Disney Channel is working hard to make a new title Madison High, auditions are coming pretty fast, from this High School Musical spin off. They are dedicating a lot of resources for this title, it’s an addition to the popular franchise of High School Musical, so the stakes are high for this Tv Show.
The story of this show starts with Ms. Darbus, who was playing the role of the drama teacher on High School Musical, she’s moved, and her new job in a new school is to cast a new group of young talents, including potential and already great actors to make a musical production, the concept of this musical will be their lives and experiences.
By now , we have Luke Benward, G. Hannelius and new comer Leah Lewis, the latter one with no experience in TV or films for this role, as part of the initial stars’ casting. A national talent search has begun and Disney is looking for promising actors that will help to expand the franchise, which has been very popular in the last years among young audience. The skills they are looking are multi-talented artists, this includes, being a great singer, actor and dancer. For these roles, the requirements normally are that you have had trained on these three areas, and have a outstanding performance altogether backed up by years of training.
Regarding the previous main casting crew, we can say that Luke Benward has some experience, the important ones includes when he started with Family Affair in 2002, and in 2008, he participated in Disney Channel, The Minutemen, so we know he knows the ins and outs of this new project.
On the other hand, G. Hannelius, has had experience in films like Black and Blue and The Search for Santa Paws. he also knows the type of work involved in this spin off as he has worked in shows like Hanna Montana and Sonny with a Chance, as part of his main role, he co-hosted the Show Leo Little’s Big Show.
Paul Hoen will be in charge of directing the TV series, he already has experience with Disney Channel Productions, and he’s worked in directing movies and series like The Luck of the Irish, You Wish, Read It and Weep, Jump In! and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. So we’re assured by the quality of the director without a doubt.
On the other hand, we have casting directors that have started auditions for the role of Jack Hall, which is the father of Peyton, the description of the role includes that the actor should be preferrable Asian and it would be a plus if he can play Tennis. Other casting roles being pursued are a couple of guys in their mid-teens that practice motocross and a football player.
Extra auditions are taking place really fast, this time, the location is in Los Angeles and we’re talking that the shooting will start in the next days. So if you are over eighteen, and want to start your actor career, you can apply as part of the high school students that the show will be requiring and also for other extra casting, that are being chosen during the shooting.
