The award-winning, coming-of-age story ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is set to premiere in Sydney in 2024, presented by Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group.
Beloved on Broadway for its deeply personal, profoundly contemporary take on life and the way we live it, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ will play in Sydney in October 2024, after striking a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere.
The show has won six Tony Awards and features music from the GRAMMY, Tony, Olivier, and Academy Award-winning geniuses Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. It’s the raw, moving, inspiring story of a socially anxious high schooler, who is thrust into the spotlight when he inadvertently invents an important role for himself, at the centre of a tragedy.
The Sydney production is reimagined by Helpmann Award-winning director Dean Bryant, and is an empowering experience for anyone who has ever considered themselves on the “outside, always looking in”.
“Words fail to truly capture the profound impact ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has had on audiences and I am thrilled to be partnering with Sydney Theatre Company to create an entirely new version of the show for Australia,” Michael Cassel says. “There are no other contemporary musicals that capture the challenges of being a teenager in such a distinguished way with such a phenomenal score. I can’t wait for audiences in Sydney to experience it.”
“We’re thrilled to be to be partnering again with Michael Cassel Group, this time to co-produce a brand new, Australian production of the multi award-winning sensation ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ here at Sydney Theatre Company,” Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams adds.
“This will be the first new, original production since the show’s phenomenal Broadway debut. This is a real coup for Sydney, and we couldn't be in better hands than with the brilliant Dean Bryant at the helm – one of the best musical theatre directors in the country and loved by STC audiences after his superb work recently on ‘Hubris & Humiliation’ and ‘Fun Home’.”
General tickets go on sale 7 December.
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ plays Roslyn Packer Theatre (Sydney) 12 October-17 November 2024.
