Casting Kids for "School of Rock" The Musical Band

Freddie is a rambunctious boy, as shown when he repeatedly slams cymbals together disruptively during music class. He is constantly being told he isn’t intelligent - by both his own father and Summer - but Freddie and Dewey both think that he’s intelligent in a different way, and that Freddie’s father just doesn’t see that.

Bassist Katie is a quiet, serious girl who keeps mostly to herself. She plays the cello at school, but is quick to pick up the bass at Dewey’s encouragement. She is stone-faced when she plays, and takes her instrument and the band very seriously, although not as much as Summer takes managing.

Keyboardist Lawrence is an unconfident boy, and is also gluten intolerant. Awkward and lacking in confidence, he believes that he isn’t cool enough to be a part of the band, but Dewey is able to convince him that he’s amazing. At the beginning of the show, Lawrence’s only friend is Tomika, but he doesn’t think she counts because she never talks. He’s a very imaginative keyboard player, and talented at improvising.

Vocalist Tomika transfers to Horace Green after being accepted off of the waiting list. She is shy and doesn’t speak to anyone at school, and feels as though she’s not as intelligent as the other students. However, it turns out that she is a highly gifted singer, and becomes the secondary singer in School of Rock, behind only Dewey.

Guitarist Zack is the son of an uptight businessman with no time for his children. Because of that, Zack keeps a lot bottled inside and has issues with being too stiff with his guitar playing at first. However, Dewey discovers that Zack is actually a musical prodigy, as shown when Zack writes the band’s anthem, Teacher’s Pet, after only a month or so of playing rock music.