Theme: Anyone can feel as if they have no one to reach out to, but no one should have to suffer in silence.

Isolation

Attempts to Connect

Community

Empathy

Character Experiences

Connor Murphy

Heidi Hansen

Evan Hansen

Struggles with social anxiety

Poor self-worth

Depressed

Feels Alienated

Single Mother

Strained Relationship with only son

Emotional Impact

Anxiety

Depression

Desperation

Social Impact

Lonliness

Misscommunucation

Stigmatization

Evan's Letter

Evan's relationship with the Murphys

Tries to connect to himself better through writting

Fabricating a relationship

Metions Zoe and how he wish they had a connection

Acts as if he were Connor's friend to be less lonely

Evan creates his story with fake scenarios he wants to be real

Afraid to be lonely

Inflicts self harm

Seeking belonging

Feels guilt for deceiving them

The Murphys make Evan feel seen

Searches for a stable family in his life

Fosters connection and reduces feeling of isolation

Evan's Empathy

Murphy Family's Empathy

Heidi's Empathy

Tries to support Evan in anyway possible despite her own struggles

Offers herself to Evan as someone he can always talk to

Opens their home for Evan in a time of despair

Show comfort and connection through shared grief

Writes fake emails to comfort the Murphys

Can never lie without feeling guilt

Community in this story provides support, understanding, and a sense of belonging

School Community

Evan struggles to find his place on the first day but there are people like Alana who will include anyone

The impact of Connor's death

Student's wore pins in his memory, and talked about their feelings amongst each other

Teachers also showed their support

The Murphy Family

A small community, that all collectively have to deal with grief and loss in their family

Evan joined the community and allowed to family to open up about their feelings

Larry felt like he had given Connor everything yet it still wasnt enough

Cynthia feels like she didn't know her own son

Zoe feels like she wasn't there for her own brother