Dear Evan Hansen is an emotional musical that follows Evan, a socially anxious 17 year old who is trying his best to navigate high school and make friends despite his mental health struggles.

In an unfortunate turn of events, Evan’s troubled classmate Connor Murphy takes his own life and a letter that Evan wrote to himself ends up getting mistaken as Connor’s suicide note which leads Evan to lie about having a friendship with Connor in attempt to bond with the grieving Murphy family.

Evan’s web of lies leads to dire consequences during the climax of the show as his fantasy falls apart, forcing him to confront the gritty truth of the situation.

The show explores themes of mental health, grief, belonging within a community and additionally it addresses the common problem of people pretending to have known someone who has recently passed in order to get attention.