Season 2

**Season 2** is the second season of the Disney+ Original Series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* premiered on May 14, 2021.

## Plot

Joining Nini (Olivia Rodrigo), Ricky (Joshua Bassett), E.J. (Matt Cornett), Gina (Sofia Wylie), Big Red (Larry Saperstein), Ashlyn (Julia Lester), Kourtney (Dara Reneé), Carlos (Frankie A. Rodriguez), Seb (Joe Serafini), Mr. Mazzara (Mark St. Cyr), Miss Jenn (Kate Reinders), and there are several new exciting characters. Zack (Derek Hough), Miss Jenn's ex-boyfriend and former high school heartthrob, shakes things up when he returns to Salt Lake City after a successful acting career in NYC to be the new Drama Teacher at East High's rival high school, North High. Antoine (Andrew Barth Feldman), a foreign exchange student at North High, can not help but flirt with Ashlyn. Howie (Roman Banks), a hyper-smart, bespectacled, adorkable high school junior, gets close to a certain Wildcat or two while working after school as a delivery guy for Big Red's family Pizza Shop, *Salt Lake Slices*. And Lily (Olivia Rose Keegan) is a sugary sweet, energetic East High Student who wants nothing more to be on-stage with the Wildcats, but her sweetness masks her highly competitive nature.

## Production

It was first announced in February 2020 that Season 2 will be about East High School Spring Musical is *Beauty and the Beast.* Filming first started in February 2020 and was wrapped a year later in February 2021.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Joshua Bassett as Ricky Bowen (12/12)
* Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts (12/12)
* Sofia Wylie as Gina Porter (12/12)
* Matt Cornett as E.J. Caswell (12/12)
* Julia Lester as Ashlyn Caswell (12/12)
* Larry Saperstein as Big Red (12/12)
* Frankie A. Rodriguez as Carlos Rodriguez (12/12)
* Dara Reneé as Kourtney Greene (12/12)
* Joe Serafini as Seb Matthew-Smith (12/12)
* Mark St. Cyr as Benjamin Mazzara (9/12)
* Kate Reinders as Miss Jenn (12/12)

### Recurring Cast

* Olivia Rose Keegan as Lily (9/12)
* Roman Banks as Howie (8/12)
* Alexis Nelis as Natalie Bagley (5/12)
* Alex Quijano as Mike Bowen (5/12)
* Kimberly Brooks as Michelle Greene (3/12)
* Andrew Barth Feldman as Antoine (3/12)
* Derek Hough as Zack Roy (3/12)
* Amy Tolsky as Big Red's Mom (2/ 12)

### Guest Starring

* Deepti Gupta as Kalyani Patel (1/12)
* Addison Morgan as Emily Pratt (1/12)
* Jacob Young as Cash Caswell (1/12)
* Asher Angel as Jack (1/12)
* Beth Lacke as Lynne Bowen (1/12)
* Jordan Fisher as Jamie Porter (1/12)

### Dancers

* Kenidee Allen as Dancer Kenidee
* Adeline Baker as Dancer Addie
* Lauryn Carino as Dancer Lauryn
* Kaison Cotton as Dancer Kaison
* Kaden Dayton as Dancer Kaden
* Buddy Hills as Dancer Buddy
* Nicki Ouk as Dancer Nicki
* Andres Penate as Dancer Rico
* Bryan Rey as Dancer Bryan
* Stephani Sosa as Steph

## Beauty and the Beast Cast List

### Choreographer(s)

* Carlos Rodriguez
* Gina Porter

## Trivia

* Antoine, Howie, Jack, Lily and Zack are going to be new characters introduced in Season 2.
* Kourtney Greene's mother Michelle Greene makes her first appearance. Dara Renee who plays Kourtney Greene real life mother Kimberly Brooks plays Kourtney Greene's mother Michelle Greene.
* 3 of the actors this season (Andrew Barth Feldman, Roman Banks, and Jordan Fisher) were in the Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen and they all have played Evan Hansen. Feldman and Fisher as the lead Evan Hansen, and Roman Banks as the understudy for Evan, Connor, and Jared, occasionally making an appearance
* This season was released over a full year after the Season 1 finale. (499 days apart)
* The last season to feature Olivia Rodrigo who plays Nini Salazar-Roberts and Larry Saperstein who plays Big Red as Main Cast Members.
* The first and last season to feature Joe Serafini who plays Seb Matthew-Smith as a Main Cast Member.

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