'm hoping you're one of those people who laughs when English people say awkward things.

DIANE
I just wish we knew what was happening.

ACTOR 2 (Jewell)
(Sotto)
What’s happening?

ACTOR 5 (Carrie G)
(Sotto)
What’s happening?

DIANE, NICK
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

DIANE
YOUR LIFE

NICK
AND YOUR WORK

ALL
WHEN THE WORLD MAY BE FALLING APART

DIANE, NICK
AND YOU THINK

DIANE
I'M ALONE

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NICK
I’M ALONE

NICK, DIANE
AND I’M SO DAMN HELPLESS

KEVIN T, KEVIN J, JOEY, DRUNK PASSENGERS

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT DRINK

PARTY GIRLS (Jewell and Carrie)

WE OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS
FLASH AL THE CARS
WOOO! I’VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE

KEVIN I, KEVIN J, JOEY, DRUNK PASSENGERS

28 HOURS GONE OVER AN ENTIRE DAY
RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY
AND WONDERING IF THERES' SOMEONE

ALL
GOING TO CLUE US IN
TELL US ALL WHAT'S HAPPENING
BECAUSE THE SUN IS SETTING
AND WE’RE SITTING IN THE DARK WHEREVER WE ARE

BOB
Later that night, I’m up in the cockpit with some of the other passengers when the
pilot puts the radio on over the intercom - and the whole plane goes silent when the
President gives his speech.

PRESIDENT BUSH (Jacob)

I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks for all the folks who have
been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens and to join me in saying a prayer for
the victims and their families. The resolve of our great nation is being tested.
But make no mistake: we will show the world that we will pass this test. God bless.

BEVERLEY
YOU GOT THROUGH TO THE AIRLINE
TOM, I’M OKAY —TELL ME WHATS' HAPPENING OUT THERE

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HOW BAD IS IT - TELL ME EVERYTHING
TOM. WHO WAS IN THE AIR?
NO - NO, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THEM NO- NO ONE ON THAT AIRLINE
Charles…
Are you sure?
The music fades away

BEVERLEY (A capella)
NO,
I'M FINE, TOM.
I'M FINE.

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SCENE 10 (Town of Gander)
6 – Darkness and Trees
BOB
We can see them from the plane- this long line of headlights coming through the darkness.

GARTH (Jacob)
Claude, can I have a word with you?

CLAUDE
Garth, I don't have time to go in circles with you anymore.
I’ve got the army delivering a thousand less cots than we were –

GARTH (Jacob)
Look. The union just voted. You’ve got your busses. Our complaint’s with our employer,
not with the people on those planes.

CLAUDE
Thank you.

GARTH (Jacob)
But we’re back on the line the minute this is over.

CLAUDE
Right.

ALL
OFF OF THE AIRPLANE

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Carrie W)

Ladies and gentlemen, you can take only your carry-on items.
Checked luggage will remain in the hold.

ALL
INTO THE AIRPORT

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PASSENGER 1 (Courtney)
The captain and flight attendants tell everyone to take their blankets and pillows of the plane.

ALL
OUT OF THE WINDOWS

KEVIN T
We grab bottles of water too-

KEVIN J
No one has any idea where they're taking us.

ALL
DARKNESS AND TREES

BOB
As we enter the airport, all those car lights are still aimed at us.

HANNAH
We're scared. They're probably scared too.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT
The people here don't know what to expect off of these planes.

KEVIN T
The airport looks like something left over from the Cold War. Kevin is like.

KEVIN J
Oh my god. We've gone back in time.

BOB
The whole procedure - the soldiers and all the formality - it just makes me really nervous.

Inside the Airport, two CUSTOMS OFFICERS process PASSENGERS.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Citizenship?

DIANE
American.

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NICK
British.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Purpose of your trip?

DIANE
Vacation.

NICK
Conference.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Destination?

DIANE
Houston.

NICK
Texas.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Thank you.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Citizenship?

PASSENGER 3 (Carrie W)
American.

ALI (Jorge)
Egyptian.

The CUSTOMS OFFICER and a few OTHERS stop to look at ALI

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Purpose of your trip?

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PASSENGER 3 (Carrie W)
Family

ALI (Jorge)
Business… just business.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS (Becca & Lew)

Destination?

PASSENGER 3 (Carrie W)
LA.

ALI (Jorge)
Dallas – Then Washington D.C.

CUSTOMS OFFICER (Becca)

Thank you.

CUSTOMS OFFICER (Lew)

(To Ali)
Could you come with me, sir?

BEVERLEY
There's a giant map on the wall of the airport and
someone has written in red marker, "You are here."

DIANE
Excuse me. I need to find a phone.

HANNAH
I need to call my son.

CUSTOMS OFFICER (Becca)

Phones are over there. But it's gonna be a while.

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OZ
They're all lined up at the airport payphones s-o eventually we put an "Out of Order"
sign on them just so we can get people on the busses.

CLAUDE
1:48 pm. Busses and drivers are now taking passengers to shelters, not just in Gander, but also to Gambo,
Appleton, and farther communities of Lewisporte, Norris Arm, and Glenwood.

PASSENGER 12 (Robert)
Our bus sits there forever.

PASSENGER 5 (Carrie G)
While all the others leave.

PASSENGER 4 (Becca)
Finally, this other passenger gets on.

PASSENGER 11 (Ethan)
This guy from the Middle East.

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
Someone says he got questioned.

PASSENGER 7 (Lew)
Someone says he got searched.

PASSENGER 1(Courtney)
And now. he's on our bus.

JANICE
I try to interview the Red Cross, the Salvation Army -but they've got more important
things to do than talk to me. That’s when I see them. The Plane People – through the
bus windows. The terror on their faces. They have no idea where they’re going.

BEVERLEY
They take me and my crew in a separate van and I’m looking out the window, trying to see where we are,
but it is pitch dark. Now, I have flown over this area hundreds and hundreds of times. And it is just
darkness— hardly any lights anywhere. And now here I am. Oh my god, this is just so remote.

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SCENE 11 (Bus)
MEN
INTO THE DARKNESS

WOMEN
STARS AND THE MOONLIGHT

MEN
BUT ALL AROUND US

WOMEN
NOTHING BUT DARKNESS

MEN
OUT OF THE WINDOWS

WOMEN
INTO THE DARKNESS

ALL
DARKNESS AND TREES

GARTH enters and sits in front of a bus of passengers

GARTH (Jacob)
Every school bus we got is goin' back and forth all night. Out at the Salvation Army Camp,
we've delivered passengers from Germany, England, and France. And around three in the morning,
my bus is designated to take all these African people out there.

ALL Except GARTH (Jacob) & MUHUMUZA (Paul)

INTO THE DARKNESS

MUHUMUZA (Paul)
My family and I try to see out the bus windows. No one tells us where we are going.

ALL Except GARTH (Jacob) & MUHUMUZA (Paul)

ONTO AGRAVEL ROAD

GARTH (Jacob)
Silence comes on the bus. We get outside of Gander and you could hear a pin drop.

ALL Except GARTH (Jacob) & MUHUMUZA (Paul)

AND ALL AROUND US

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MUHUMUZA (Paul)
My wife and daughter are scared. They ask me what is happening and I do not know.

ALL Except GARTH (Jacob) & MUHUMUZA (Paul)

DARKNESS AND TREES

GARTH (Jacob)
Behind me, this big man comes up to me and he says in this low voice…

MUHUMUZA (Paul)
Wewe watuchukuwa wapi?

GARTH (Jacob)
What?

BEULAH
Ladies and gentlemen, we need some help translating. If anyone speaks Mandarin, can you come to the
library? And if anyone speaks Hindi, could you please come to the cafeteria? And if anyone speaks
Newfoundlander, well lard tunder'n jaysus god bless ya, b’y.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
We’ve got passengers from all over the world coming of these busses, all speaking different languages.
We can't even say "hello."

BEULAH
And if anyone knows —we think it's...

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Moldovan.

BEULAH
Moldovan —that would also be helpful.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Other passengers help us translate. Mrs. Noonan, our French teacher, turns out to know a little Russian.
And Mr. Michaels, our gym teacher, apparently he speaks Spanish.

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 6A – Mr. Michaels
MR. MICHAELS stands, holding a shaker and dressed as a fantasy Latin Lover. HE moves to Annette.
MR. MICHAELS (Lew)
Si, hablo. Espanol es la lengua del amor. No solo soy un professor de gymnasia, soy un professor
de pasion

He exits with a flourish.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
I’m sorry, what was I saying?

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SCENE 12 (Airplane Hold)
Meanwhile, in an airplane hold, BONNIE is searching with DOUG.
DOUG (Robert)
I said, you've got five minutes, Bonnie!

BONNIE
There's hundreds of suitcases I-can hear barking-but I can't find them!
They fast them before flying, so they're starving and they need water.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Sir? Sir! Oh, Doug. You got to get out of there.
We're keeping all personnel out of the holds until -

DOUG (Robert)
Sorry, Dwight. It's the wife —you know, Bonnie - from the SPCA —she's feeding some animals inside.
Nothing's coming of.
A Cat meows

BONNIE
I found a cat! His name is Lyle! There's a pill taped to his carrier. Well I’m glad I got in here to GIVE IT
TO HIM! It's okay, Lyle.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Bonnie- I need you to get out of-

DOUG (Robert)
Bonnie, you got to move your arse!

BONNIE
Doug, I have found ONE cat! Do you think it's
LYLE who's barking?!

Here's some crunchy, Lyle. I'll be back to give you

your pill.

DOUG (Robert)
No…

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DWIGHT (Jorge)
Listen to m-e FAA sent over new orders —we’re treating al US.. planes as bomb threats.

DOUG (Robert)
Oh, god. Bonnie!

BONNIE
Doug… Doug!

DOUG (Robert)
What? Bonnie? Bonnie, talk to me!

BONNIE
Doug! There are monkeys on this plane.

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SCENE 13 (On The Bus)
6B – Wheels on The Bus
Two bus drivers. MICKY and TERRY take a seat. They speak over their shoulders to their passengers, as they
shift into gear and drive.
TERRY (Lew)
Climb aboard.

MICKY (Jewell)
Hop right in! You look some tired.

TERRY (Lew)
Nothing to worry about now.

MICKY (Jewell)
We'll get you where you're going.

TERRY (Lew)
I'm guessing you've never heard of Gander before. Well, that's it in the rearview mirror.

MICKY (Jewell)
You'll need to re-set your watches —we've got our own time zone here.
Everything happens half an hour later in Newfoundland.

TERRY (Lew)
You’ve al seen the airport - used to be the biggest airport in North America.
Planes used to stop here to gas up from everywhere.

MICKY (Jewell)
Frank Sinatra. Albert Einstein.

TERRY (Lew)
Muhammad Ali.

BOTH (Lew & Jewell)

The Queen.

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TERRY (Lew)
This is where the Beatles first set foot in North America!

MICKY (Jewell)
And my father once went sledding with Fidel Castro!

TERRY (Lew)
Then they invented jet planes that can get across the ocean on one tank…

MICKY (Jewell)
So there's no need to refuel anymore.

TERRY (Lew)
Leaving us with this giant airport.

MICKY (Jewell)
There's talk lately about tearing it down.

TERRY (Lew)
Lucky for you, we haven't got around to it yet.
THEY brake suddenly, screeching.

MICKY (Jewell)
Now there's the reason I drives slow.

TERRY (Lew)
That there in the middle of the road.

MICKY (Jewell) & TERRY (Lew)

Yeah. That's a moose.

Everybody faces forward, motionless.

An incredibly long pause.
Even longer than that.

MICKY (Jewell)
She'll move when she's good and ready.

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SCENE 14 (On The Bus)
6C – Nick and Diane
On one of the Buses, NICK approaches DIANE.
NICK
Mind if I sit here? The drunk people from our plane are snoring back there.

DIANE
Oh hello, Nick! Please do... I thought we'd lost you.

NICK
No-I just needed to get an emergency prescription filed - my medication is in my suitcase.
Nothing serious. Not like, "Ohmygod, he's of his medication." I'll stop talking now.

DIANE
It’s fine.

NICK
.It's heart medication. I've got a slight arrhythmia - nothing serious.
There you go —everything you need to know about me.

DIANE
Okay. I'm allergic to bananas and I have never had the chicken pox.

They both smile

NICK
Any news yet about your husband who was flying today?

DIANE
My-? No-do you mind if we just don't talk about that. I haven't been
able to get to a phone.

NICK
I'm sorry. I'll help you find a phone as soon as we get. wherever we're going.

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SCENE 15 (On The Bus)
6D – Darkness and Trees (Reprise)
GARTH (Jacob)
Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at the Salvation Army camp.

ALL (Except GARTH (Jacob), MUHUMUZA (Paul))

KATI YA GIZA

MUHUMUZA (Paul)
We pass through a large gate and the bus pulls to a stop. And through the windows
-out there in the darkness —we see all these people coming out of the buildings.

ALL (Except GARTH (Jacob) , MUHUMUZA (Paul))

GHAFLA MWANGAZA

GARTH (Jacob)
Now we rarely use them, but everyone's dusted of their Salvation Army
uniforms to welcome these people.

MUHUMUZA (Paul)
There are soldiers everywhere.

ALL (Except GARTH (Jacob), MUHUMUZA (Paul) )

PANDE ZOTE SISI

MUHUMUZA (Paul)
The man at the front opens the door.

GARTH (Jacob)
I say, "Here you are. Out you go." But he’s not moving. None of them are.

ALL (Except GARTH (Jacob) , MUHUMUZA (Paul) )

GIZA NA MITI

GARTH (Jacob)
But then I notice his wife. Well, she's clutching a bible. Now obviously I can't read it,
but it'll have the same number system ours does —so I ask to see it and I’m searching for something
—and then in Philippians 4:6 I - give them their bible and I'm pointing and saying, look!
Philippians 4:6 - Be anxious for nothing. Be anxious for nothing.

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GARTH (Jacob) , MUHUMUZA (Paul)
And that's how we started speaking the same language.

ALL
KATI YA GIZA (OUT OF THE DARKNESS)
GHAFLA MWANGAZA (SUDDENLY BRIGHTNESS)
MA-BADILIKO (EVERYTHING CHANGES)
GIZA NA MITI (DARKNESS AND TREES)
KATI YA GIZA (OUT OF THE DARKNESS)
MA-BADILIKO (SUDDENLY LIGHT)

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SCENE 16 (Gander Academy)
BEULAH
Welcome to Gander Academy —nicest hotel on the east coast, except for those with actual beds.
My name's Beulah. Washrooms are just down the hall. There's food over there if you're hungry –
and clothes, if you'd like to change. I'll show you now where you're going to sleep.
Let us know if there's anything else you need.

KEVIN J
So what really happened?

BEULAH
Well. what's the last thing you heard?

KEVIN J
There was an accident in New York.

BEULAH
Okay. I’m going to show you now to your rooms, and then if you want to come back,
we've got two TVs' set up in the cafeteria with the news on s-o you can see what's
actually happened for yourselves…..

6E – Lead Us Out Of The Darkeness

JANICE
I didn't even think - they haven't seen any of it yet.

ALL
LEAD US OUT OF THE DARKNESS

HANNAH
We're all staring at those images.

BEULAH
And we just stand there helpless, watching them

ALL
LEAD US SOMEWHERE TO SAFETY

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BOB
We barely know where we are, but we know it's not there.

ALL
LEAD US FAR FROM DISASTER

BEVERLEY
Charles Burlingame was the captain of Flight 7 that crashed into the Pentagon.
I just saw him at a Pub in London. You can't imagine. A pilot will fight to the
ends of the earth to save his airplane. He just will.

ALL
LEAD US OUT OF THE NIGHT

KEVIN T
We watch those images for hours.

THEY all stand and watch, unmoving. Suddenly THEY all react in shocl. Until someone finally turns it off.
CLAUDE hold up a remote control and turns off the TV

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SCENE 17 (Gander Academy - Phones)
CLAUDE
1:15am.

ALL
Wednesday

CLAUDE
September 12.

6F – Phoning Home
Crisis counselors are called to Gander Academy.

BEULAH
The plane people— they're exhausted —but they don't want to sleep. And we're standing there,
ready with all that food. But that's not what they wanted. They wanted phones.

JANICE
1:45 am - Six phones are put on tables for the Plane People to use free of charge-
lined up alongside the road by the NEW-tel building.

BEULAH
An hour later, they setup 20 more phones.

CLAUDE
An hour after that, there's 75 phones and computers with internet - all being used round the clock.

PASSENGER 5 (Carrie G)
HELLO? YES- ITS' ME.

BOB
DAD, I’M OKAY. IT’S OKAY.

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
I’M CALLING FROM CANADA.

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KEVIN J
SAFE AND SOUND ON THE GROUND HERE IN ICELAND

KEVIN T
NO, NEWFOUNDLAND

BOB
YEAH.

ALL ON PHONES
WE JUST SAW THE NEWS

HANNAH
HAVE YOU HEARD YET FROM KEV?

KEVIN J
OR CELENA

PASSENGER 5 (Carrie G)
CALL MICAH

PASSENGER 7 (Lew)
AND LAUREN

KEVIN T
MY PARENTS

PASSENGER 6 (Marisa)
MY AUNT

DIANE
IT'S DIANE. NO, I’M FINE.

Where's David?

Oh, thank God.

NICK
Hello. It's Nick Marson —My plane's been diverted. Can you pass on to someone at head office
that I’m fine?.. No, no-I just thought someone should know.

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SCENE 18 (Gander Academy)
7 – Costume Party
JANICE
34:5 am. Overnight, the community's population has gone from approximately 9,000 to 16,000.
I’m sure barely any of us have slept tonight. We're hopeful that our visitors
will be back in the air come morning.

KEVIN T
I woke up from a dream which I can't quite remember, but there was this music in it that
I'd heard somewhere before.

KEVIN J
I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in some backwater Canadian town and that my
air mattress deflated.

BOB
I woke up to the smell of freshly baked bread.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
4am in Newfoundland is breakfast time in Germany. And we've got a lot of passengers
here from Frankfurt, so breakfast starts at 4am and we start scrambling eggs.

BOB
Poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelettes.

DIANE
Fried Bologna.

NICK
Something called "toutans."

KEVIN T
I saw a casserole dish I don't think I could lift.

BOB
They made enough food to feed 7,000 people. It's like they never slept.

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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 passengers seem a bit wary of him. So, it's a little odd to find him
poking around the kitchen.

ALI (Jorge)
Hello.

BEULAH
Hello. Can I help you with something?

ALI (Jorge)
I would like to be of assistance with the food.

BEULAH
No. That's not necessary.

ALI (Jorge)
But I am –

BEULAH
Realy. You go out there and sit down.

CLAUDE
We’ve been going all night, butwecan'tstop. I splash some cold water on my face
and just keep going. We’ve got 7,000 scared and angry people who don't want to be here.
And they're about to wake up.

DIANE
IN A CROWDED ROOM FILLED WITH STRANGERS SLEEPING

KEVIN T
AN AIRPLANE BLANKET AND PILLOW ON THE FLOOR

DIANE
THE SUN COMES STREAMING THROUGH THE WINDOW

KEVIN T, DIANE
AND I CAN’T SLEEP ANYMORE

KEVIN J
STARING AT THESE STRANGERS- WAKING UP AROUND ME

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HANNAH
SITTING IN ACROWD OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE PHONE

KEVIN J
AND NI A TOWN THATS' SUDDENLY DOUBLED POPULATION

KEVIN T, HANNAH, DIANE, KEVIN J

I FEEL SO ALONE

KEVIN J
IT’S LIKE ANY OF US COULD HAVE DIED ON TUESDAY

KEVIN T
AND LIKE WE’RE DARED TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY TODAY

DIANE
I’M FEELING DIFFERENT

HANNAH
DISTANT

KEVIN J
STRANGE

KEVIN T
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE HERE?

HANNAH
WHERE AM I?

DIANE
NO ONE KNOWS ME HERE

DIANE, KEVIN T, HANNAH, KEVIN J

WHO AM I IF I DON’T FEEL LIKE THE ME FROM YESTERDAY?

NICK
I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping on the floor and I see Daine and ask, "Are we
leaving?"

DIANE
Anytime now.

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NICK
Is your hair different? I mean… you look good. I like it.

DIANE
Oh! Thank you. No shampoo for three days.

KEVIN T
They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs them.

KEVIN J
I haven't changed my clothes in 39 hours.

BOB
I wanted to burn my socks.

KEVIN J
Kevin puts on this plaid thing. He says he's "incognito" and that he's going to "blend in with the natives,"
but he just looks like a gay lumberjack.

DIANE
CHANGING INTO ANOTHER WOMANS' DONATED SET OF CLOTHES

KEVIN T
LOOKING DIFFERENT - FEELING KIND OF DIFFERENT TOO

DIANE
I CAN’T QUITE EXPLAIN

KEVIN T
BUT WHEN I WOKE

DIANE
WHEN DAVID WASNT' ON THAT PLANE

KEVIN T, DIANE
ITS' LKIE ICHANGED INTO SOMEBODY ELSE - BUT WHO?
AND ITS' SOMEHOW LKIE WER'E AT ACOSTUME PARTY

KEVIN T
AND FOR ASECOND YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF

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DIANE
YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF

KEVIN T
AND YOU LOOK AROUND AND BLINK YOUR EYES

DIANE
AND BARELY EVEN RECOGNIZE

KEVIN T & DIANE

THE PERSON IN THE MIRROR WHOS' TURNED INTO SOMEONE ELSE

KEVIN J
Hey Little Sister —Yeah, still here where they eat rainbows for breakfast. Are you taking care of mom?
No. I’m just freaking out. I wish I was home. No, not LA. Brooklyn. Shut up. You're such a brat.
No. I just needed to hear your voice.

BEULAH
Excuse me? Are you Hannah?

HANNAH
Yes - that’s me.

BEULAH
My name's Beulah. Someone told me your son's a firefighter.
Mine is too. Here in town. And I know Gander's not New York, but...
Is there anything I can do?

HANNAH
No. I just need to hear from my son.

BEULAH
I understand.

HANNAH
PRAYING FOR A PHONE CALL

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KEVIN J
PRAYING FOR AWAY HOME

HANNAH, KEVIN J
ASKING QUESTIONS

KEVIN J
ASKING CAN I GET BACK ON THAT GODFORSAKEN PLANE?

HANNAH
AND ALL AROUND ME, PEOPLE CHAT

KEVIN J
AND PEOPLE ACT LIKE NOTHING'S HAPPENED

HANNAH, KEVIN J
AND I NEED TO HEAR WER'E GOING BACK BEFORE I GO INSANE

BEVERLEY
Good morning. I’m Captain Beverly Bass. Now I know this is going to be hard to hear,
but the American airspace remains closed. I can't tell y’all how long we'll be on the ground.
We are going to be here for some time.

DIANE
HERE FOR SOME TIME

KEVIN J
HERE FOR SOME TIME

HANNAH
HERE FOR TOO LONG

KEVIN T
HERE FOR HOW LONG

KEVIN J, Paul, Robert Courtney ,Becca, Carrie G, Marisa, Lew

WHEN WILL WE KNOW
WHEN WILL WE KNOW

ALL
HOW MUCH LONGER?

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HANNAH
Beulah, wait. Can you help me find a Catholic Church?

DIANE
I can't sit here. I need to get some air.

KEVIN T
Let's go see where we are. It'll do you good.

KEVIN J
What'll do me good is to lie down and pretend this isn't happening.

KEVIN T
Suit yourself.

HANNAH, KEVIN J
AND IT’S SOMEHOW LIKE WE’RE STUCK HERE
AT A MESSED UP COSTUME PARTY

DIANE, KEVIN T
AND THERES' NOTHING HERE FAMILIAR

HANNAH, KEVIN J
FAR AWAY FROM THOSE YOU CARE FOR

KEVIN T, KEVIN J, HANNAH, DIANE

ON AN ISOLATED ISLAND IN BETWEEN THERE AND HERE

ALL OTHERS
THERE AND HERE

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SCENE 19 (Gander Academy)
JANICE
By the middle of the day on Wednesday, Im' coordinating menus for 7,000 people.
(starts reporting)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rotary Club is looking for some fish dishes. And we have
a bunch of German passengers down at the Moose Club who'd like to try elk.
No, sorry. That’s the Elk’s Club that's looking for moose. Sorry, I’m new.

BEULAH
Well if you won't try cod tongue, we got cheeseburgers - or we got hot dogs too-
and there's tuna casserole over there —or I could make you up a bologna sandwich?

KEVIN J
Are there vegetables in Canada?

KEVIN T
We’re vegetarians.

KEVIN J
I converted him.

KEVIN T
Anyway, I notice this other passenger who hasn't eaten anything at all -

KEVIN J
Kevin's suddenly in everyone else's business.

KEVIN T
So, I notify our hosts.

RABBI (Lew)
No. No, thank you. Please. I'm fine.

BEULAH
Turns out he's an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and he only eats Kosher food. Now, we
have all kinds of people living in Newfoundland: Protestants, Baptists, Catholics,
Salvation Army-ists —but not a lot of Jewish people.

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RABBI (Lew)
The next thing I know, I'm set up in the faculty lounge, making a Kosher kitchen for
any other Jewish passengers - but also for two Hindu women, some Muslims.

KEVIN T
And a couple vegetarians.

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SCENE 20
ANNETTE (Marisa)
One of the pilots for Virgin Atlantic —Captain Bristol –
7A – Captain Bristol
He's a very -strong leader. He's good to his passengers. And he's handsome too.
Anyway, he takes me aside and he says.

CAPTAIN BRISTOL (Paul)

I've been watching you —you're doing beautiful work. I'd like you to be my personal liaison and
work closely with me, helping to handle anything I might need.

BEULAH
Annette- what'ya on about? He did not say that.

ANNETTE
Well, he said something like that.

ALI (Jorge)
Miss Beulah? Hello.

BEULAH
Ah!... Hello, Ali.

ALI (Jorge)
May I ask? This food. What is it?

BEULAH
That's called Cod au Gratin.

ALI (Jorge)
Cod oh?

BEULAH
Fish with cheese. It's fish. With cheese.

She walks away.

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ALI (Jorge)
….are you sure I cannot help you with the food?

CLAUDE
People start taking passengers back to their houses
to get cleaned up and then inviting them to dinner
- and then putting them up in their guest rooms.

MARTHA (Carrie G)
Look, Misses. I’m just 20 weeks along and my Terry's already set up the nursery,
you and your little one will be much more comfortable there.

BRITNEY (Carrie W)
Thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart.
Would you like to come back to my house for a shower?

BOB
People are saying “we want you to come to our house.” And I think, what is up with
this? I mean, are they charging for these "free" showers? Or are they gonna go all
Norman Bates. Anyway, I wasn't falling for it. But finally, I’m invited back to the
Mayor of Appleton's house - that sounds fancy, but it's not —there's a mayor for
every town of a thousand people in Newfoundland. There's the Mayor of Gander

(He points to CLAUDE)

There's the Mayor of Lewisporte

(CLAUDE puts on glasses)

There's the Mayor of Gambo

(CLAUDE puts on a moustache)

Anyway, I'm staying with the Mayor of Appleton.

(CLAUDE puts on a hat, becoming DERM.)

DERM (Ethan)
Come on in, son. The Irish Whiskey's in the bar downstairs.

BOB
His wife shows me where my bedroom is and where the shower is and through it
all, I keep thinking- where am I going to leave my wallet? Someone is gonna steal
my wallet.

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KEVIN J
Someone says there's a way out of here. They say there might be a boat-

KEVIN T
Kevin, we're on the other side of the continent. We're not taking a boat.

KEVIN J
So I stop an officer and ask him, "How do I get back home?"

BOB
Yeah, how do we get out of here?

OZ
Well, you take a taxi to The Goose - there's a bus there to Port Aux Basque, leaves
once a day, that's about six hours. Once you're there, you take the ferry across the
Gulf, right? That's eight hours or so, then you catch another bus, not sure how often
they leave, but it's another eight hours to Yarmouth where you can get another ferry
to the US Border, that's another four hours or so - and from Bar Harbor you should
be able to grab a Greyhound to wherever you need to go.

It's about 2 or 3 days travel. But it's sure a nice view.

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SCENE 21
BEVERLEY
I don't leave the hotel. I wait by the phone. Wait for someone to tell me we can fly
again. Planes aren't made to just sit on the tarmac— planes are made to be in
constant motion. They arrive, you switch crew, you switch passengers, you empty
the honey buckets, and then the plane keeps going. When they sit still for too long,
well, it's not good for ‘em. They start to break down.
7B – It’s Sure A Nice View
DIANE
Our pilot says we're not leaving anytime soon, and Nick says…

NICK
I might get a picture or two before we go.

KEVIN T
I finally convince Kevin to go for a walk.

KEVIN J
There's four of us to begin with. This Texan woman and this English guy with a
disposable camera and a huge stick up his ass.

KEVIN T
They're nice enough...
Kevin and I are a little wary of telling people we're together.

KEVIN J
I mean you just don't know how redneck people can be.

DIANE
(happily)
This nice gay couple come along with us.

NICK
We kind of make small talk. They ask me what I do.

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KEVIN J
He works for this oil company in England and she was there visiting with her son.

NICK
Wait… You've got a son?

DIANE
Yes. David. The one who was flying on Tuesday.

KEVIN J
She goes on and on about England and how she didn't get to travel when she was married.

NICK
Wait. You're divorced?

DIANE
Yes. For a long time now.

KEVIN T
(to Nick)
What about you?

NICK
No. Not divorced, I mean… Not that I’m married! I’m neither, I travel a lot for work-

KEVIN T.
Kevin and I work for an environmental energy company. It’s my company – and
Kevin’s my secretary.

KEVIN J.
I’m his sexy-tary.

KEVIN T.
Anyway – we do a lot of green work, so we generally hate people who work in oil.

NICK
I just got the feeling that they hated me.

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DIANE
Then they want to go into some old building that looks like a shed. Now, they'd
heard it was a bar, but I wasn't going into a bar in the middle of the afternoon with
three men I had just met.

NICK
And I think, I’ll stay with Diane, you know, instead of the gay men who hate me.

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SCENE 22 (Airplane Hold)
7C – World’s Largest Refrigerator
BONNIE
Doug's helping me feed the animals - and after security checks each plane - slow as
cold molasses - we finally find eight dogs, nine cats -one of whom's epileptic – not
to mention two rare Bonobo chimpanzees! And the female Bonobo is pregnant.
We’ve got to get them of these planes!

(Into the phone)

Helo? Is the Mayor there? It's Bonnie Harris again. Yes, I'll hold.

DOUG (Robert)
FAA was pretty clear about "No rare chimpanzees on Canadian soil."

(BONNIE hands him a bucket)

BONNIE
Doug. Take that.

DOUG (Robert)
-what is that?

BONNIE
It's rare chimpanzee shit. What do you think it is?

(Into the phone)

Yes? The mayor! Yes! I'll hold!

DOUG (Robert)
I’ve got to get back to Air Traffic Control!

BONNIE
Doug-look up! Do you see anything flying?

DOUG (Robert)
I can't see across the friggin’ Atlantic!

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BONNIE
Just get me more litter from the truck!

DOUG (Robert)
Get your own litter!
(Doug exits)

BONNIE
Fine then! Goodbye!

(into the phone)

No! Not you! Hello? Hello?!

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SCENE 23 (Townhall)
CLAUDE [Link] cast as the STAFF fires a barrage of questions at him.
STAFF 1/8 STAFF 10/12 STAFF 2/7 STAFF 4/9 STAFF 6
Claude Excuse Claude Mister Mayor! Claude

STAFF 8 (Jacob)
Health Canada says all this food needs refrigeration, but we've got nowhere to store
it – none of the shelters are equipped for this!

STAFF 1 (Courtney)
We're getting three more truckloads of food tonight –

STAFF 8 (Jacob)
Stop them! We've got nowhere to put it!

STAFF 7 (Lew)
Well, then what do we feed people?

STAFF 12 (Robert)
We also need that girl at Rogers to announce that rotary, hockey, boys and girls club
-everything's cancelled until further notice.
Marisa Jacob Robert Becca Courtney Jewell
You need to Well cancel Don’t look Now That Rogers Until further
Talk to The effing At me! It’s There’s five Give does Notice? What
Heath Food too! Not my Vats of NOT know Does that
Canada Decision! Chili. My What she’s Mean?
Uncle has a Doing.
truck

CLAUDE
Hold on. Did you just say that Hockey's cancelled?

JANICE
3:47pm - The town is asking all bulk food deliveries be taken to the Gander
community center hockey rink. Since hockey's canceled, the Mayor is now calling
it…

CLAUDE
The world's largest walk-in refrigerator!

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SCENE 24 (Bar)
7D – Bar and Grills
(In Gambo, the Kevin’s are at a bar)
KEVIN T.
It's hot outside, so we stay in the bar, and make small talk with Maty, the owner,
and his wife, Brenda-

KEVIN J.
We're not sure how much to say —you just don't know where the red states are in a
foreign country, right?

KEVIN T.
But we'd been drinking al afternoon and I accidentally say something like, Kevin
and I have been together for almost five years…

KEVIN J. (Quickly)
In business. We've been together in business. I’m his sexy-tary —His secretary!

KEVIN T.
And it feels like the entire bar goes silent –

KEVIN J.
And I'm like… Oh, god.

KEVIN T.
And then Matty says…

MATTY (Lew)
You're gay?

KEVIN J.
And I'm about to pass out.

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KEVIN T.
But then Matty says…

MATTY (Lew)
Well, praise be to God. My daughter's gay!

KEVIN T.
And then Brenda says…

BRENDA (Courtney)
Sure, my sister's gay —and the woman across the road just ran off with her best
friend!

KEVIN T.
And then Brenda's brother says...

BRENDA’S BROTHER (Ethan)

Our uncle is 68 years old and he just told us he's a bi-sexual.

KEVIN T.
We somehow ended up in the gayest town in Newfoundland. And Kevin and I are
looking at each other like I—think I even say, "There must be something in the
water." And then Brenda's brother says…

BRENDA’S BROTHER (Ethan)

That's why I only drink the beer.

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SCENE 25
BOB
Watching the news al day, some of us are starting to lose it. So these people here,
they decide to have a big cook out for the whole community - just trying to get our
minds of of everything. And Derm, the Mayor of Appleton, says to me.

DERM (Ethan)
Right, m'son, do me a favor and start to round up some grills.

BOB
Round up some grills?

DERM (Ethan)
Yeah, just go to people's yards and take their grills.

BOB
…Take their grills? Someone's gonna shoot me.

DERM (Ethan)
No, no, no, no, no… Just go to people's yards and grab their grill.

BOB
(To the audience)
So I’m going from yard to yard and I keep thinking, someone is going to shoot me in the back.

MALE TOWNSPERSON (Robert)

Hello there!

MALE TOWNSPERSON (Robert)

Are you taking my barbecue?

BOB
…This is your barbecue?

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MALE TOWNSPERSON (Robert)
Yeah, buddy.

BOB
Listen, I am so sorry –

MALE TOWNSPERSON (Robert)

The wife's got the kettle on, if you want a cuppa.

BOB
I get offered a cup a tea in every single backyard - and most of them offer to help
me steal their own barbecues. We bring them all over to the community center- no
names on them. I don't know how they ever get em' back. But that's how we have
a big cookout – completey free. After that I stop worrying so much about my
wallet.

JANICE
8:45 am.

ALL
Thursday.

JANICE
September 13th. We've got a… situation down at Gander Academy.

BEULAH
Ladies and Gentlemen. We have an indelicate request. We need volunteers to help
clean the bathrooms. As you can imagine, with 70 adults in a primary school…
Health Canada needs us to clean them every hour and a half and we just don't
have the people. So, we're asking for your help.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
But no one volunteers.

BEULAH
No one comes. And we're run of our feet with everything else. And then –

7E - Cardiologists
ANNETTE (Marisa)
Sweet Jesus in the garden.
This line of men comes walking down the hall.

(Cardiologists enter)

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The top six cardiologists from all over the world. On their way to a conference.
Highly qualified cardiologists.
And they know about the importance of cleanliness.

CARDIOLOGIST (Lew)
If we don't get these bathrooms clean, we're going to have... bigger problems.

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SCENE 26 (Gander Academy – Phone)
7F – I’m Here
BEULAH
Anyway I get lunch set up, labeling anything that'll go bad with the date and time, I
let the pants out for one of the pilots who's been enjoying our cooking. I make a
balloon animal for a crying toddler - and then I check on Hannah, talking to anyone
she can reach.

HANNAH
I AM HERE- I AM HERE ON AN ISLAND

HELLO? HELLO. IT'S ME AGAIN

YEAH, MY SON. HE’S WITH RESCUE TWO
ANY NEWS?

I AM HIS MOTHER
I’M FAR AWAY- STUCK HERE IM' TRYING TO FIND OUT-
FINE - I'LL HOLD AGAIN ISHOULD BE DOWN THERE
AND CHECKING THE HOSPITALS PUTTING UP SIGNS
DOING SOMETHING! INSTEAD

I AM HERE-I AM HERE IN CANADA

I AM TELLING YOU - LISTEN

MY SON, HE TAKES RISKS
HE’S NOT MISSING - HES' HELPING OR HURT
HE’LL GET OUT OF THIS
YES, I'LL KEEP TRYING
AND YES, HERES' THE NUMBER AND YES, AT THE GRADE SCHOOL
IN GANDER – I’LL BE HERE

I SHOULD BE THERE WHEN IT'S OVER AND DONE

WHEN HE COMES THROUGH THE DOOR

AND SAYS, "I’M HOME, MOM"
I SHOULD BE THERE FOR MY SON

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BUT INSTEAD
I AM HERE
I AM HERE

BEULAH
She leaves message after message for her son —until there's no more room on his
answering machine.

HANNAH
ALL I KNOW
SI YOU ARE THERE
YOU ARE THERE AND I AM HERE

BEULAH
She finally got some news.

HANNAH
They said it was Kev's day off-but someone else said there were more men down
there than were scheduled.
I should be looking for him. He's always there for me- trying to make me laugh.
Tells me stupid jokes. He loves jokes —tells them to the kids at the firehouse, while
he fixes their bikes.

I should be there.

BEULAH
I know there's nothing I can do to help. But I do know a few jokes. There was a
sailor who was stationed in the South Pacific, far away from his wife who he'd just
married. And when he was away, he wrote her a letter. He said, "We're going to be
apart for a long time - and this island is full of young, attractive native girls. I need
something to take my mind of them."

So his wife sends him an accordion and says, "Why don't you learn to play this
then?" So finally, he comes home from his tour of duty and says to his wife, "I can't
wait to get you into bed." And she says, "First let's see how well you play that
accordion."

HANNAH
That was a really stupid joke.

Tell me another one.

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SCENE 27 (Spiritual Spaces)
KEVIN T.
Everywhere you look, there are people from around the globe. Going back and forth
for phones —or showers. Grabbing something from Shoppers. I'm getting coffee at a
gas station on the main drag - and suddenly the entire place goes quiet…

7G – Before Prayer

And nobody moves. Even the people outside are standing still. And I look up at the
TVs and realize - it's a national moment of silence in America. And all of these
Newfoundlanders - these people from another country - they maintain that moment
of silence. I don't know if that would happen back home - at a busy gas station on
the main drag - but it happened here.

HANNAH
Beulah walks me to church - and when we get there, I light a candle for my son.

BEULAH
And I do too.
8 - Prayer
KEVIN T.
I suddenly realized what that music was from my dream - it was an old hymn from
when I was a kid. Now, I haven't been to church in years, but for some reason that
song was in my head.

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE

WHERE THERE IS HATRED, LET ME BRING YOUR LOVE,
WHERE THERE IS INJURY, YOUR PARDON, LORD,
AND WHERE THERE’S DOUBT TRUE FAITH IN YOU.

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 HANNAH KEVIN T
MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE
MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE
WHERE THERE’S DESPAIR IN LIFE,
LET ME BRING HOPE,
WHERE THERE’S DESPAIR IN LIFE,
LET ME BRING HOPE,
WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS,
ONLY LIGHT
WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS,
ONLY LIGHT
AND WHERE THERES SADNESS,
EVER JOY
EVERY JOY

RABBI (Lew)
OSEH SHALOM BIM'ROMAV
HU YA'ASEH SHALOM ALEINU
V'AL KOL YISRAEL
V'IMRU, V'IMRU AMEN

There is a man here in town. He's lived here nearly his entire life. He heard that
there was a Rabbi diverted here and he came to find me and tell me his story.

EDDIE (Ethan)
I was born in Poland, I think. And my parents - they were Jews - they sent me here
before the war started- I still remember some prayers they taught me. As a boy, I was
told I should never tell anyone that I was Jewish-even my wife. But after what
happened on Tuesday-so many stories gone - just like that. I needed to tell someone.

ALI (Jorge)
During El-Fagir, when most people are asleep it is easier to pray. But at El-Dhuhr, I
can feel them watching me. Sometimes I catch them when they think I'm not looking
—and I can see the fear in their eyes.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Excuse me? Beulah wanted me to check on you. The library's open - for anyone
looking for some peace —and a quiet place to pray.

RABBI (Lew) & (EDDIE - Ethan)

YAA' SEH SHALOM (YA' ASEH)
YAA' SEH SHALOM (SHALOM)

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SHALOM ALEINU VA' L KOL YISRAEL
YA'ASEH SHALOM (YA' ASEH)
YA'ASEH SHALOM (SHALOM)
SHALOM ALEINU VA'L KOL YISRAEL
BEULAH, HANNAH, JEWISH PASSENGERS HINDU PASSENGERS
KEVIN T, SINGER 10 OSEH SHALOM BIM’ ASATO MAA
I MAY NEVER SEEK ROMAV SAD-GAMAYA
SO MUCH TO BE HU YA’ASEH SHALOM TAMASO MAA
CONSOLED AS TO ALENIU JYORTIE-GANAYA
CONSOLE; V’AL KOL VISRAEL MRITYOR-MAMMRITAN
TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS V’IMRU AMEN GAMAYA
TO UNDERSTAND, OM SHANNTIH
PASSNEGERS 1&6
TO BE LOVED, AS TO SHAANTIH
YA’ASEH SHALOM
LOVE WITH ALL MY SOUL SHAANTIH
YA’ASEH SHALOM
YA’ASEH SHALOM
SHALOM
Underneath the prayer cycle Ali is praying
ALI (Jorge) ALI stands with hands at ears
Allahu Akbar Bends Over with hands on knees
Subbhann Rabbi al Azeem On his knees
Allahu Ahkbar He puts his hard down
Subhaan Rabbia Al-Ala’a He comes back up to kneeling
Allahu Ahkar He puts his head down
Alhamdulilah He comes back up to kneeling
He puts his head to the right then to the left
Stand and folds his prayer rug

KEVIN T
MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE
WHERE THERE'S DESPAIR IN LIFE, LET ME BRING HOPE
WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT
AND WHERE THERES' SADNESS, EVER JOY

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SCENE 28 (Airplane Hold)
8A – Bonnie in the Holds
BONNIE
Health Canada finally lets the animals of and quarantines them to Hangar One. It's
a big room with cats and dogs and chimpanzees and there's barking, meowing-and
then the chimps start imitating the dogs, and they're barking too. The phones are
ringing off the hook with people, who want to see their pets.

DOUG (Robert)
…But they're not allowed anywhere near the planes.

BONNIE
And I'm worried about Unga, the pregnant Bonobo. Al animals are affected badly
by stress - not just humans.

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SCENE 29
9 – On The Edge
CLAUDE
Some people spend their days crammed inside-shoulder to shoulder with nothing
to do but watch the news and wait for something to happen.

ALL
ON THE EDGE

BEULAH
We've got the TVs going 24/7 in the cafeteria. And the more they watch, the more
scared and angry they get.

ALL
ON THE EDGE OF THE

OZ
Some of the Plane People haven't slept in three days. None of us have either – and
we're jumping at our own shadows.

ALL
ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
BELULAH ALI (Jorge)
Around suppertime on Thursday, people are (On the phone)
waiting to use the phones and there’s a fight in Ana Kwayiss Alhamdullialh. El aakl henna
The hallway - Helw awi. Hagga Faw’a el wassif. Lekin,
Fee ness, fee nass kateera herna,
Be-yeboosooly akiny Irakept gerrema

PASSENGER 11 (Ethan)
Hey. Hey! What the hell are you saying?

ALI (Jorge)
I beg your pardon?

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PASSENGER 11 (Ethan)
You celebrating this? You praying for your friends?

ALI (Jorge)
(into the phone)
MaMa, Laazim a'fil el sikha delwaa'ty —salaam. Bahibik-

PASSENGER 11 (Ethan)
Why doesn't he speak English?

ALI (Jorge)
Excuse me?

PASSENGER 8 (Jacob)
You telling your Muslim friends where to bomb next?

ALI (Jorge)
This was not all Muslims! And I was not-

PASSENGER 11 (Ethan)
Go back where you came from!

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
I’m Muslim and I was born in Connecticut!

BEULAH
She's an American citizen.

PASSENGER 11 (Ethan)
You don't look American. You –

PASSENGER 2 (Jewell)
What does that even mean?

BEULAH
Sir, stop it!

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 Ethan ALI (Jorge) Paul
What did you say? We haven’t done anything. They haven’t done anything!

Jacob BEULAH Marisa Robert

I’m not waiting till Everyone calm That’s right! Leave him alone!
You do! down!

Passenger 1 (Courtney) Carrie Ethan

I’ve got a family to protect. They should question all you The bible says an eye for an
People! eye! An Eye for an Eye!

ALL
ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD OR WHEREVER WE ARE
WE ARE - WE ARE - WE ARE ON THE EDGE
IS THERE SOMETHING I- NEED TO DO SOMETHING
TO KEEP ME FROM THINKING OF ALL OF THOSE SCENES ON THE TUBE
I NEED SOMETHING TO DO - CAUSE I CAN'T WATCH THE NEWS
NO I CAN’T WATCH THE NEWS ANYMORE
ON THE EDGE

CLAUDE
The FAA keeps delaying opening the airspace - and here on the ground, we're
dealing with a whole mess of other problems.

ALL
ON THE EDGE OF THE

BEVERLEY
Some of the planes are parked on a runway where the surface is all torn up. That
debris gets into an engine and they'll never leave.

ALL
ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

DOUG (Robert)
One of the big planes a- triple 7- is sinking into the asphalt. If we don't do
something, she'll be stuck here forever.

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ALL
ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD OR WHEREVER
WE ARE - WE ARE - WE ARE-WE ARE ON THE
ARE W-E ARE - WE ARE - WE ARE ON THE EDGE!

JANICE
I interview a woman from Queens —a mother. Her son is a firefighter and they still can't account for
him. She starts crying and I start crying too. And I can't stop shaking. I don't know if I can do this
anymore.

BEVERLEY
I check in with Air Traffic Control again and it's more bad news. Not only is the airspace
still closed, but there's a storm headed for Newfoundland. Hurricane Erin is making landfall
by tomorrow or the day after. If we don't get these planes in the air soon, no one's going anywhere.

OZ
Claude, people are starting to crack.

CLAUDE
Let's get everyone down to the Legion.

KEVIN T.
Everyone's going down to the Legion for a drink.

KEVIN J.
Hi, have you seen my boyfriend? His name is Kevin, he's about that tall, and he's
lost his mind.

KEVIN T.
I just want to go out!

KEVIN J.
Well, I don’t

KEVIN T.
Well I’m not going without you.

KEVIN J.
Well, I’m not…. Staying for a long time.

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KEVIN T.
One drink!

KEVIN J.
One drink!

BEULAH
Hannah? Everyone's going out tonight.

HANNAH
You go on without me, Beulah… I need to wait by the phone.

BEULAH
… I’ll wait with you.

BEVERLEY
I keep waiting to hear from the airline. So I'll just be here by the phone, Tom, if the
kids want to speak with me.

DOUG (Robert)
Bonnie? I know you're not leaving the animals, so I brought you some chili. But I
really think that tonight, you should come home and get some sleep...

BONNIE
Doug! Oh my —Get in here! We are about to have the first rare Bonobo chimpanzee
born in Newfoundland!

OZ
Beulah! They need some food down at the Legion if you can spare any.

ALI (Jorge)
Mis Beulah. Please let me help with the food.

BEULAH
No, m'love. You're a guest –

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ALI (Jorge)
Please. I am a master chef for an international hotel chain. I oversee restaurants
around the world. I would like to help with the food.

BEULAH
Get in there!

DIANE
Everyone's going out to the bar- and Nick is going.

NICK
I'm going if Diane is going.

DIANE
And I think, nobody here knows me – I can be whoever I want to be…

BOB
I'm not worried about my wallet. I’m not worried about getting shot. I am a little
Worried about how much Irish whiskey I’m drinking…
EVERYONE enters the bar excitedly!

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SCENE 30 (Bar)
OZ
By eight o'clock the bar is completely packed with people from around the world.
Everybody's talking about where they're staying and what they've seen - and the
bar staff keep making runs for more beer and liquor. After an hour, people are
swimming in the river out back. And no, no one brought their swim trunks!

A couple of the local b'ys get up with their accordions and fiddles - and
someone brings out an ugly stick.

MEN
FAREWELL TO ALL YOU PRETTY LADIES
WAVING FROM THE DOCK
HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLLIES, HEAVE AWAY
AND IF WE DO RETURN TO YOU
WE'LL MAKE YOUR CRADLES ROCK
HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLY BOYS, WER'E ALL BOUND AWAY

WOMEN
FAREWELL YOU NEWFOUNDLANDER BOYS
YOU’RE LEAVING US ALONE
HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLLIES, HEAVE AWAY
AND IF YOU FIND ANOTHER
WE'VE GOT LOVERS OF OUR OWN

ALL
HEAVE AWAY, ME JOLY BOYS, WE’RE ALL BOUND AWAY

OZ
And then we get the karaoke going.

DELORES (Becca)
NEAR… FAR…

ALL
WHEREVER WE ARE!

OZ
Then we decide to have a bit of a ceremony.

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CLAUDE
Let's make these people honorary Newfoundlanders!
10 – Screech In
NOW THERES' ASOLEMN, OLD TRADITION
FOR ADMISSION —OR AUDITION —TO TRANSITION
FROM ACOME FROM AWAY

ALL
TO BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER

CLAUDE
THE ONLY OTHER WAY AT ANY RATE
IS PASS AWAY AND PRAY TO FATE AND WAIT
TO REINCARNATE

ALL
AS A NEWFOUNDLANDER
HEY HEY - COME ON INSIDE
NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING TRIED

ACTOR 5 (Carrie G)
ONLY ACOUPLE PEOPLE CRIED

ALL
YOUL'L BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER
HEY HEY-SIT DOWN RIGHT HERE
YOU’LL FEEL BETTER IN A YEAR

ACTOR 7 (Lew)
TRY TO IGNORE YOUR DOUBTS AND FEARS

ALL
AND YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER

CLAUDE
Now we needs a couple volunteers! Who wants to become a Newfoundlander?

BOB
Right here!

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CLAUDE
Good man! Who else?

KEVIN T.
I have no idea why I put up my hand. Kevin's like...

KEVIN J.
Ohmygod – are you serious?
KEVIN T Tries to Dance A Jig
Ohmygod – you are serious.

KEVIN T.
Yes-I'm serious. Don't do to if you don't want to.

KEVIN J.
I won’t.

CLAUDE
Where you from, buddy?

KEVIN T.
Los Angeles.

CLAUDE
LA! Who else?

DIANE
Us

NICK
Actually, I’m not sure – I don’t like preforming….

DIANE
We want to be Newfoundlanders!

CLAUDE
Alright, where are you folks from?

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DIANE
Texas and –

CLAUDE
Texas! (to Nick) What part of Texas are you from, Buddy?

NICK
No. I’m from –

DIANE
No! I’M from Texas. He’s from (like the Queen) “England”.

CLAUDE
Well, wait. How does that work?

NICK
How does what work?

CLAUDE
How does your marriage work with you being in England and her in Texas?

NICK DIANE
No - No – we’re not married.

CLAUDE
Oh, I’m sorry – I just assumed you were married… Well, would you like to be?

NICK DIANE
Ah- Well, why not?!

NICK
Diane had had two beers by then, so it was probably the alcohol talking.

DIANE
I've never had more than one beer at a time before, so it was probably the alcohol
talking.

NICK
I went and got her two more beers.

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CLAUDE
NOW THE FIRST PART IS THE EASIEST
WE’LL SOON GET TO THE QUEASIEST
I’LL NEED YOU TO REPEAT THIS MESS

ALL
WHEN YOU BECOME A NEWFOUNDLANDER

CLAUDE
CAUSE WE SPEAKS ADIFFERENT LANGUAGE, SON
WE ADDS SOME ESSES AND SOME RUM
YOU’LL HAVE OT TRY A GOOD COD TONGUE

ALL
WHEN YOU BECOME A NEWFOUNDLANDER

CHORUS
HEY HEY -JUST DO YOUR BEST
NOTHING SCARY - NOTHING YET

ACTOR 3 (Carrie W)
YOU’LL HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU’RE DRESSED
They put So’wester hats on each screechee

ALL
AND YOU’LL BE ANEWFOUNDLANDER
HEY HEY - JUST SING ALONG
NOTHING VENTURED JUST PROLONGED

CLAUDE
THERE’S THIRTY VERSES IN THIS SONG

ALL
THEN YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER

CLAUDE
Ladies and Gentlemen. This is Screech. Back in World War 2, an officer was stationed
here and was offered some of this stuff. Al the locals were tossing it back with nar' a
quiver, so he does too, and lets out an ear-piecing.

(The LOCALS all howl)

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Everybody comes to see what's happened and says:

ALL EXCEPT SCREECHEES

"What was that ungodly screech?!"

CLAUDE
And now it's your turn. Are you ready?
NICK DIANE BOB KEVIN T
Um.. I’m not sure Wait – did you No. Nope. Not really Do we have to drink
that- Justsay- ready. this?

CLAUDE
Good! All together now. One!

ALL Except SCREECHEES

ONE!

CLAUDE
Two!

ALL Except SCREECHEES

TWO!

CLAUDE
Three!

ALL Except SCREECHEES

THREE!

CLAUDE
Down the hatch!

(All drink)

KEVIN T.
Screech is basically bad Jamaican rum.

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NICK
Screech is horrific.

DIANE
Screech is delicious.

BOB
And then they brought the Cod.

KEVIN T.
The Cod.

NICK
The Cod.

DIANE
The Cod.

CLAUDE
NOW WITH EVERY TRANSFORMATION
COMES A TINY BIT OF RISK
YOU’VE GOT TO WALK THE PLANK
AND THERE’LL BE BLOOD OR THERE’LL BE BLISS
AND IT'S THE SAME TO EB ANEWFOUNDLANDER
EVERY PERSONS' WISH
SO DON'T BE DUMB
JUST TAKE THE PLUNGE
AND GO ON -KISS THE FISH!

NEWFOUNDLANDERS
(Continues Underneath)
I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER

CLAUDE
Ladies and gentlemen - this is a genuine freshly caught Newfoundland Cod - and if
you want to become an honorary Newfoundlander, you'll have to give her a smooch!

One!
(Bob kisses the fish)

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KEVIN J.
If you kiss that, I will never kiss you again.

KEVIN T.
I’ll risk it.
(Kevin T. Kisses the fish)

CLAUDE
Two!

NICK
I’m not kissing a fish.

DIANE
Come on, I will if you will!

NICK
Oh, my god. Fine.
(Nick kisses the fish)

DIANE
Oh, God. I can't do it.

NICK
What? I just did!

CLAUDE
Now you gotta kiss the cod —it's a vital part of the ceremony.

DIANE
No! I can't do it!

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CLAUDE
Alright-look here. I’ll make you a deal. Either you kiss this fish —or else you kiss
this Englishman that you're not married to.

NICK
Wait… what?

DIANE
Okay.
(DIANE kisses him)

ALL
HEY HEY - COME ON TONIGHT
TAKE A RSIK AND TAKE A RIDE
JUMP RIGHT IN WITH BOTH FEET TIED
AND YOUL'L BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER

HEY HEY - COME ON ONCE MORE

NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING SORE
AFTER IT’S OVER, OUT THE DOOR
AND YOU’LL BE A NEWFOUNDLANDER

CLAUDE
AFTER IT'S OVER YOU’LL REMEMBER

ALL
THAT YOU’RE A NEWFOUNDLANDER
10A – After Screech In
The band kicks in again, as EVERYONE trials out of the bar.
CLUADE
Good job L.A.!

OZ
Goodnight now!

KEVIN T.
Kevin? Where’d you go? Kevin?

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SCENE 31
11 – Me And The Sky
BEVERLEY
MY PARENTS MUST HAVE THOUGHT
THEY HAD A CRAZY KID
CAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS
WHO ALWAYS KNEW WHAT I WANTED

THEY TOOK ME DOWN TO THE AIRPORT

TO SEE ALL THE PLANES DEPARTING
WATCHING THEM FLY SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME WAS STARTING
I WAS EIGHT WHEN I TOLD THEM
THAT I'D BE A PILOT

BUT I WAS TOO YOUNG AND TOO SHORT

AND THERE WERE NO FEMALE CAPTAINS
AND MY DAD SAID BE PATIENT
HE SAID JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS

BUT I TOOK MY FIRST LESSON

CAME DOWN FROM THE SKY AND
TOLD MY FATHER I’D FLY FOR THE REST OF MY LFIE

AND I GOT MY FIRST JOB FLYING FOR A MORTICIAN

IN A TINY BONANZA
JUST A CORPSE AND ME
FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR
FOR FLYING DEAD BODIES

I HAD TO CLIMB OVER THEIR FACES

JUST TO GET TO MY SEAT

AND SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LIFT OFF

THE GROUND IS FALLING BACKWARDS
I AM SUDDENLY ALIVE

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SUDDENLY I’M IN THE COCKPIT
SUDDENLY EVERYTHING’S CHANGED
SUDDENLY I’M NOT TOO YOUNG OR TOO SHORT
AND THE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK DON’T COMPLAIN
SUDDENLY I’M FLYING COMPANY CHARTERS
SUDDENLY EVERYTHING’S HIGH
SUDDENLY THERE’S NOTHING IN BETWEEN
ME AND THE SKY

AMERICAN AIRLINES
HAD THE PRETTIEST PLANES
SO I APPLIED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER
BUT THE WORLD WAR 2 PILOTS, THEY ALL COMPLAINED

THEY SAID, "GIRLS SHOULD’T BE IN THE COCKPIT - HEY LADY, HEY BABY,
HEY, WHY DON'T YOU GRAB US ADRINK?"
AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WEREN'T MY FRIENDS BACK THEN
AND THEY SAID, "ARE YOU BETTER THAN US, DO YOU THINK?"
BUT I KEPT GETTING HIRED AND
THE WORLD WAR 2 CREW - THEY RETIRED AND
THE GIRLS ALL THOUGHT MUCH HIGHER OF ME

(Flight attendants enter)

1986 - THE FIRST FEMALE AMERICAN CAPTAIN IN HISTORY

SUDDENLY I'M IN THE COCKPIT
SUDDENLY I'VE GOT MY WINGS
SUDDENLY ALL OF THOSE PILOTS PROTESTING ME
WELL THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN DRINKS!
SUDDENLY THERES' NO ONE SAYING STAY GROUNDED
LOOKING DOWN - PASSING THEM BY
SUDDENLY THERE'S NOTHING NI BETWEEN
ME AND THE SKY

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SUDDENLY I’VE GOT AN ALL FEMALE CREW
THE NEWS CAUGHT AND MADE HEADLINES ACROSS THE WORLD
SUDDENLY IT STOPPED, NO-ONE'S SAYING

BEVERLEY AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (Carrie W)

(YOU CAN'T) OR (YOU WON’T)
OR YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT ANYTHING (CAUSE YOUR'E A GIRL)

BEVERLEY
SUDDENLY I’M GETTING MARRIED
AND WE'RE PUTTING PINS ON A MAP WHERE WE'VE FLOWN
SUDDENLY I AM AMOTHER
AND SUDDENLY SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH THEY’VE GROWN

SUDDENLY I’M WONDR'ING HOW MY PARENTS WOULD FEEL

SEEING ME TEACHING MEN TO EB PILOTS
CAUSE SUDDENLY I AM A SENIOR INSTRUCTOR
AND SOMEHOW I’M FIFTY-ONE

SUDDENLY I’M FLYING PARIS TO DALLAS,

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, AND FEELING CALM
WHEN SUDDENLY SOMEONE ON AIR-TO-AIR TRAFIC SAYS,
AT 8:46 THERE'S BEEN ATERRORIST ACTION
AND THE ONE THING I LOVED MORE THAN ANYTHING
WAS USED AS THE BOMB

SUDDENLY I'M IN A HOTEL

SUDDENLY SOMETHING HAS DIED
SUDDENLY THERE'S SOMETHING IN BETWEEN
ME AND THE…
(BEVERLEY’s phone rings, She Answers)

Hello?

I’m on my way.

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SCENE 32
11A - Departures
JANICE
1:34 am

ALL
Friday.

JANICE
September 14th. Shelters will be alerted as each plane is cleared to go.

BOB
Our pilot says to pack up. It's sudden notice - the middle of the night-and we're
leaving in an hour. But these people- they make these bag lunches - and they form
a… a gauntlet - handing them out -and we all walk through it and get our lunches
and say goodbye to all of them. We try to give them money, but they won't take it.

DERM (Ethan)
No, m'son. You would've done the same.

BOB
I drank all your whiskey.

DERM (Ethan)
I would've done the same.

(Bob and Derm hug)

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SCENE 33
NICK
Good morning.

DIANE
Nnnnnn.

NICK
You were snoring.

DIANE
My head hurts.

NICK
You had a couple.

DIANE
Did I kiss the fish?

NICK
Don’t you?... Yes, you did.

DIANE
Oh good… Wait –

NICK
We’re running out of time. Our plane could be the next one to go.

KEVIN T.
Our plane could be the next one to go. Are you still upset that I kissed a fish?

KEVIN J.
No. I’m upset that I left the bar and you didn’t even notice!

KEVIN T.
You left without telling me-

KEVIN J.
After everything that's happened. You're out there acting like it's okay. And it's not
okay.

KEVIN T.
I know. But I'm not gonna shut myself inside. Let's just get back to LA.

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DIANE
While you’re in Dallas, I’d love to have you over.

KEVIN J.
I tried to change my flight to New York. They wouldn’t do it.

NICK
My conference was cancelled. So, I head back to London immediately.

KEVIN T.
I don't understand. Why would you....?

KEVIN J.
I just need to be back home.

NICK
Back home.

DIANE
Back home.

KEVIN T.
Back home.

NICK
Well. All good things, right?

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SCENE 34
BEULAH
As the plane people leave, they keep stopping us, thanking us, trying to give us
money, but we say…

OZ
No, buddy. You would've done the same.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
But one guy keeps insisting till Beulah finally tells him…

BEULAH
Lok, you can slip it in the suggestion box down at Town Hall, but honestly, we’re
happy with a thank you on your way out.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Captain Bristol – that pilot for Virgin Atlantic. He comes to find me to help him
round up his passengers.

CAPTAIN BRISTOL (Paul)

Annette – my darling – before I leave, I need to thank you for… everything we’ve
shared. Though I travel home today, I leave my heart behind.

BEULAH
Annette – for…

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Don’t. Blablablablablabla
All The Locals Overlap Saying Goodbye

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 LOCAL 1 (Courtney) LOCAL 2 (Jewell) LOCAL 3 (Wagner) BELULAH
Goodbye! Goodbye! I’ll miss you! Tell us when the baby’s I’ll be waiting by the
here. phone.
LOCAL 5 (Carrie G) ANNETTE (Marisa) OZ LOCAL 8 (Jacob)
Let us know you made Goodbye! Take care Don’t be a stranger. Don’t forget us now!
it home safe! now!
LOCAL 9 (Jorge) LOCAL 11 (Ethan) LOCAL 12 (Robert)
Thank you for the You write us now! Goodbye!
bottle of wine!

BOB
We get down to the airport - and it's chaos. Passengers dropped of from multiple
flights. Every bag has to be emptied.

OZ
No scissors. No nail clippers. If any bags are unidentified, they’ll be blown up.

BOB
Then someone says there’s an issue with security.

BEVERLEY
One of my flight attendants come to find me. She says…

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Carrie W)

There’s a Muslim man on our flight –
I saw him praying – and he’s been acting suspicious. He doesn’t have a carry on…
And…

I’m not getting back on that plane with him.

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ALI (Jorge)
I arrive at the airport and am pulled out of line.

BEVERLEY
I am responsible for the safety of my passengers and my crew. And security tells me
any perceived threats must be taken extremely seriously.

They bring me to a private room and he is brought in for questioning.

ALI (Jorge)
At first I do not understand what the police are asking. And then I do.

In my culture, there is a word - "awrah" —the area between your stomach and your
knees. It is forbidden in my religion for anyone to see this but my wife.
To have a woman in the room, watching this. Watching me. You can't understand.

BEVERLEY
It is the most thorough body search I’ve ever witnessed. And when it’s over, I find
him and I tell him – I am so very sorry that happened.

ALI (Jorge)
Am I free to go now?

ACTOR 11 (Ethan)
When are we leaving?!
The CROWD jumps in with questions about leaving, pulling BEVERLY away.

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SCENE 35
BEVERLEY
Good morning. We are one of the first flights to leave…

…which makes us one of the lucky ones as some planes may still be here for quite
some time. Now, I have no control over this. You've paid for a flight from Paris to
Dallas. If I get clearance, I will take you to Dallas. But if I am not cleared for Dallas, I
have to take y'all back to France.

But we will make arrangements as quickly as we can to get y'all back to the United
States where you need to be.

CROWD 5 (Carrie G)
I can't go back. I just adopted my daughter – we could lose her if we go back to
Europe.

Carrie G Paul KEVIN J KEVIN T Robert Ethan

I could lose America is
my at war! I’m
daughter. not going We’eve been
You have to back to Here four
take us France. You Days! How
home! Said Long are we Hey, Calm
Yourself- Going to be Down. I’m
We paid for There? We Sure they’re
A ticket to Were Doing the America just
Dallas- Trapped on Best they Got
That’s where Our plane Can. If she Attacked-
We should Forever and Says they’re What is There’s
Be taken Then we’ve Going to get Wrong with Over 200 of
Been here Us home, you? What is us – they’ll
For days Then they’re wrong with take us
With no Going to get you? This is where the
information Us home. an majority of
and no Lets not International us wants to
you- Make things Tragedy? go.
Any harder. I’m serious-
Hey Hey!

CROWD 11 (Ethan)
Hey! Hey! We can vote on this. We can make them go where we want to go.

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CROWD 5 (Carrie G)
Well, who’s for Dallas?

CROWD 11 (Ethan)
Fuck that! Who’s for Switzerland?!

BEVERLEY
This is not a democracy! I am the captain and this is coming from American Airlines
and the FAA. You are not voting on our destination. Now, if we have any situation
that needs to be dealt with, we will be pulled out of line and we will be the last flight

Thank you for your cooperation.

HANNAH
After hours of waiting, they tell us we’re not leaving yet after all.

JANICE
4:18pm. There’s a 747 with a flat tire blocking the runway.

All planes stopped. No one’s taking off.

11B – Dover Fault
All of the LOCALS jump up, still exhausted and surprised.

LOCAL 1 (Courtney) LOCAL 2 (Jewell) BEULAH LOCAL 5 (Carrie G)

Hello! Welcome back. I’ll get your room I’ll put the keetle on
ready!
LOCAL 6 (Marisa) LOCAL 8 (Jacob) LOCAL 9 (Jorge) LOCAL 10 (Paul)
Welcome back. Get in Come on in. Did you forget You’ve missed us.
here. Something? Come on In!
LOCAL 11 (Ethan) LOCAL 12 (Robert) OZ
Hello! Hello! That was fast. You must’ve missed us.
Come on in!

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SCENE 36
DIANE
We’re told by our pilot to stay close to our shelters so we’re ready to go again.

NICK
But Diane wants to take one last look around. And I can’t let her go by herself.

DIANE
Ans we find a gorgeous lookout: The Dover Fault.

NICK
There’s about a million stairs.

DIANE
It’s beautiful! Nick! You’ve gotta see this.

NICK
Wow…

DIANE
I can’t believe we’re here.

NICK
I know.

DIANE
I can’t believe we’re leaving!

NICK
I don’t want to go.

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DIANE
What did you say?

NICK
I don’t know. I’m – I’m going to get a picture or two.

DIANE
Oh, okay.
12 – Stop The Worl;d
NICK
STOP THE WORLD
TAKE A PICTURE
TRY TO CAPTURE
TO ENSURE THIS MOMENT LASTS

WE’RE STILL IN IT
BUT IN A MINUTE
THAT'S THE LIMIT
AND THIS PRESENT WILL BE PAST

SO HERE WE ARE
WHERE THE WORLD HAS COME TOGETHER
SO HERE SHE'LL BE
NI THIS PICTURE FOREVER

DIANE
Look at this: Five hundred and forty million years ago, the continents of the world
crashed together right here. And two hundred million years ago, they separated
again, moving apart from each other.

NICK
Huh.

DIANE
But a little part of them was left behind.

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I should move. You’re missing all the scenery –

NICK
No, no. Stay where you are.

DIANE
Really?

NICK
Really. It’s perfect.

DIANE
STOP THE WORLD
SEIZE THE MOMENT
BUT THE MINUTE HE GOES
YOU’RE ALONE AND ITS' THROUGH

PINCH YOURSELF
TELL YOURSELF
YOU’RE JUST DREAMING
THAT MEANS HE’LL FORGET ABOUT YOU

BUT HERE WE ARE

WHERE THE CONTINENTS ONCE CRASHED TOGETHER
BEFORE THEY WENT
THEIR SEPARATE WAYS FOREVER, SO

DIANE (& NICK)

STOP THE WORLD (STOP THE WORLD)
STOP THE WORLD (STOP THE WORLD)
STOP THE WORLD FROM SPINNING ROUND
NICK & DIANE EVERYONE ELSE
IM ON A LOOKOUT OH…..
OVERLOOKING SOMETHING
WORTH TAKING THE TIME
TO STOP FLYING BY
AND LOOK DOWN
AND LOOK DOWN
STOP BEING SCARED
STOP BEING SCARED

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 AND LOOK AROUND
AND LOOK ROUND
STOP THE WORLD
JUST TELL HER/HIM NOW AND
AHH
LOOK NOW
AHH!

DIANE & NICK

TAKE APICTURE OF THE SCENERY
OF A LOOKOUT
OF A MOMENT WHICH IS OVER
OF THE OCEAN OF THE RIVER OF THE TREES

STOP THE WORLD PLEASE

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SCENE 37
CLAUDE
9:35 am

ALL
Saturday.

CLAUDE
September 15th. Finally, they get the planes going again —and I go down to tell the
Wish Kids that they're being sent home without getting to Disneyworld after all. But
they're not sad about it. They're going on hayrides, canoe rides, and someone
dresses up as the town mascot: Commander Gander. And it turns out that if they'd
made it to Orlando, they would've got four days of rain.
12 A - Goodbyes
BONNIE
I'm just doing one more litter scoop, and then I'll get them on the planes!

Lyle. You're a beautiful cat. I've taped your pill bottle to your carrier and made sure
someone'll see it. You did good. You're going to be fine.

Ralph. You're a good cocker spaniel. I know the night security crew ran you a bit
ragged, so I want you to sleep on the plane, okay?
RALPH BARKS

Okay.

Unga... I've never met a rare Bonobo chimpanzee before. We don't get many of
them here in Newfoundland. And since your partner there likes to throw
his own feces, I'm going to say that you are the nicest rare Bonobo chimpanzee I've ever
met... And I want you to know that I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you lost your baby.
I've got three, and some days they're more trouble than they're worth... Anyway.
You're going to be okay.

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 12B – The Winds Pick Up
BEVERLEY
The winds start to pick up. 50 mile an hour winds. We've been here too long. We're
still on the ground and there's a hurricane is coming. And I'm thinking - we're
running out of time. We have to leave. We have to leave now.

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SCENE 38 (Planes)
13 – 38 Planes Reprise/Somewhere
ALL
ONE PLANE THEN ANOTHER AND THEN
NINE PLANES THEN ANOTHER AND THEN
THIRTEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER (NINETEEN PLANES THEN ANOTHER)
TWENTY-TWO- TWENTY-FOUR - TWENTY-NINE - THIRTY-TWO
THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT
THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT
THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT THIRTY-EIGHT
THIRTY THIRTY THIRTY-EIGHT PLANES
On The plane, BEVERLY makes and announcement

BEVERLEY
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: IF YOU LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOWS
UNDERNEATH ALL THAT RAIN - IS MAINE
WE'VE JUST CROSSED THE CANADIAN BORDER
WELCOME BACK TO THE U.S. OF A.

BOB
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT THE WORLD UNDERNEATH

DIANE
AND THOUGH HE’S HERE NEXT TO ME, IN A SECOND HE’LL GO

KEVIN J
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW

KEVIN T.
KEVIN TALK TO ME, PLEASE

HANNAH
AND OUT THE WINDOW WE SEE

ALL
A PLACE WE ALL KNOW BELOW

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BOB
IS THIS ON? OH, ITS' ON. SORRY, EVERYONE-HI!
LKIE MOST EVERYONE, I AM SORRY SAYING GOODBYE
SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY DID
SO I’M DOING JUST THAT - AND I’M PASSING A HAT
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE UP THEIR TMIE
AND THEY GAVE UP THEIR TOWN
SO LET'S GIVE THEM A SCHOLARSHIP!
PASS THE HAT DOWN, CAUSE

ALL
SOMEWHERE - IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
NI THE MIDDLE OF WHO KNOWS WHERE (WHO KNOWS WHERE)
THERE'LL YOU’LL FIND (SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF)
SOMETHING - IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEAR, BLUE AIR - YOU FOUND YOUR HEART
BUT LEFT A PART OF YOU BEHIND

DIANE
Nick and I sit together and I just want to say something, but we’re leaving… ad it’s over…

NICK
And then she starts crying. And I don't know what to say, so I just put my arm
around her - and I go to kiss her on the forehead - to comfort her.

DIANE
Well, there was some turbulence —and honestly I just thought he missed! So I –

(THEY Kiss)

BEVERLEY
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW
YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS - WE JUST ENTERED TEXAS!

ALL
SOMEWHERE (SOMEWHERE) - IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (NOWHERE)
IN THE MIDDLE OF WHO KNOWS WHERE (WHO KNOWS WHERE)
THERE'LL YOU'LL FIND (SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF)

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SOMETHING (SOMETHING) - IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
(NOWHERE)
NI THE MIDDLE OF CLEAR, BLUE AIR YOU FOUND YOUR HEART
BUT LEFT A PART OF YOU BEHIND

JOEY (Lew)
Everyone’s drinking and comparing stories.

DELORES (Becca)
Where did you stay? What did you do?

DIANE
But mostly Nick and I spend the plane ride home canoodling in the back.

NICK
At one point, a flight attendant comes ‘round saying…

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Carrie W)

Hot towel? Hot towel?

Cold towel?

CHORUS
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
(THE PACE OF LIFE AND WORK)
AND WHERE YOU’RE GOING
(SOMETHING MAKES YOU STOP AND NOTICE)
AND YOU’RE FINALLY NI THE MOMENT

ALL
SOMEWHERE - IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF WHO KNOWS WHERE (WHO KNOWS WHERE)
THERE YOU'LL FIND

SOMETHING (SOMETHING) - IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (NOWHERE)

NI THE MIDDLE OF CLEAR, BLUE AIR
YOU FOUND YOUR HEART

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BUT LEFT A PART OF YOU BEHIND
BEVERLEY OTHERS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
PUT YOUR SEATBACKS AND
TRAY TABLES UP

RIGHT BELOW US IS THE CITY

WHERE I GREW UP
COMING 'ROUND PAST THE
FIELD, THEN THE WHEELS
TOUCH THE GROUND

HOME AMERICA
TAXI-ING, WE'RE ALL CHEERING,
HOME IN AMERICA
WE'RE DOWN!
HOME AMERICA
THANKING EVERYONE – THANK
YOU FOR FLYING AMERICAN! HOME IN AMERICA
HUGGING THEM
HUGGING MY CREW CAUSE HOME AMERICA
WE’RE HOME AGAIN
PAST THE GATE UP HOME IN AMERICA
THE STAIRS HOME AMERICA
AND WE’RE THERE HOME IN AMERICA
AND HE’s WAITING IN LINE
HOME
(a capella)
NO, IM FINE TOM, IM FINE
13A – Diane and Nick Say Goodbye
DIANE
So…

NICK
So…

DIANE
So you’ll call?

NICK
As soon as I get back.

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NICK & DIANE
And then he/she left
And then I was alone.

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SCENE 39 (Gander)
14 – Somethings Missing
JANICE
BACK TO THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE

OZ
BACK TO THE SIMPLE AND PLAIN

DWIGHT (Jorge)
FOR FIVE DAYS THE WEATHER HAD BEEN SO NICE

BONNIE
BUT AS THEY BOARDED IT STARTED TO RAIN

BEULAH
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER EVERYONE LEFT

OZ
WE ALL TRIED TO GO BACK TO NORMAL EXCEPT

CLAUDE
THE TOWN WAS MORE QUIET AND SOMEHOW FAR EMPTIER

BONNIE
WE ALL LOOKED THE SAME, BUT WE’RE DIFFERENT THAN WE WERE

BEULAH
THE GYM WAS A SIGHT – AS I STACKED THE LAST COT

DWIGHT (Jorge)
THANK-YOU’S WRITTEN EVERYWHERE AND THINGS THEY FORGOT

CLAUDE
THE BOARD OF HEALTH SAYS CLEAN IT UP – EVERY PART

ALL
SO WE START

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CLAUDE
7:42 am

ALL
Sunday.

CLAUDE
September 16th. After five days, they just ran the Zamboni over the ice. And played
hockey.

With the plane people gone, I tell my staff “Go home, get some sleep.” We were all
exhausted – just spent – most of us had been up for five days straight working. But
somehow I can’t sleep, so I sit down and turn on the television. And I just started
crying. I hadn’t let myself cry the whole time.

ALL
SOMETHING’S GONE

BOB
Out the airplane window, I can see Manhattan and there’s still smoke. And suddenly
I’m afraid all over again – and there are others afraid too.

ALL
SOMETHING’S OVER

BOB
I know Newark airport. You could pull a truck over on the side of the turnpike and
shoot a grenade launcher at a plane coming in.

ALL
SOMETHING’S DONE

BOB
But nothing happens.

KEVIN T
I drive Kevin back to his place. We don’t say much.

ALL
SOMETHING’S MISSING

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HANNAH
I got straight to his firehouse. Part of me wondered if they just weren’t telling me,
but… they still don’t know.

ALL
SOMETHING’S CHANGED

NICK
My flat is the same as I left it. But emptier. Quieter. I start to unpack – and I find the
camera.

ALL
SOMETHING’S REARRANGED

ALI (Jorge)
On the way to my restaurant, I drop my daughter at school, but she won’t go in. She
says she’s scared. What do I tell her?

ALL
SOMETHING’S STRAINED

BOB
Back at mt dad’s house – I look out the window – at this view I’ve looked at my
whole life. And now a part of it – something’s missing.

ALL
SOMETHING’S MISSING

KEVIN T
Kevin breaks up with me. And then he quits and moves back home to New York.
And I miss him. I miss his jokes.

ALL
SOMETHING’S LOST

DIANE
Nick and I call each other when we can. But… it’s awful. The only reason we met
was because this terrible thing happened.

ALL
SOME THINGS COST

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BOB
I go down to Ground Zero, which is like the end of the world. It’s literally still
burning.

ALL
SOMETHING’S NOT

BOB
My dad asks, “Were you ok out there where you were stranded?” How do I tell him that I
wasn't just okay – I was so much better.

ALL
SOMETHING’S MISSING

BEVERLEY
I phone American and say, "I'm ready to go wherever you want to send me."
But they say take a few days of. I phone every day and I am back at the airport by
Thursday. And it's empty. Silent. It's just a—different place. And I stop what few
passengers there are and I say, "Thank you for still flying."

BEULAH
(Answering the phone)
Hello. You’ve reached the Gander Academy, this is Beulah Davis. How can I help
you?

HANNAH
…He’s gone. It’s over.

BEULAH
…Oh, no. I’m so sorry, Hannah. I’m so sorry.

HANNAH
YOU ARE HERE
AT THE END OF A MOMENT
AT THE END OF THE WORLD

YOU ARE HERE

ON THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN
WHERE THE STORY ENDS BEULAH
WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA

HERE OTHERS
SOMETHING’S GONE
NICK SOMETHING’S OVER
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

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KEVIN T
AT THE OFFICE

BEVERLEY
IN AN AIRPORT

DIANE
IN MY HOUSE

BOB
ON AN ISLAND

BEULAH
IN A CLASSROOM OTHERS
SOMETHING’S REARRANGED
JANICE
AT THE STATION

OZ
IN MY CAR

ALL
AND WHEREVER YOU ARE (SOMETHING’S GONE)
YOU ARE HERE

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SCENE 40
JANICE
When Gander town council declares the state of emergency over, it means
everything goes back to normal.
CLAUDE GARTH (Jacob)
Garth. Claude.
Look. Look.
Look at it from my perspective. Will you look at it from MY perspective?
We’ve been coming to the table. We’ve been coming to the table too.

BOTH (Ethan and Jacob)

Jaysus!

CLAUDE
Morning, Crystal.

CRYSTAL (Courtney)
Morning Mister Mayor. Pepsi?

CLAUDE
That’s right. Morning Dwight

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Morning Claude. Garth. Crystal

DOUG (Robert)
Claude. Crystal. Dwight. Garth. Morning.

JANICE
Morning, B’ys.

CLAUDE
Morning, Janice.

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DWIGHT (Jorge)
Janice.

GARTH (Jacob)
Janice.

DOUG (Robert)
Janice.

CRYSTAL (Courtney)
Janice.

CLAUDE
What’s the news?

JANICE
Strike still on?

GARTH (Jacob)
Well, we’re coming to the table.

CLAUDE
Well we’re coming to the table too.

DWIGHT (Jorge)
Are they tearing down the airport?

CLAUDE
Not today.

OZ
Mister Mayor, I saw your car in the lot. You might want to get down to Town Hall.
We just opened the suggestion box.

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SCENE 41 (Epilogue)
14A - Epilogue
CLAUDE
When we finally converted all the currency from around the world – people
had donated over sixty thousand dollars.

ANNETTE (Marisa)
Every day for months, passengers sent back chocolates, flowers…

BEULAH
Donations of all kinds.

CLAUDE
Postcards and letters came in from everywhere.

(BEULAH opens a letter)

ALI (Jorge)
Dear Miss Beulah. When my daughter asks about what happened to me over those
five days, I tell her about your kindness. Thank you again. Sincerely, Ali. PS.,. please
send me the recipe for the fish and the cheese.

BONNIE
Ralph, the cocker spaniel, went on to become a champion show dog!

DOUG (Robert)
And Unga the rare Bonobo chimpanzee arrived safely at the Columbus Zoo.

BONNIE
And soon after, she had a baby - which they named Gander.

(JANICE steps forward.)

JANICE
Tom Brokaw phones me. Tom Brokaw. He's doing a documentary – and since
I was the only reporter in town – I’m the only one with any footage.

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Tom. Brokaw.
It was a big break - but I didn't really like shoving microphones into people's faces
when they were going through so much. So, I stayed here in Gander —and I’m still
here today - on the tenth anniversary.

REPORTER 9 (Jorge)
I’m reporting live from Newfoundland for BBC

REPORTER 8 (Jacob)
CBC.

REPORTER 7 (Lew)
CTV

REPORTER 5 (Carrie G)
Al Jazeera.

JANICE
For Rogers TV, I’m Janice Mosher – On September 11th.

ALL
Two thousand eleven.

JANICE
The town is again filled with Come From Aways. On the tenth anniversary, from all
around the world, we welcome back the Plane People.

15 - Finale

CLAUDE
One! Two!

ALL
One two three four!

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CLAUDE
WELCOME TO THE FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME FROM AWAY
WELCOME TO THE LOCALS WHO HAVE ALWAYS SAID THEY’D STAY
IF YOU’RE COMING FROM TOLEDO OR YOU’RE COMING FROM TAIPEI
BECAUSE WE COME FROM EVERYWHERE

ALL
WE ALL COME FROM AWAY

MEN
WELCOME TO THE ROCK

ALL
I’M AND ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AND ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AND ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER

I’M AND ISLANDER, I AM AN ISLANDER

ANNETTE (Marisa)
WELCOME TO OUR ISLAND WITH ITS INLETS AND ITS BAYS
YOU COULD KEEP ON HEADING EAST,
BUT THERE’S AN OCEAN IN THE WAY

GARTH (Jacob)
WHERE EVERYTHING IS MEANT TO BE,
BUT NOTHING GOES AS PLANNED

OZ
AND THE DRUNKEST FELLAS IN THE ROOM
ARE PLAYING IN THE BAND

ALL
WELCOME TO THE ROCK

BEVERLEY
(Being interviewed DSL)
With all the new security, kids aren't even allowed up in the cockpit anymore. Of
course on my retirement flight, I brought my whole family up to the cockpit, on our
way back to Gander.

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BOB
(Being interviewed USR)
I came back with the scholarship money we raised - now worth over a million
dollars.

DERM (Ethan)
I bring out the Irish whiskey and we have ourselves a toast.

DIANE
(Being interviewed DSC)
Nick and I just couldn't make the long distance relationship work.

NICK
So, I moved to Texas— and then I proposed!

DIANE
And we honeymooned in Newfoundland.

KEVIN T
(Being interviewed USL)
My new secretary's name is Robin.

ROBIN (Paul)
What’s up?

KEVIN T
Every year on September 11th, I close my office and give each employee 10 dollars
to go and do random good deeds for strangers. It's my way of remembering what
happened.

HANNAH
(Being Interviewed SR)
Beulah and I still keep in touch. She even came to visit me in New York —and I still
phone her if I hear a really stupid joke. Hey, Beulah. Why are Newfoundlanders
terrible at knock knock jokes?

BEULAH
I don’t know, Hannah.

HANNAH
Well, try it. I’ll be a Newfoundlander.

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BEULAH
Knock knock.

HANNAH
Come on in – the door’s open!

JANICE
(Interview DSL)
The donation we are most honored by just arrived today.

OZ
It’s about four meters long and 12,000 kilograms.

JANICE
Newfoundland is the only place outside of the United States, where we share the
steel from the World Trade Center.

CLAUDE
On the northeast tip of North America, on an island called Newfoundland, there's an
airport - and next to it, is a town called Gander.

Tonight, we honor what was lost. But we also commemorate what we found

ALL
YOU ARE HERE
AT THE START OF AMOMENT
ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA
HERE ON THE EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC
ON AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
THERE AND HERE I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER
THERE AND HERE I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER
THERE AND HERE I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER
I’M AN ISLANDER – I AM AN ISLANDER

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MEN
WELCOME TO THE FOG
WELCOME TO THE TREES
A KISS- AND ACOD
AND WHATEVER’S IN BETWEEN

TO THE ONES WHO'VE LEFT

YOU’RE NEVER TRULY GONE A CANDLE’S IN THE WINDOW
AND THE KETTLE’S ALWAYS ON

TO THE COVES AND THE CAVES

AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE PLANES

CLAUDE
5 days!

BONNIE
19 animals!

BEULAH
And 7,000 strays!

MEN
WHEN THE SUN IS SETTING
AND IT’S DARKER THAN BEFORE
FI YOU’RE HOPING FOR AHARBOUR
THEN YOU’LL FIND AN OPEN DOOR

IN THE WINTER FROM THE WATER

THROUGH WHATEVER'S IN THE WAY
OT THE ONES WHO HAVE COME FROM AWAY, WE SAY

ALL
WELCOME TO THE – WELCOME TO THE
WELCOME TO THE – WELCOME TO THE
WELCOME TO THE – WELCOME TO THE –
WELCOME TO THE ROCK!

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