Overview

• Philipps, who joined the series in season 5, read the part of teacher Tamara Jacobs during the Sept. 22 live reading at New York’s Richard Rodgers Theatre.
• The one-night Dawson’s Creek Class Reunion raised money for F Cancer and showed support for James Van Der Beek following his Stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis.
• Van Der Beek withdrew from attending after contracting stomach viruses but appeared in a pre-recorded clip introducing Lin-Manuel Miranda as Dawson.
• Renée Elise Goldsberry hosted and narrated the event, which reunited cast members including Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Kerr Smith, and others.
• Jackson previously told Business Insider in 2021 that while teen feelings can be real, the adult holds responsibility and the show did not portray the affair as romantic.