FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Company of Second Stage's DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Second Stage Theatre, in association with Stacey Mindich Productions, will soon present the new musical, Dear Evan Hansen. The company will include several performers who appeared in the World Premiere production at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage, featuring Ben Platt as the title character, Evan Hansen, in a performance that was called "extraordinary, bordering on heroic" by Peter Marks in the Washington Post. Also reprising their performances from the "splendid" (Marks, Washington Post) cast are Laura Dreyfuss as Zoe, Mike Faist as Connor, Rachel Bay Jones as Heidi, Will Roland as Jared, Jennifer Laura Thompson as Cynthia. New cast members John Dossett (Larry) and Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana) complete the company.

The cast just met the press today and you can check out a sneak peek from the special day below. Check back later for complete coverage!

DEAR EVAN HANSEN features music and lyrics by the Tony and Emmy nominated composing team Benj Pasek&Justin Paul (Dogfight, A Christmas Story), book by Steven Levenson (Showtime's Masters of Sex), choreography byDanny Mefford (Fun Home), and direction by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif(Rent, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens, If/Then). Scenic design is by David Korins, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, and projection design by Peter Nigrini. The musical director is Ben Cohn and the music supervisor is Alex Lacamoire.

All his life Evan Hansen has felt invisible. To his peers, to the girl he loves, sometimes even to his own mother. But that was before he wrote the letter - that led to the incident- that started the lie - that ignited a movement - that inspired a community - and changed Evan's status from the ultimate outsider into the somebody everyone wants to know. But how long can Evan keep his secret? And at what price?

A tribute to the outsider in us all, Dear Evan Hansen is about someone you know, maybe even someone you are, but more than anything, it's about discovering the person we all long to be - ourselves.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Danny Mefford, Benj Pasek, Steven Levenson, Justin Paul and Michael Grief

Will Roland, Kristolyn Lloyd, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Ben Platt, Rachel Bay Jones, Laura Dreyfuss, John Dossett and Mike Faist