Season 3

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

## 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*. 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. Filming got delayed and officially started on January 18, 2022 and ended on April 13th, 2022.

## 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 (3/8)
* Corbin Bleu as Himself (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 (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)

## Frozen Cast List

### Director

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

### Stage Manager

* Maddox (Tech Crew)
* Channing (Cameraman)

### Ensemble

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

## 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 Olivia Rodrigo who plays Nini Salazar-Roberts.
* The last season to feature Matt Cornett who plays E.J. Caswell as a Main Cast Member.
* The first and last season to feature Saylor Bell who plays Maddox and Adrian Lyles who plays Jet as Main Cast Members.
* This is the first and only season where Miss Jenn doesn't go a full season.
* Because this season takes place during the summer, East Valley High does not appear.
* This is the only season where Benjamin Mazzara is entirely absent.

## References

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