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By Yasmine Shemesh Evan and his classmate, Alana, are on swings in the park about midway through Dear Evan Hansen, the film version of the Tony-winning musical of the same name. Alana — a cheery overachiever who was active in virtually every extracurricular club at their high school — confides in Evan that she is also struggling. She is experiencing anxiety and depression, as well as Evan. She is on medication for it, like Evan. She feels lonely and invisible as she does for Evan.