Dear Evan Hansen
July 28-Aug. 3 You will be found.
Performances at 8:15 p.m. nightly
Evan Hansen, a teenager with a severe anxiety disorder, has always felt invisible. But when a sudden death shocks the community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. Dear Evan Hansen — winner of the Tony and Olivier awards for best musical — is a profoundly contemporary coming-of-age story about the fragility of life and the need for human connection. A Muny and Midwest regional premiere!
Book by Steven Levenson • Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
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Rob Ruggiero
Director
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Beth Crandall
Choreographer
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Roberto Sinha
Music Director/Conductor
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Michael Schweikardt
Scenic Designer
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Joseph Shrope
Costume Designer
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Rob Denton
Lighting Designer
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John Shivers
Sound Designer
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David Patridge
Sound Designer
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Kevan Loney
Video Designer
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J. Jared Janas
Wig Designer
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Gabi Stapula
Associate Choreographer
Cast
MICHAEL FABISCH
Evan Hansen
makes his Muny debut. A proud graduate of the University of Michigan’s musical theatre program, he made his post-collegiate debut as Evan in the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen.
JACKIE BURNS
Heidi Hansen
is Broadway’s longest-running Elphaba in Wicked. Most recently, she originated the role of Tess in the world premiere new musical Burlesque in the UK, as well as the lead role of Jenny in the new musical Hard Road to Heaven at Bucks County Playhouse. She was in the original Broadway company of If/Then and led the US national tour. Select NY credits include starring as “Celine Dion” in the smash off-Broadway hit Titanique, the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair (original Broadway company) and Rock of Ages (original off-Broadway company). A veteran of the American stage and new works, Burns originated starring roles in Cowboy Bob (Alley Theatre) and A Walk on the Moon (George Street Playhouse). Film/TV: Set It Up, The Magnificent Meyersons, Ghost, FBI: Most Wanted, Great Wall of Warren. Jackie has sung all over the world with Grammy and Tony Award-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn.
MAGGIE LAKIS
Cynthia Murphy
Previous Muny shows include Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and Into the Woods. Recently, she finished the first national tour of the Broadway musical Mrs. Doubtfire as Miranda Hillard. Off-Broadway credits include Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas and John Doyle’s reimagined Allegro at Classic Stage Company. She was Bea in the first national tour of Something Rotten and has appeared in over 1,200 performances of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q in the first national tour as well as the off-Broadway production at New World Stages. She’s performed regionally all over the country but makes her home in Philadelphia with her on- and offstage husband, Rob McClure.
ROB McCLURE
Larry Murphy
returns for his ninth Muny show. Broadway: Mrs. Doubtfire (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Chaplin (Tony, Drama League, Astaire and Outer Critics Circle nominations and won Theatre World and Clive Barnes awards), Beetlejuice, Something Rotten, Noises Off, Honeymoon in Vegas, I’m Not Rappaport and Avenue Q, as well as Where’s Charley? and Irma La Douce at Encores! Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe, The Arden, Cleveland Playhouse, American Repertory Theatre, Walnut Street, Delaware Theatre Co., Flat Rock Playhouse, The McCarter and La Jolla Playhouse. His acclaimed solo concert, Smile, has been performed on stages all over the world. Film: Recursion (best actor at The Queen’s World and Williamsburg film festivals.) TV: PBS Great Performances 50th Anniversary Concert, Elsbeth, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Julia, Blue Bloods, Servant, Evil, The Bite, Person of Interest, Elementary, The Good Fight.
AFRA SOPHIA TULLY
Zoe Murphy
makes her Muny debut. Off-Broadway/regional: Trevor: The Musical (Lindsay, u/s Mary), Witnesses (Eva Heyman), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), The Sound of Music (Leisl), Rigoletto (The Page), Amahl and the Night Visitors (Amahl), Cabaret (Sally Bowles). TV/film: Legit (FX), Raven’s Home (Disney), Schooled (ABC), Veep (HBO), Ouija (Blumhouse/Universal).
JOSHUA BESS
Connor Murphy
is honored to make his Muny debut in Season 107! Tours: Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus/Pilate standby), Rent 20th Anniversary Tour (Roger), SpongeBob SquarePants (Electric Skate). Film/TV: Oh, Canada; Law & Order: SVU.
BRYAN MUNAR
Jared Kleinman
makes his Muny debut in this iconic show. He most recently starred as Orpheus in Hadestown, captivating audiences and millions of TikTok viewers alike across North America. He has also been in development with the new Broadway-bound rock musical Pump Up the Volume (based on the film). As of late, he’s been in the studio working with writers and producers to add to his current pop discography. NYC: Pump Up the Volume (with Andrew Barth Feldman and Hailey Kilgore). Regional: Peter in the world premiere of His Story, Goodspeed Musicals, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep. Education: BA in computer science, UC Berkeley.
SAVY JACKSON
Alana Beck
returns to The Muny after starring as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. She recently starred as La Rhette in the world premiere of Take the Lead at Paper Mill Playhouse and made her Broadway debut performing the titular role every Sunday in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella. Other notable credits include Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at Geva Theatre and Marian in Hood at Asolo Rep. On screen, Savy appears in the HBO Max film Sweethearts, alongside Kiernan Shipka. Her debut single is now streaming on all platforms.
Creative Team
ROB RUGGIERO
Director
Muny: Fiddler on the Roof; West Side Story; Sweeney Todd; 1776; Gypsy; The Music Man; Oklahoma!; Hello, Dolly!; South Pacific and The King and I. He has also directed many award-winning productions at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, including Follies, Sunday in the Park With George, Take Me Out and Evita. His award-winning work has been seen at regional theaters all over the country. Broadway: High (starring Kathleen Turner) and Looped (starring Valerie Harper). Off-Broadway, Rob conceived and directed Make Me a Song (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations). In 2011, he directed a new version of Show Boat at Goodspeed Musicals, where he is a frequent collaborator and where he will be directing a 50th anniversary production of A Chorus Line. He is the artistic director at TheaterWorks Hartford.
BETH CRANDALL
Choreographer
returns to The Muny after choreographing Matilda, The Sound of Music and Camelot. She served as associate choreographer for Newsies, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and the Centennial Gala. Beth is the international associate choreographer for Back to the Future: The Musical, including Broadway, the U.S. tour, Japan and Australia. She recently served as co-choreographer for On the 20th Century at the Tokyu Theatre Orb. She also choreographed Tale as Old as Time: The Songs of Howard Ashman for the 92Y and the original piece In the Pocket for the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. Other Broadway credits include Gettin’ the Band Back Together and West Side Story. She graduated with a BFA from NYU Tisch.
ROBERTO SINHA
Music Director/Conductor
Broadway: Hell’s Kitchen; New York, New York; Hamilton; Kinky Boots; It Shoulda Been You; Violet; Bullets Over Broadway; Big Fish. Tours: Hamilton (Philip Tour), Kinky Boots, Elf, Cinderella. Selected: Spelling Bee (Kennedy Center), In the Heights (The Muny), Galileo (Berkeley Rep), Real Women Have Curves (A.R.T.), Chess (ECF Benefit), Kiss My Aztec! (Hartford Stage). Education: Penn State, MFA music directing under Dan Riddle; Florida State, BM piano performance.
Dear Evan Hansen is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. mtishows.com