Jeremy makes out with behind the school Jenna Rolan: The school's gossip girl Stephanie: Another Hot Girl in Jeremy's grade. She has a tendency to dress in a goth manner. Mr. Heere: Jeremy's father, works as a divorce lawyer along with his wife Mrs. Heere: Jeremy's mother, seen to show some OCD tendencies at the end of the book The SQUIP: A supercomputer that resides in Jeremy's mind, main plot line of the book. Mr. Reyes: A high school drama teacher, hated by Christine. Nicole: A girl Michael hooks up with at the house party. Adaptations Stage musical A musical based on the book, with a score by Joe Iconis, premiered in June 2015 at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, where it received positive reviews. It later received an Off-Broadway production in 2018, and ran on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre from March to August 2019. Praised as "a high-energy, imaginative, well-crafted world premiere musical" in The Star-Ledger, Be More Chill was lauded as "a vibrant, inventive musical that makes the most of every moment and features an abundantly talented cast" by BroadwayWorld. Film On October 20, 2018, it was announced that Shawn Levy and Greg Berlanti will team up to produce a film adaptation of both the novel and the musical, with Joe Iconis serving as executive producer. 20th Century Studios, who acquired the rights prior to their acquisition by The Walt Disney Company, and with whom Berlanti and Levy have first look deals with, will distribute. Other film producers who contended for the film rights included Nina Jacobson, Ron Howard, Michael De Luca, Marty Bowen, Scooter Braun, Jennifer Todd and Robert Zemeckis. Graphic novel In December 2020, it was announced that author David Levithan and comic book artist Nick Bertozzi would adapt the book into a graphic novel. The graphic novel was released on January 5, 2021 by Disney Books. References 2004 American novels 2004 science fiction novels American science fiction novels American young adult novels Children's science fiction novels Books by Ned Vizzini