Casting is now set for Crossroads Live North America's new, North American touring production of the Olivier- and Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen, which will launch September 6 at the Tobin Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.
The tour, based on the original Broadway production, is expected to run more than 30 weeks in the 2024–2025 season, including engagements in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Florida, Connecticut, and more. For the touring schedule, visit DEHTour.com.
This non-Equity tour will feature Michael Fabisch as Evan Hansen, Hatty Ryan King as Zoe Murphy, Bre Cade as Heidi Hansen, Caitlin Sams as Cynthia Murphy, Alex Pharo as Connor Murphy, Jeff Brooks as Larry Murphy, Gabriel Vernon Nunag as Jared Kleinman, and Makena Jackson as Alana Beck as well as Michael Perez as the Evan alternate plus understudies Monica Blume, Julianna Braga, Blake Ehrlichman, Jenna Kantor, and Jared Svoboda.
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Dear Evan Hansen features a score by the Tony- and Oscar-winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, A Christmas Story) and a book by Tony winner Steven Levenson (tick, tick...BOOM! movie). The Broadway production featured choreography by Danny Mefford (Fun Home) and direction by multiple Tony nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal).
The tour will have direction restaging by Danny Sharron and Mark Myars; the latter also restages choreography.
The North American Tour will also feature scenic design by David Korins, projection design by Peter Nigrini, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, and sound design by Nevin Steinberg. Music supervision, orchestrations, and additional arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire. Ben Cohn is the associate music supervisor with vocal arrangements and additional arrangements by Justin Paul. Casting is by Murnane Casting.
Dear Evan Hansen opened on Broadway in December 2016, going on to win six 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. A film version, starring original Evan, Tony winner Ben Platt, opened in theatres nationwide September 24, 2021.
Semester by Semester: A Look Back at the Evans of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen
The Broadway production played its final performance at the Music Box Theatre September 18, 2022. Dear Evan Hansen
ended its run at London's Noël Coward Theatre October 22, 2022, nearly
three years after its West End premiere on October 29, 2019.
The first national tour of Dear Evan Hansen, which launched in September 2018 in Denver, played its final performance in July 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina, at the Koger Center. The first touring production played 104 engagements. Ben Levi Ross opened the tour in the title role.
The upcoming tour is presented through a special licensing arrangement with Music Theatre International. Visit MTIshows.com.
