Shows · Be More Chill
Be More Chill
Opened 2019
177 performances
Musical, Contemporary
Nerdy high school outcast Jeremy Heere swallows a tiny supercomputer called a SQUIP that implants in his brain and coaches him on how to be cool. As the SQUIP transforms Jeremy into a popular kid and helps him pursue his crush Christine, its control becomes increasingly sinister, threatening to assimilate the entire student body and erase everything that makes Jeremy uniquely himself.
- Music
- Joe Iconis
- Lyrics
- Joe Iconis
- Book
- Joe Tracz
Productions1 on Broadway
Recordings 6 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
Be More Chill is a novel written by American author Ned Vizzini and published on June 1, 2004. It follows unpopular high school student and social outcast Jeremy Heere, who is considered a loser by his peers. Deeply unsatisfied with his poor reputation and lack of romantic and sexual progress with his crush Christine, Jeremy obtains a SQUIP (an acronym for Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor), a supercomputer in the form of a pill that travels to his brain upon ingestion and radically transforms Jeremy’s behavior and social status by giving him advice on how to be cool. The book was received positively for its amusing premise, plot, and humor. It has been adapted into a popular stage musical…
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