Dear Evan Hansen, the Broadway Education Alliance, and Gotham Writers invite 11th-grade and 12th-grade students across North America to write a college-application style essay describing your experiences with or ideas about reinvention. Applicants must be 11th or 12th grade high school students located in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, or Westchester, as well as Nassau, Orange, Rockland, or Suffolk counties during the upcoming academic year. Write a college-application style essay (no longer than 650-words) that describes how “Dear Evan Hansen” resonates with and inspires you. Essays should be specific, have a clear narrative arc, and adhere to the theme of the challenge.