Hello everyone!
My friends and I have come up with the idea to start a genderbent Dear Evan Hansen Musical for a youtube project since we're sad to see the Orginal Broadway musical go.
Here the roles are reversed! Where our original men cast will be swapped with our women cast, and the original women will be swapped with our men.
This musical project will contain the entire Dear Evan Hansen script, including all the songs and scenes, and even some of the songs that were taken out before the musical announced itself on Broadway. (Bedroom down the hall, Goin' Viral) the only plotwise is that it's completely gender-flipped.
And it'll all be animated on Youtube!
If you have a love for this show and wanna help us out, come join our project!
( Dear Evan Hansen is a musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson, The musical follows Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety," who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn". )
We do not take credit for Dear Evan Hansen: The Musical.
Requirements:
- 15+ (Also being comfortable with adult language.)
- Must have a Discord account added to your audition. (For contact and voice recording.)
- Decent microphone quality.
- (For main actors, you will need a singing voice as well as acting.)
- Respect the deadlines.
- Respect each other.
- Have fun! >:D
Good luck everyone!
Willing to help animate Act 1, and Act 2.
Say something you think would fit
Our main character, Evelyn Hansen. Typically wears a stripped shirt throughout Act 1, and a white cast with the name "CONNIE" written on the side. She's a senior student who deals with Social Anxiety, and writes letters to herself for her therapist.
- Sings about 12/19 of the songs in the musical.
- Quiet 17-year-old.
(In a frustrated and sad tone.)
"It turns out, this wasn't an amazing day after all. This isn't going to be an amazing week or an amazing year. Because… why would it be? "
(In a hopeful tone.)
"But see, the thing is... when I looked up... Connie was there. That's the gift that she gave me. To show me that I wasn't alone. To show me that I mattered. That everybody does."
*Sing about a minute of Waving Through a Window*
Our other main character, Connie Murphy, is a classmate of Evelyn Hansen. Connie is a social outcast with nobody but herself, who usually gets herself into trouble at school and at home with drugs and aggression. She's the daughter of Laura and Carlos Murphy, and the sister of Zane Murphy. She normally wears a dark gray denim jacket and a gray undershirt with jeans and combat boots.
- Sings about 6/19 songs in the musical
- An aggressive, depressed, insightful 17-year-old.
(Serious, Aggressive tone.)
"Yeah, no, it was funny. I'm laughing. Can't you tell? Am I not laughing hard enough for you?!"
(Apathetic and sarcastic tone.)
"Except that you didn't happen to mention that everything you've told him, it's all been one big fucking lie, did you?.. Oh. You left that part out."
*Sing a minute of Disappear or Sincerely Me Reprise*
Joey Murphy is the son of Carlos Murphy and Laura Murphy, and the brother of Connie Murphy. He's known in the story as Evelyn's Jazz Band crush and is more enthusiastic than his sister. He's witty and sarcastic, in a way to mock his family members, especially after Connie passed on.
Commonly wears blue jeans with drawn-in stars on the cuffs.
- Sings about 7/19 songs in the musical.
- Witty, sarcastic 16-year-old.
(Angry, frustrated tone.)
"Just because Connie isn't here, trying to punch through my door- screaming at the top of her lungs that she's going to kill me for no reason- that doesn't mean that, all of a sudden, we're the fucking Brady Bunch."
(Happy, relieved tone.)
"Everything you said in your speech. Everything you've done. You don't know how much… What you've given… All of us, everyone. My family. Me... You've given me my sister back."
*Sing a minute of Requiem*
The insanely cool Jessie Kleinman is our main supporting character. Also known as Evelyn's 'family friend', Jessie is a sarcastic, slightly inappropriate, and brutally honest individual, and pretty much shoves everyone off for entertainment with sarcasm. (idek the costume, Jared's original costume changes like 8 times throughout the entire musical gfhjkjhgh.)
- Sings about 6/19 songs in the musical.
- Sarcastic, comedic 17-year-old.
(Sarcastic, neutral tone.)
"Who knows? Connie Murphy is batshit out of her mind. Do you remember when she threw a printer at Mr. G in second grade because she didn’t get to be the line leader that day?"
"I didn’t say, “lie.” All you have to do is just nod and confirm. Whatever they say about Connie, you just nod your head and say, “yeah, that’s true.” Don’t contradict and don’t make shit up. It’s foolproof. Literally, nothing I tell my parents is true and they have no idea."
*Sing a minute of Goin' Viral*
Our supporting character, Alan Beck, is an academic overachiever who doesn't have many friends but was a close acquaintance with Connie Murphy. He's tall and wears pretty formal sweaters and clothing while striving to contain good grades.
- Sings about 2/19 songs in the musical.
- A smart, academic, lonely 17-year-old.
(Absent, spaced-out tone.)
"Oh, really? My grandpa broke his hip getting into the bathtub in July. That was the beginning of the end, the doctors said. Because then he died."
(Happy, gleaming tone.)
"Can I tell you something? I think part of me always knew that you guys were friends. You did a good job of hiding it. But. I don't know... I could just tell."
*Sing a minute of Good For You*
Laura Murphy is the mother of Connie and Zane Murphy. She's a lawyer who can't mourn over the fact that Connie killed herself, while not understanding why she would. Laura is distant from her own family and hardly gets along with any of them. She typically wears formal clothes for her job.
- Sings about 2/19 songs in the musical.
- Quiet, self-absorbed, emotionless, 40-year-old.
(Sympathetic tone.)
"We didn’t think Connie had any friends. And then we see this note and it’s- this seems to suggest pretty clearly that you and Connie were, or at least for Connie, she thought of you as…"
(Frustrated, disappointed tone.)
"I did the best I could, I tried to help her the only way I knew how, and if that's not good enough, I don’t know what to tell you."
*Sing a minute of Break in a Glove*
Cameron Murphy is a resilient and caring father of Connie and Zane Murphy. He loves to develop different hobbies with his family, even if they don't seem to partake in it. But his emotions tend to steer him away from everyone else, especially after what happened to Connie, being the one to mourn her the most. He's seen usually wearing cooler-toned outfits.
- Sings about 5/19 songs in the musical
- Carefree, emotional, spirited 40-year-old.
"Dinner will be ready in ten minutes, Evelyn. I hope you're hungry!"
(Serious, Genuine tone.)
"Well. Zane happened to mention to us the other day that Evelyn was having some difficulty in terms of… The financial burdens of college. And Laura and I started thinking about it. And we were very fortunate to have been able to set aside some money from our daughter…"
*Sing a minute of Bedroom down the Hall*
Henry Hansen is the only parent of Evelyn, while being a stay-at-home dad, he's also a nurse and takes night classes every day to the point where he hardly sees Evelyn most of the time, but still tries to be a supportive parent. Henry tries his hardest for a better relationship between himself and his daughter.
- Sings about 4/19 songs in the musical.
- Stressed, comforting, understanding 30-40-year-old.
(Comforting, understanding tone.)
"You're a senior in high school, Evelyn. You need to be able to order dinner for yourself if I'm at work. You can do it all online now. You don't have to talk to anyone on the phone. I know you don't like the phone."
(Angry, frustrated tone.)
"Do you have any idea how mortifying it is? To find out that your daughter has been spending every night in somebody else's home and you didn't even know it?... You told me you were at Jessie's."
*Sing a minute of Anybody Have a Map*
Background singing Ensemble
*Sing a minute of whatever DEH song you like.*
