>Decide to introduce friend to NGE
>Watch the bluray TV release with the ADV dub
>Finally ready to watch the original D&R, wanna do the sub so they get a feel of the og cast before doing EoE with the dub
>The original theatrical release of D&R is nowhere to be found, as all the new animation was gutted from (True)2 to the director’s cut of NGE
>WHICH WE DIDN’T WATCH
>fuck.jpg

Anyone know where I can find subs of the theatrical release?

I don't think there's even that much of a difference between the Death versions, is there? (True)2 is the one released domestically first in Japan, and the DC scenes it has aren't that many... Like showing Adam in Gendo's hand and not much else right? Which IIRC it's also at least in Death(True) too (the version only releases on WoWoW broadcasting).
What I'd be more wary of is that you get the proper Rebirth. The west got fucked with that as pretty much all of the official releases of D&R outside of Japan got not Rebirth, the original, but an edited cut of Episode 25' Air, which is not the samez as Rebirth has different VA take, different BGM edit, and some scenes have different animation. Not to mention, the spectacular ending with the Eva series flying over Eva02 fading out to black isn't as effective as the original.
Anyway as far as I know, the latest BD box set has all of the Death versions and original Rebirth, so look for rips and subs of that.