Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season 3

Season 3 of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series premiered on July 27th, 2022.

Plot

In the new season, it's summer break! The Wildcats leave the hallways of East High for the ultimate summer at sleepaway camp, complete with campfires, summer romances and curfew-less nights.[1] Camp Shallow Lake, a family-owned sleepaway camp in California. With a high-stakes production of Frozen and a behind-the-scenes “docuseries” of the production in the works, the Wildcats will attempt to show who is “best in snow” without leaving anyone out in the cold.[2]

Production

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series was officially renewed for a third season on September 13, 2021. It was announced on November 12, 2021 the summer musical will be Frozen.[3] Pre-Production started on December 2, 2021 and ended on December 23, 2021. Filming was expected to start on January 6, 2022 and end on April 1, 2022.[4] Filming got delayed and officially started on January 18, 2022 and ended on April 13th, 2022.[5]

Cast

Main Cast

  • Joshua Bassett as Ricky Bowen (8/8)
  • Sofia Wylie as Gina Porter (8/8)
  • Matt Cornett as E.J. Caswell (8/8)
  • Julia Lester as Ashlyn Caswell (8/8)
  • Dara Reneé as Kourtney Greene (8/8)
  • Frankie A. Rodriguez as Carlos Rodriguez (8/8)
  • Saylor Bell as Maddox (8/8)
  • Adrian Lyles as Jet (8/8)

Recurring Cast

  • Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts (3/8)
  • Kate Reinders as Miss Jenn[2] (3/8)
  • Corbin Bleu as Himself[5] (4/8)
  • Meg Donnelly as Val (5/8)
  • Jason Earles as Dewey Wood (6/8)
  • Ben Stillwell as Channing (5/8)
  • Aria Brooks as Alex (3/8)
  • Liamani Segura as Emmy (3/8)
  • Olivia Rose Keegan as Lily[2] (1/8)
  • Larry Saperstein as Big Red (1/8)
  • Joe Serafini as Seb Matthew-Smith (1/8)
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Marvin (1/8)
  • JoJo Siwa as Madison (1/8)
  • Kimberly Brooks as Michelle Greene (1/8)
  • Michelle Noh as Dana Salazar-Roberts (1/8)
  • Nicole Sullivan as Carol Salazar-Roberts (1/8)

Episodes

Number in the Season Title Directed by Written by Original release date
1 Happy Campers Kimberly McCullough Zach Dodes July 27, 2022
2 Into the Unknown Kimberly McCullough Ilana Wolpert August 3, 2022
3 The Woman in the Woods Angela Tortu Natalia Castells-Esquivel August 10, 2022
4 No Drama Angela Tortu Nneka Gerstle August 17, 2022
5 The Real Campers of Shallow Lake Ann Marie Pace Jessica Leventhal August 24, 2022
6 Color War Christine Lakin Chandler Turk August 31, 2022
7 Camp Prom Kimberly McCullough Zach Dodes September 7, 2022
8 Let It Go Kimberly McCullough Tim Federle September 14, 2022

Frozen Cast List

CharactersGot the Role
Elsa Kourtney Greene
Anna Gina Porter
Kristoff Ricky Bowen
Hans Jet
Sven E.J. Caswell
Olaf Carlos Rodriguez
Young Anna Emmy
Young Elsa Alex

Director

  • E.J. Caswell (Frozen: The Musical)
  • Corbin Bleu (Frozen: The Musical: The Documentary, On Disney+)

Choreographer(s)

  • Val

Stage Manager

  • Maddox (Tech Crew)
  • Channing (Cameraman)

Ensemble

  • Ashlyn Caswell
  • Jason
  • Bailey
  • Jarred
  • Lauren
  • Will
  • Mackensie
  • Crash
  • Arielle
  • Alyssa

Videos

TBA

Trivia

  • This season will take place at a summer camp called Camp Shallow Lake rather than East High.
  • Season 3 is going to contain not only songs from Frozen, but also songs from the Camp Rock franchise and the High School Musical franchise.
  • This is the second Disney project Matt Cornett who plays E.J. Caswell and Meg Donnelly who will be playing Val have worked on together, the first being the Disney Channel Original Movie Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022).
  • This is the second Disney+ project where Aria Brooks, who will be playing Alex, has worked with both Tim Federle (the creator of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) and Joshua Bassett who plays Ricky Bowen, the first being Better Nate Than Never.
  • Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Julia Lester, Dara Reneé, and Frankie A Rodriguez are the only main cast members that have been part of the main cast since Season 1.
  • The last season to feature Matt Cornett who plays E.J. Caswell as a Main Cast Member.

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [2]
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 [5]

Will there be a season 3 of HSM the musical?

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is returning to Disney+ for a third season, and the Wildcats are leaving East High for a new adventure. The show — HSMTMTS for short — made its debut on Disney+ in November 2019.

Will Olivia Rodrigo be back for season 3?

Olivia has specified in multiple interviews that while she enjoys playing Nini, music is her priority now and, in season 3, she stepped down from being a main cast member in the show. Following an emotional season 3 finale and a touching, personal Instagram post, Olivia has now bid goodbye to the series.

Is Nini in season 3?

Olivia Rodrigo officially left her role as Nini during the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season 3 finale.

Is Seb not in season 3 of HSMTMTS?

In Season 3 of HSMTMTS, several series regulars — Rodrigo, Kate Reinders (Miss Jenn), Larry Saperstein (Big Red) and Joe Serafini (Seb) have become guest stars.