Treebros

"Get up and own it."

- Connor to Evan

Treebros is the slash ship between Evan Hansen and Connor Murphy from the Dear Evan Hansen fandom.

Act 1
Connor and Evan attend the same school, though they don't know each other well, regardless both boys share a lot in common. They struggle to connect with their mothers and have a mutual feeling of feeling alone.

At school, Jared points out that Connor's hair is looking very 'school shooter chic', causing Connor to feel annoyed. Jared quickly exits, leaving Connor and Evan alone. Being the socially awkward teenager he is, Evan is clearly uncomfortable and makes a nervous laugh. Connor interprets this as him being laughed at, and gets aggressive towards Evan, calling him a freak and pushing him to the ground. Evan then sings 'Waving Through a Window'.

Back at school, Evan writes his daily letter to himself and prints it out. He is approached by Connor, who asks Evan what happened to his arm. Evan tells him he fell out of a tree. Connor asks to sign his cast and writes the word 'CONNOR' in large letters. Following that, he remarks that they can both pretend they have friends. Evan begins to leave but is stopped by Connor who reveals that he found Evan's letter. He becomes furious at the mention of Zoe in the letter, thinking Evan intended for him to see the letter in order to make fun of him. He storms out, taking the letter with him.

Evan was worried with what Connor would do with the letter, which Connor's parents later found on him when they realized that Connor had taken his own life and mistook the letter to have been written by Connor to Evan. Who tried to tell the Murphys that it wasn't the case, but couldn't bring himself to do so after seeing the state that Connor's death has placed them in. In which later began a well meaning lie of Evan being Connor's secret friend. As Evan has dinner with Connor's family, he recreates the story of how he hurt is arm when he sings 'For Forever'. By having Connor with him when it happened and how they were hanging out with one another before Evan fell out of the tree. Evan had also lied about Connor having a second account for the letters they email to one another and promised the Murphys that he'll show them some of them. Once he gets Jared to help him make the second account and Connor's fake letters to Evan. While Evan sings 'Sincerely, Me' with 'Connor', he makes sure that the letters bring Connor out in a good way than the person he had presented himself in public.

Act 2
Evan's conscience appears as Connor Murphy, who tells him that no one should be forgotten like he was. This inspires Evan to create The Connor Project, a group dedicated and inspired to make sure that Connor's memory stays alive, and that everyone else's does too. Alana and Jared agree to this decision and created the Connor Project. ("Disappear")

Evan decides he has to confess to what he has done, and that he didn't wanna lie anymore. An imaginary version/ghost Connor tries to talk him out of it, explaining that his family and Zoe needs him, but Evan shouts that he needs the whole thing to be over. Connor explains to him that if he tells the truth, all he has will be gone, and the only thing he will be left with is himself. Connor sings "For Forever Reprise" then vanishes, leaving Evan alone.

Songs

 * For Forever

This was the third song in the musical where Evan confronted the Murphy family after Connor's attempted suicide. This song showed how Evan lied to Connor's family of being friends with him in school. Although, even with the lies, he imagined what could've happened if he and Connor we're able to befriend each other before his death. Evan mentioned that they would've climbed trees and watch the sunset when school ends, like what Evan usually does during his free time.
 * Sincerely, Me

This was the fourth song in the musical right after For Forever. After lying about him and Connor's relationship, the Murphy family asked Evan if he could show their email conversations, which aren't true. So for the solution for that, he and his friend Jared made fake email conversations of him and Connor in Evan's room. The song showed how "Connor" and Evan had a close relationship before his death and how Evan would've tried to help Connor with his severe depression and drug addiction. They immediately showed the fake emails the next day.


 * Disappear

In the seventh song of the musical, Evan is unsure what to do with his lies when Connor appears as his conscience to convince him to keep his head up. He suggests that Evan start the Connor Project to keep Connor's memory alive, raise awareness about outcasts everywhere, and keep Evan from fading into the background. Later making his speech in You Will Be Found.

Fanon
Treebros is the most popular ship of the fandom, arguably more popular than the musical's main ship, Zoevan. Other than Zoevan, it is rivaled by Kleinsen (Evan x Jared) and Conman (Connor x Jared). Alternatively, some people add Jared to the couple and ship Sincerely Three. The most popular incarnation of this pairing is the original Broadway cast: Mike Faist and Ben Platt, as Connor and Evan respectively. Though other incarnations are still popular.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Connor/Evan on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Some actors have portrayed both Connor and Evan on stage. In the original DEH production, Colton Ryan has portrayed both Evan Hansen (in a swing role) and Connor Murphy on separate dates. Colton also portrayed Connor in the Dear Evan Hansen movie adapation. Another swing Roman Banks has also portrayed both Connor and Evan. More famously, Michael Lee Brown has also played both parts, and this is parodied in his "Sincerely, Me" cover.
 * Other actors who have portrayed both roles include David Jeffery (First National Tour/Toronto/Broadway), Noah Kieserman (First National Tour) and Josh Strobl (Toronto/Broadway).
 * In the "Dear Evan Hansen" novel, it states that Connor was a part of the LGBTQ. "I was somewhere in between. Fluid. About what I thought of girls and guys." Some people think that Connor was either bi or pan.
 * Though not from an official production, Darren Criss (Glee), and Grant Gustin (The Flash) portrayed Evan and Connor respectively in a cover of Sincerely, Me at the Elsie Fest 2018.

Variations

 * Sincerely Three refers to the ship between the two and Jared Kleinman