DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Bandai Namco Livehouse, Shanghai, CHINA
May 8 - 9, 2021
Production Photos
PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY CAO YIER, QIAN SIRUI, SUN YIFEI, WANG QITING, XIAOYANG WANG.
Dear Evan Hansen
DIRECTOR, CO-LIGHTING DESIGNER
A student production of Broadway's Tony Award winning Best Musical. During the first wave of performing arts recovery in Shanghai, collaborators from NYU Shanghai and NYU Go Local in Shanghai program brought this profound story about human connection to the Chinese audience.
The musical focuses on teenager Evan Hansen, who suffers from a social anxiety disorder. After the suicide of fellow student Connor Murphy, a series of events land Evan in the center of a false narrative - that he was Connor's secret best friend. As Evan is thrust deeper into a web of lies, he gains everything he's ever wanted — a chance to belong. He becomes a beacon of hope for Connor's grieving family — only to witness everything unravel around him. In the end, he must face a harsh truth: even the best of intentions can become harmful.
BOOK BY STEVEN LEVENSON
MUSIC & LYRICS BY BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL
DIRECTED BY ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: LIU YUMENG
SCENIC DESIGN: FENG QIURUI
COSTUME DESIGN: WANG YINYI
LIGHTING DESIGN: BAI YUJIE & ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG
VIDEO DESIGN: QIAN SIRUI
SOUND DESIGN: ZHU YIZHOU, NI HUIJING
STAGE MANAGER: JIANG YUZHU
PRODUCER: TONG ZHAO
CAST: SUN DEHONG, YANG CHENGQI, ZHANG YINING, WANG YIXIAO, WANG ZINING, ZHAO JIASHI, ZHAO RUNHAO, ZHAO TONG.