Hulu comedy pilot “Don’t Get High” set the cast, variety learned.
Variety exclusively reported that the pilot was in work in May. Regular cast members for the series include Tony Hale (“Arrested Development”, “veep”), Ashley Brook (“Little Light”, “The White House Plumber”, Olivia Gill (“Ava”, “Yinz”), Oscar Williams (“PokerFace”, “FBI: Most Wanted”), and Erin Morton (“Heathers”
Additionally, Michelle Boteau (“Thick Survival”, “Baby”), Casey Wilson (“Happy Ending”, “Shrink Next Door”), Dan Thompson (“Life & Beth”, “Three Women”), McCoy Stewart (“Summer Cleansed”, “Doom Patrol”), and Chloe Hakora appear in Star Roll.
The complete text description can be found below.
“Not High” state logline, “Alpha Doak (Brook) and her hilarious gangster Dweave start an anti-drug group in high school, make friends and influence people. That doesn’t work.”
Megan Gantz is a pilot writer, executive producer and showrunner. Adam Fishbach and Mara Herron will also be executive produced. The 20th TV is the studio.
Hale is represented by UTA and Hansen Jacobson. Brook is represented by CESD, Rebel Creative Group and Goodman Genow. Gill is represented by Echo Lake Entertainment and Jackaway Tie Man. Williams is represented by Nicolosi & Company and attorney Jared Bullock. Morton is represented by Nicolosi & Company. Rosales is represented by Buchwald.
Buteau is represented by Mosaic, Caa and Hansen Jacobson. Wilson is represented by Rise Management, CAA, and JTWAMM. Thompson is represented by CESD and MZ.MGMT.NY. Stewart is represented by the brave artist manager, his agent is Stewart’s talent, and Hakora is represented by 3 Art Entertainment and Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frasier & Hinojosa.
Character description – Regular series
Tony Hale as a Popkey Officer: A school police officer who takes his job seriously.
Ashley Brook as Penny: Alpha Dweave on his mission to defeat cool kids.
Olivia Gill as Lennon: The most popular girl and Penny’s greatest ancestor i in school.
Oscar Williams as Dylan: A brooding bad boy
Erin Morton as Lane: Penny’s quirky and loyal best friend
Daniel Rosales a Trevor: Penny’s other BFF, the false person who would rather disappear into the background
Character description – Star of the Star
Michelle Boto as Principal Fishbach: The Principal of the High School
Casey Wilson as Mary: Penny’s beloved mother
Dan Thompson as a Hook: Varsity QB and Lennon’s Himbo boyfriend
McCoy Stewart as Ben: Easy-to-confident and super-chic co-captain of the cheerleading team
Chloe Hakora as Vicki: Ben’s co-captain and infamous party girl
(Photos, left to right: Ashley Brook, Erin Morton, Olivia Gill, Tony Hale, Casey Wilson, Michelle Butteau)
