James Van Der Beek took to Instagram Sunday evening to reveal he will not be joining Monday’s “Dawson’s Creek” reunion due to a stomach illness. Luckily for fans, he has a Tony-winning understudy to take his place: Lin-Manuel Miranda.

As the Dawson’s Creek gang prepares to reunite for a good cause, the man of the hour will unfortunately miss out on the reunion. James Van Der Beek, who starred as Dawson on The WB show for its six-season run from 1998-2003 and revealed his colorectal cancer diagnosis last year,

James Van Der Beek will not take part in the "Dawson's Creek" reunion set for Monday due to a stomach virus, but he's pretty happy with who'll be playing Dawson Leery in his place.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to fill in for Van Der Beek — who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last year — at the charity event

The upcoming 'Dawson's Creek' reunion event may be honoring James Van Der Beek amid his cancer battle, though he is no longer able to attend.

Dawson Leery won’t be returning to Dawson’s Creek after all. James Van Der Beek, who starred as the title character in the beloved WB teen drama, has dropped out of a planned “Class Reunion” benefit on Monday,

James Van Der Beek said Sunday night that he is dropping out of the live Dawson’s Creek reunion event due to “two stomach viruses.” Lin-Manuel Miranda will replace him for the one-night-only live reading of the pilot script.