Additional Info

Production Team -

Director: Rob Moffat
Choreographer: Benjamin Roeling
Music Director: Justin Bills
Associate Director: Brighton Sloan
Production Stage Manager: Ashtyn Waters

Callbacks - 

Callbacks will be held in-person and are scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2026, and will be by invitation only.

This page will be updated when callback invitations and casting have been sent. For any additional questions, please contact us at auditions@theruth.org.

Rehearsals & Performances - 

Rehearsals will begin on or around November 30, 2026.
Dear Evan Hansen runs February 8, 2027 – March 20, 2027.

A Note About Casting - 

At The Ruth & Nathan Hale Theater, we seek to honor the intentions of the works we produce. If nothing specific is given by the original playwright regarding the characteristics of any given role, and/or if those characteristics do not affect the intended story in any significant way, we will not consider any certain person or type over others when casting. 

We will be exploring double and single casting options based on availability and interest. At this time, we are unable to offer AEA contracts on this project. Rates per role are pre-budgeted and non-negotiable.

We invite anyone and everyone to audition for any and all of our productions, regardless of any physical attribute, gender, race, age, ability, ethnicity, or experience. All are welcome at The Ruth.

Character Descriptions

(All roles are available. Out of sensitivity to the material, we will be casting actors over 21 to play the high school aged roles of Evan, Zoe, Connor, Jared, and Alana.)

Evan Hansen

Gender: Male presenting
Age: Over 21, pass for high school age
Vocal Range: Effortless Pop Tenor, G2-C5
Character Notes: Evan Hansen is a lonely, protective high school senior who routinely speaks before he thinks, masking a crippling self-consciousness. When a classmate commits suicide, Evan finds himself fabricating a close friendship with the boy to give his grieving, broken parents the closure they are looking for.

Heidi Hansen

Gender: Female presenting
Age: 35-50
Vocal Range: "Wins at Rock Karaoke" Mezzo, F3-Eflat5
Character Notes: Evan's mother is a fiercely determined, "bootstraps" single mother who is doing the absolute best she can while drowning in a sea of overwhelming responsibility.

Zoe Murphy

Gender: Female presenting
Age: Over 21, pass for high school age
Vocal Range: Pop Belter, F3-E5, with a G5
Character Notes: Zoe is a sensible, driven, and fiercely independent teenager who has learned to survive by keeping to the shadows of her turbulent home. She possesses a natural generosity of spirit but protects herself with a sharp, protective skepticism.

Connor Murphy

Gender: Male presenting
Age: Over 21, pass for high school age
Vocal Range: Easy Pop Baritenor, C3-G#4
Character Notes: Connor is a high school senior who presents a volatile exterior, masking himself behind drug use, aggressive outbursts, and apathetic detachment. Following his death, he reappears as a projection of Evan's mind.

Cynthia Murphy

Gender: Female presenting
Age: 35-50
Vocal Range: Mezzo, F3-E5
Character Notes: Connor and Zoe's mother is an upper-middle-class stay-at-home mother who is desperately searching for stability in her fractured family. A self-help tourist, she uses her wealth to chase every therapeutic fad and parenting trend available, yet she remains profoundly disconnected in her relationships with her husband and children.

Larry Murphy

Gender: Male presenting
Age: 35-50
Vocal Range: Baritone, Bflat2-G4
Character Notes: Connor and Zoe's father is an upper-middle-class father who has largely become an emotionally absent bystander in his own home. He has quietly given up trying to parent, retreating instead into a self-righteous emotional distance.

Jared Kleinman

Gender: Male presenting
Age: Over 21, pass for high school age
Vocal Range: Pop Tenor, D3-B4
Character Notes: Jared is a resourceful, quick-witted high school senior who uses a calloused exterior to keep others at bay. When Evan needs to validate his lie, Jared puts his tech-savvy resourcefulness to work, helping forge the fake email correspondence with Connor.

Alana Beck

Gender: Female presenting
Age: Over 21, pass for high school age
Vocal Range: Pop Mezzo, F3-E5
Character Notes: Alana is a resume-driven performatively congenial overachiever who channels her energy into endless extracurriculars. She prioritizes the public momentum over personal boundaries, actively ignoring requests to keep sensitive information private.