Come from Away: movie monologues to shadow
28 monologues from Come from Away. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B15 lines
I starts my day at Tim Hortons.
The mayor’s Tim Hortons openCome from Away · 2021He starts with what he will not drink, then names the shop as the town’s hub. Greeting people is the job. - B24 lines
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain.
The lighting-glitch PACome from Away · 2021She names the crisis, then trades it for lights, four lines that pin the cabin down. - B24 lines
and I think, "Where am I gonna park this thing?
Where do I park this thingCome from Away · 2021From a mutter in her head to jets packed like sardines, Gander fills in one look. - B14 lines
Tell the kids I'm all right
Put a pin in GanderCome from Away · 2021She turns a safety call into a map ritual so home can find the town. - B16 lines
I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks
The president on the planeCome from Away · 2021Thanks, a prayer, then a test: the speech packs fear into will. - B15 lines
I'm looking out the window, trying to see where we are,
The captain sees how farCome from Away · 2021She has flown this sky for years; on the ground it is only black. - B13 lines
There are hundreds of suitcases.
Bonnie finds the animals in the holdCome from Away · 2021Suitcases, barking, fasting, no water: four beats and the hold is already an emergency. - B116 lines
Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at the Salvation Army camp.
Opening with a verse numberCome from Away · 2021They will not leave the seats until a shared Bible number does the talking. - B16 lines
Welcome to Gander Academy, nicest hotel on the east coast.
Beulah's hotel welcomeCome from Away · 2021Washrooms, food, clothes, sleep: she maps the school like a lobby and calls it a hotel. - B19 lines
Changing into Another woman's donated set of clothes
Clothes that aren't yoursCome from Away · 2021Donated outfit, mirror, costume party: she keeps asking who she is now. - B14 lines
Good morning. I'm Captain Beverley Bass.
Airspace still closedCome from Away · 2021Name, then the warning, then a stay with no clock on it. - B111 lines
Well… you take a taxi to the Goose.
The three-day ferry mapCome from Away · 2021Each transfer stretches the way home until the view is the only consolation. - B15 lines
Planes aren't made to just sit on the tarmac.
Planes can't just sitCome from Away · 2021The island trap is said as metal that dies if it stops moving. - B114 lines
Hello? Hello. It's me again.
Hannah on holdCome from Away · 2021Messages, busy signals, I should be there: she nails herself to the phone. - B19 lines
There was this sailor who was stationed in the South Pacific,
Beulah's sailor jokeCome from Away · 2021Clumsy setup, dirty punchline, filling the minute she cannot actually help. - B29 lines
I'm getting a coffee at a gas station on the main drag,
Silence at the gas stationCome from Away · 2021Coffee, then a freeze, then a line that measures the kindness against home. - B27 lines
I was born in Poland, I think.
A lifetime of not saying itCome from Away · 2021Poland, parents, wife: he unwraps the secret one layer at a time. - B26 lines
It's a big room of cats and dogs and chimpanzees.
Bonnie stays with the pregnant apeCome from Away · 2021Animal noise under human panic. The hangar becomes the pressure cooker. - B25 lines
I interview a woman from Queens. A mother.
Janice interviews until she criesCome from Away · 2021Reporter and mother shake together. The notebook does not save her. - B16 lines
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Screech.
How Screech got its nameCome from Away · 2021A war joke nails the rum's name, and the laugh finishes the initiation. - B15 lines
Our pilot says to pack up.
Midnight lunches at the gateCome from Away · 2021Pack-up, the lunch gauntlet, and the cash that never lands, in one send-off. - B25 lines
In my culture, there is a word, awrah.
Ali names awrahCome from Away · 2021He stacks the religious word, the women in the room, and the part of his body that should have stayed unseen. - B26 lines
This is not a democracy!
The captain kills the voteCome from Away · 2021Democracy first, then American Airlines and the FAA, then a polite thank-you that is really an order. - B16 lines
But Diane wants to take one last look round.
Nick leads her to the lookoutCome from Away · 2021He shrugs off a million stairs and hides the whole feeling inside a view. - B16 lines
I tell my staff, "Go home. Get some sleep.
Claude finally criesCome from Away · 2021Send them home, stay up, turn on the set. Five days come out in one line. - B16 lines
I phone American and say, "I'm ready to go wherever you want to send me.
Thanks in an empty airportCome from Away · 2021She wanted another route. She ends up thanking the few who still fly. - B17 lines
Tom Brokaw phones me. Tom Brokaw.
Why Janice stayedCome from Away · 2021Brokaw on the phone, then she will not hunt grief, then she is still there at year ten. - B15 lines
On the northeast tip of North America, on an island called Newfoundland,
At the steelCome from Away · 2021A map of the island, then lost and found spoken as a pair.