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Come From Away Cast
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Come From Away Cast#1
Posted: 6/7/17 at 3:29pm

I recently chaperoned a high school field trip to NYC and one of the shows we saw was Come From Away.  We bought the CD and my younger daughter, who wasn't on the trip, is really interested in seeing it.  I don't think we can make a trip to NYC fit into our schedule this summer. I think we could go in September but she really wants to see the original cast.  How do you find out when the cast members are leaving the show?

Thanks :)

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Come From Away Cast#2
Posted: 6/7/17 at 4:09pm

Hi! Usually cast replacements are announced on several broadway news websites (such as this one). However, most new shows have cast members on a yearly contract, so I would be very surprised if any of the original cast aren't still in the show in September.

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Come From Away Cast#3
Posted: 6/7/17 at 4:20pm

I'd be surprised if anyone has less than a one year contract.

 

Truth be told, I doubt you'd even notice a cast change (with Jen Collela being the one exception).  The characters are pretty standard, and should be quite easy to replace.

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Come From Away Cast#4
Posted: 6/7/17 at 4:39pm

dramamama611 said: "I'd be surprised if anyone has less than a one year contract.

 

Truth be told, I doubt you'd even notice a cast change (with Jen Collela being the one exception).  The characters are pretty standard, and should be quite easy to replace.

 

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Um, wow, ouch much? Just because the other actors are not up for a Tony or extremely well known, does not mean they aren't important to the story. This is an extremely ensemble show and this cast, I believe, has been together since the start so they have created a bond together making this show even more special. Yes, people would miss Jen if she left, but the other actors have put in just as much work and are not, as you would say, standard. I think cast replacements, while inevitable, will surely be noticed. 

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Come From Away Cast#5
Posted: 6/7/17 at 4:57pm


Um, wow, ouch much? Just because the other actors are not up for a Tony or extremely well known, does not mean they aren't important to the story.

 

Thats not what dramamama611 said at all, so tone it down. These roles are easily replaceable. It's not a knock on the cast. They are fairly elastic roles that allow for some wiggle room when replacing. 

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Come From Away Cast#6
Posted: 6/7/17 at 6:44pm

While it's unlikely that anyone from the cast will be leaving prior to September, the assumption in this thread is that the cast has at least a 1-year contract. The assumption is that the contract started not long before previews in February, ignoring the previous productions last year. The cast contracts most likely started with those productions. 

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Posted: 6/7/17 at 7:35pm

Though I think this cast might have different contracts considering most of them have been with the show for all four of its out of town tryouts(Since June 2015). That's two years with the show. Kendra, Petrina & Geno are the only ones to not do all 4 previous runs.

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Come From Away Cast#8
Posted: 6/7/17 at 8:55pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "
Um, wow, ouch much? Just because the other actors are not up for a Tony or extremely well known, does not mean they aren't important to the story.

 Thats not what dramamama611 said at all, so tone it down. These roles are easily replaceable. It's not a knock on the cast. They are fairly elastic roles that allow for some wiggle room when replacing. "

I think people will be surprised when the original cast leaves. The accents are difficult to master, and the choreography is more difficult than it looks. 

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Come From Away Cast#9
Posted: 6/7/17 at 9:32pm

ACL2006 said: "Though I think this cast might have different contracts considering most of them have been with the show for all four of its out of town tryouts(Since June 2015). That's two years with the show. Kendra, Petrina & Geno are the only ones to not do all 4 previous runs."

And I recall reading recently that Jen Collela joined just prior to the La Jolla engagement, and that everyone else at the time had been with the show from the very beginning - so that's 8 of 12 who've been with it an extremely long time.  What are the chances they got themselves a deal similar to the ones many of the Hamilton OBC managed to negotiate for themselves? 

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Come From Away Cast#10
Posted: 6/7/17 at 9:56pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "
Um, wow, ouch much? Just because the other actors are not up for a Tony or extremely well known, does not mean they aren't important to the story.

 

Thats not what dramamama611 said at all, so tone it down. These roles are easily replaceable. It's not a knock on the cast. They are fairly elastic roles that allow for some wiggle room when replacing. 

 

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Yes, this exactly.  I wasnt knocking anyone....i found the show charming. 

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Come From Away Cast#11
Posted: 6/9/18 at 7:49pm

Is Jenn leaving any time soon? She recently posted on her Instagram saying that she is rehearsing a new show called the The Suffragists and it will be playing at the Public Theatre.

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Come From Away Cast#12
Posted: 6/9/18 at 8:45pm

WeTheNorth said: "Is Jenn leaving any time soon? She recently posted on her Instagram saying that she is rehearsing a new show called the The Suffragists and it will be playing at the PublicTheatre."

I'm assuming that since I can't find anything about the show, it's more of a smaller workshop/reading type performance? Hopefully meaning she won't have to leave the show. I could be completely wrong though. 



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