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reposting the link to my carrd after a couple years so I can pin it lol

you fell out of a tree? what are you, like, an acorn?

if you’re not already familiar with my shenanigans: hi! I’m katie! resident dear evan hansen enthusiast since 2019, unfortunately. that’s about all you need to know (besides everything else in the carrd)

#dear evan hansen fans hit me up! we’re a dying breed #I’m always down to yap about this show #rambles from katie #dear evan hansen

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I know its been said to death at this point but it really is insane the boy mum energy you see in fandom sometimes like "this man has committed literal genocide but thats okay cause hes my baby son that can do no wrong" vs "This teenage girl is kinda annoying and has made some bad choices I think that means she should be tried as an adult"

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END OF MAY OR EARLY JUNE????

treebros oh how i've missed you

(goes right back to destiel)

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girl help they're taking my fave's extremely thin veneer of swaggering overconfidence at face value

#we all know who this is about #‘with the kind of practiced swagger only the deeply insecure can pull off’ or whatever the script note was

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Take it out.

MIKE FAIST as RIFF // WEST SIDE STORY [2021]

#fuckkkk man #bring back mike faist

I’m becoming employed tomorrow so if I stop posting about dear evan hansen that’s why

#all jokes of course. I will never let corporate america take my whimsy #nothing can fix me #rambles from katie #dear evan hansen

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may 2015

time: the day before the first rehearsal of dear evan hansen at washington dc’s arena stage

place: will roland’s apartment in brooklyn, probably

will roland’s phone: *rings*

will roland: yeah what’s up

michael greif, director of dear evan hansen: will, i’m calling with some bad news

will roland, internally: oh fuck, i’ve been cut from the play, they got rid of my character or combined it with alana or changed it to a girl and i’m totally cut

will roland, externally: …yes?

michael greif, director of dear evan hansen:

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works cited for this post:

anecdote about will roland and michael greif: Secrets about Will Roland, star of Be More Chill and Dear Evan Hansen — Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine, October 30, 2017

reaction image: when you try all the sounds and beats on your synth while only playing toto - africa — SethEverman, June 25, 2017

#rest in peace goin viral #gone but not forgotten

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do you ever say something and then think "wow this isnt even a bit. im just like this"

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this is actually kinda devastating

#this is killing me

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two thoughts on jared inviting evan over to drink while his parents are out of town that weekend:

he’s trying to do the same thing zoe was doing during only us — asking evan to spend time with him one-on-one, no parents around, and trying to build a relationship with him that doesn’t revolve around connor.

only us happens on a sunday night, and based on alana’s question of “where were you last night?”, this scene happens the next day, monday. that puts the kickstarter deadline a week away on the following monday, and good for you & ywbf reprise have to happen before the deadline. which means jared spent at least some of that weekend grappling with his big heartbreaking fight with evan and the public posting of The Letter & corresponding backlash alone in a house with an unmonitored liquor cabinet.

icymi: nonbinary connor murphy is happening in the zach theatre (austin, tx) production of dear evan hansen!!

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#if anyone has seen this prod HIT ME UP IMMEDIATELY please tell me your thoughts #I think this adds such an interesting dynamic to the murphy family and I am sooooo intrigued as to how it changes the way they interact #dear evan hansen #connor murphy #Instagram

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contrary to popular belief i think calvin's adhd is, funnily enough, medicated. he takes extended release ritalin every morning alongside his chocolate frosted sugar bombs. this is because he appreciates being more easily able to focus on his various Schemes, Projects, and Machinations while more effectively ignoring schoolwork

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calvin's dad pulling up to the house and seeing the whole driveway covered in a (completed) snowman recreation of the entire terracotta army and he takes a deep breath and greets calvin's mom with "i see calvin remembered his methylphenidate today"

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go here with me to see gabriel vernon nunag as jared kleinman

this guy gave one of the freshest and most fascinating performances as jared i’ve ever seen. here’s a list of moments and line deliveries that made me flip out, with timestamps and screenshots

the little head tilt of [?] after evan says he spent the summer as an apprentice park ranger (6:44) and looking up and down at evan after he says he’s sort of a tree expert now (6:49)

asking “and then you fell?” (6:52) and “did they [come]?” (7:02) with either genuine concern or sarcasm that sounds very close to it

“well, my bunk DOMINATED in capture the flag” delivered with this gesture (7:14). he is SERIOUS about capture the flag

chest tap #1 after telling evan about all the times he definitely got to second base above the bra (7:22)

“you’re my only… family friend” “OH MY GOD” (17:45)

"he’s GOING to RUIN your LIFE with it” (18:05)

“you’re gonna go to the murphys’ house, and explain that the only thing that they have left, Of their Son, is some weird Sex Letter™, that you wrote to yourself!” (21:24)

“weeeell… weren’t you under oath? in a way?” (21:52)

“whatever they say about connor, you just nod your head, and you say, “yeah, that’s true!”” (22:22)

“good thing you’re about to tell her the truth about your 👐 sex letter! 👐” (22:50)

“i got skills, son” (33:04) delivered with this sequence of poses

chest tap #2 during “you need to calm yourself” (37:00)

“there is nothing unrealistic about the love that one man feels for another” (37:06) delivered while gesturing to himself on “one man” and to evan on “another.” (i swear this was the exact timing. tumblr user nothingunrealistic found dead in miami. i’m alright but i died)

giving evan a couple pats on the shoulder and a thumbs-up after he comes up with “i love my parents” (37:33)

chest tap #3 on “you’re having considerable trouble breathing” (38:32)

“no” […] “no!” […] “absolutely not!” (38:46-38:56) said with a grin on his face like he’s utterly charmed by evan’s idea of friendship as sending each other pictures of trees

“i can’t believe you tried to kiss zoe murphy on her brother’s beEEEed! after he DIEEED!” (56:24)

“you got to spend some quality time with your fake family aaaand ~snuggle with zoe murphy~” (58:28)

“a massive fundraising drive” is cut off by evan talking over jared and putting a hand on his chest to keep him from moving any closer. jared takes a few steps back and waits silently until evan comes back over for several seconds of a wordless check-in while alana talks (1:03:00-1:03:11). this isn’t unique to gabriel but that check-in lasted a good five seconds… what were they communicating…

after the usual maneuver of jared and alana spinning evan around during ywbf, jared goes for an extra moment of Hand On Evan’s Arm (1:14:06)

“a completely fabricated email exchange that ~*~never happened~*~” (1:19:03)

shifting into his Low Flat Quiet mode of speech from “remember you told me you didn’t need my help?” (1:38:13) through “no one at school would even know who you are” and then getting worked up again staring with “people at school actually talk to you now” (1:38:39), sounding genuinely pissed and aghast that evan is Almost… Popular and near tears on “yeah. i know. you keep saying that.” (1:38:55)

i already talked about his delivery of the dialogue in good for you here (from a different performance), but this boot gives us not only the 0-to-100 escalation of “i could tell everyone everything” (1:49:02) and “fuck you, evan” through tears (1:49:12), but a clear view of jared having a shoulder-shaking sobbing breakdown after his solo (1:49:48-1:50:05), in the tradition started by will roland. still images can’t capture it, just go watch

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since 2017 i’ve probably watched or listened to a hundred different versions of jared’s scene in good for you and i have Never seen or heard anyone do it the way gabriel vernon nunag does it. go here with me, starting at 1:44

the low quiet way he delivers his first few lines here is a stark contrast not only to the rest of his performance, which is loud and high-energy for most of the show, but to the way many other actors play this scene. they start escalating much sooner, while he doesn’t start shouting until halfway through “i can tell everyone everything!”. then, after evan tells him to go ahead and tell everyone, there’s a longer-than-usual beat of silence in which he stumbles backward and looks down and away from evan. he says “fuck you, evan” while so obviously crushed and crying that evan reaches for him as if to apologize, and he still manages to look evan in the eye to call him an asshole before running away.

#godddd gabriel nunag’s version of jared will go down in history to me #probably my favorite interpretation tbh