Who plays j.d. in heathers the musical

Jason Dean, more commonly referred to as J.D., was a senior at Westerburg High School and Veronica Sawyer's ex-boyfriend. He is the overarching antagonist of Heathers. His plans was to cleanse the world through lethal means. This included killing the students of Westerburg High School.

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Personality
Relationships
Love Interests
Musical Numbers
Original Off-Broadway Musical Numbers
Original West End Musical Numbers
Who played JD in Heathers the Musical 2022?
Who replaced Ryan McCartan in Heathers?
Who plays JD in Heathers the Musical on Roku?
Is JD in love with Veronica?

History

J.D.'s past is riddled with devastation. He lost his mother, Ms. Dean, at a young age after she decided to step into a building that she knew her husband was about to blow up. Following the death of his mother, J.D. and his father frequently moved from city to city following his fathers career. He had primarily lived his life without making connections to fellow students because he knew it was only a matter of time until he would move away again. This happened before he moved to Westerburg High School, ultimately falling in love with Veronica Sawyer.

Personality

J.D. is a loner who immediately attracts the eyes of his soon-to-be girlfriend, Veronica Sawyer. His first interaction at school is a fight between him, Ram Sweeney, and Kurt Kelly, where he forms this bad boy persona. Veronica later finds out that he is a rather sweet and loving individual, but this is merely a mask for a much more sinister personality. In truth, J.D. has a twisted and manipulative mind that feels the need to purge the world of its evil, starting with the student body of Westerburg High School.

Plot

Act One

J.D is introduced when he gets in a fight with Ram Sweeney and Kurt Kelly, which causes people to start thinking of him as a bad boy and Veronica becomes attracted to him (Fight for Me). Later J.D walks into a 7-11 and meets Veronica. J.D then starts singing about why he likes 7-11 and why he loves slushies.Later, a drunk Veronica sneaks into his room through his window, singing the song "Dead Girl Walking" which is a song about Veronica wanting to have sex. J.D asks how she knew his address, which Veronica never would answer. J.D seems happy and then the musical shows them making out together and that is all the audience sees.Some time later, he goes along with Veronica to Heather Chandler's house to apologize. There, he poisons Chandler with a cleaner and then convinces Veronica to forge a suicide letter so they don't get charged with murder.

Act Two

Throughout the rest of the musical, J.D. over time shows his more crazed and desperate personality and motive to kill the student body. He goes on to shoot Kurt and Ram, having lied to Veronica that the bullets were non-lethal and sedative.

Relationships

Family

Bud Dean (Father)

J.D. has a strained relationship with his father. They treat each other more as roommates than they do father and son. Bud is not often able to be there for his son, which gives J.D. the freedom to do what he wants, but also deprives him of the connection he should have with his dad.

Love Interests

Veronica Sawyer

J.D. is madly in love with Veronica and considers her the perfect partner to help purge the world of its evil. He manipulates her into helping him kill Kurt and Ram, and lets her believe that it's her fault that Heather Chandler died. However, after he starts to lose his perceived control of her, J.D. decides it best to kill Veronica. Despite all this, J.D. knows Veronica is a good person, and in the end, tells her that it isn't too late for her redemption.

Musical Numbers

Original Off-Broadway Musical Numbers

Act 1

"Freeze Your Brain" – J.D.
"Dead Girl Walking" – Veronica & J.D.
"The Me Inside of Me" – H. Chandler, Veronica, J.D., Cops, Ms. Fleming & Company
"Our Love Is God" – J.D., Veronica, Ram, Kurt, & Company

Act 2

"Seventeen" – Veronica & J.D.
"Meant to Be Yours" – J.D. & Students
"Dead Girl Walking (reprise)" – Veronica, J.D., Ms. Fleming, & Students
"I Am Damaged" – J.D. & Veronica

Original West End Musical Numbers

Act 1

"Freeze Your Brain" – J.D.
"Dead Girl Walking" – Veronica & J.D.
"Our Love Is God" – J.D., Veronica & Kurt

Act 2

"Seventeen" – Veronica & J.D.
"Meant to Be Yours" – J.D. & Company
"Dead Girl Walking (reprise)" – Veronica, J.D., Ms. Fleming, & Company
"I Am Damaged" – J.D. & Veronica

Trivia

When J.D. was telling Veronica about his plan for Kurt and Ram, he claims the bullets are non-lethal and were used to sedate enemy soldiers, and calls them "Ich Lüge" bullets. "Ich Lüge" is "I lie" in German.

Who played JD in Heathers the Musical 2022?

Benjamin Karran will take over the role of JD from 28 June. The full Heathers company includes Ailsa Davidson as Veronica Sawyer, Simon Gordon as Jason 'J.

Who replaced Ryan McCartan in Heathers?

The off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical at New World Stages will welcome Dave Thomas Brown and Kristolyn Lloyd to the company in the roles of JD and Heather Duke, respectively. They take over the roles on June 9 from Ryan McCartan and Alice Lee, who depart the show on June 6 and 8.

Who plays JD in Heathers the Musical on Roku?

Directed by Andy Fickman (who also directed the original Off-Broadway run), Heathers stars Ailsa Davidson as Veronica Sawyer and Simon Gordon as Jason “J.D” Dean, alongside Maddison Firth as Heather Chandler, Vivian Panka as Heather Duke, Teleri Hughes as Heather McNamara, Vicki Lee Taylor as Ms.

Is JD in love with Veronica?

Jason Dean is the main male antagonist and the true main antagonists in the cult classic film Heathers. He falls in love with Veronica Sawyer, kills three students who hurt Veronica, and finally attempts to kill Veronica and blow up the school before ultimately killing himself.