By Zach Johnson
It’s now or never.
Today, Disney+ shared the teaser trailer for the fourth and final season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, streaming Wednesday, August 9, with all eight episodes. After an epic summer at Camp Shallow Lake, the Wildcats return to East High, where they prepare a stage production of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. However, plans are disrupted when Principal Gutierrez announces that Disney has decided to make the long-awaited High School Musical 4: The Reunion movie on location at their beloved high school.
“After four years at East High, it’s time to graduate. This will be our final, endgame season,” series creator and executive producer Tim Federle, who continues his multiyear overall deal with Disney Branded Television, said on social media. “This show brought the most extraordinary cast—and crew, and collaborators—to my life. To the fans, who embraced our super-meta series: we ‘don’t not love you.’ We can’t wait to share this epic 4th act with you all.”
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series debuted with the launch of Disney+ in 2019 and has launched notable careers such as Grammy® Award winner Olivia Rodrigo; Tony Award® nominee Julia Lester; singer-songwriter Joshua Bassett, who recently completed a sold-out world tour; and Dara Reneé, who next stars in the upcoming Disney+ Original movie Descendants: The Rise of Red. The series has also featured outstanding guest stars, including Jordan Fisher, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jojo Siwa, and Derek Hough, to name a few.
High School Musical franchise alumni Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel, Bart Johnson, Alyson Reed, and Kaycee Stroh will play themselves in Season 4, while also resurrecting their High School Musical roles as Chad Danforth, Taylor McKessie, Ryan Evans, Coach Jack Bolton, Ms. Darbus, and Martha Cox, respectively. The Wildcats will play featured extras during the filming of the Reunion movie.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series stars Bassett as Ricky, Sofia Wylie as Gina, Reneé as Kourtney, Lester as Ashlyn, Frankie Rodriguez as Carlos, Kate Reinders as Miss Jenn, and Liamani Segura as Emmy. Recurring guest stars include Kylie Cantrall as Dani, Matthew Sato as Mack, Caitlin Reilly as Quinn, and Vasthy Mompoint as Krystal, who join familiar faces such as Mark St. Cyr as Mr. Mazzara, Matt Cornett as E.J., Larry Saperstein as Big Red, Joe Serafini as Seb, Adrian Lyles as Jet, and Saylor Bell Curda as Maddox. The first three seasons of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series are all streaming on Disney+.
From Disney Branded Television, the Emmy® Award-nominated, GLAAD Media and Kids Choice Award-winning series was inspired by the High School Musical film franchise. Collectively, the films and series became the most successful Disney Channel (turned theatrical and streaming) franchise ever, and one of the longest-running series on Disney+.