“Come From Away”: A "9/12 Musical" Arrives At CTC

By Ray Bassett

Published September 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM EDT

Chattanooga Theatre Centre

(Aired Tues 9/08/26)

This Friday marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

In 2017, a musical on how the people of a town in Canada responded beyond that day opened on Broadway in New York: “Come From Away.”

( NAT / “Welcome to the Rock” )

This Friday, starting at 7:30 PM, “Come From Away” premieres at Chattanooga Theatre Centre.

Kim Jackson is executive director of CTC.

Blake Harris is the director of “Come From Away.”

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