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Dear Evan Hansen Dares to Share
Speaking up about challenges opens the door to help and healing. The Dare to Share campaign features personal videos from celebrities and kids sharing their experiences with mental health challenges and opening up about what we gain when we #DareToShare.
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Just the simple act of telling someone how you are feeling and having that fall on active, supportive ears can be so healing.
Dear Evan Hansen
About the Cast
ZACHARY NOAH PISER (Evan Hansen). (he/him) Original Evan Hansen alternate in DEH’s international premiere in Toronto. Broadway: Wicked (Boq). Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd (Tobias), Adventurephile, Mad Libs Live! Regional: Row (Williamstown), The Heart of Rock & Roll (Old Globe), Godspell (Marriott). PBS’s “Camp TV” series. Bay Area native and proud Northwestern grad. Love to my team, Adam, Mom & Dad! @zach_piser
JESSICA PHILLIPS (Heidi Hansen). (she/ her) Jessica returns to Broadway after originating this role in the critically acclaimed Dear Evan Hansen 1st national tour. Other Broadway: Leap of Faith, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Next to Normal, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1, 2 & 3). TV & film: Joan on season 2 of “Why Women Kill,” A.C.A. Pippa Cox on “Law & Order: SVU,” “Royal Pains,” “Bronx Warrants,” “Elementary,” “The Ordained,” “Unforgettable,” La vida inesperada, Absent Mind. For my sons.
About Dear Evan Hansen
The winner of the Grammy Award®, the Olivier Award, and six Tony Awards® including Best Musical, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it. DEAR EVAN HANSEN has struck a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere. The New York Times calls it “a gorgeous musical for anyone with a beating heart.” The Los Angeles Times hails it as “a cultural phenomenon.” And NBC Nightly News declares the musical “an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond.” DEAR EVAN HANSEN features a book by Tony Award® winner Steven Levenson, a score by Grammy, Tony, Olivier and Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman), and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal).
Speaking up is important, but it can also be hard. These resources can help:
