Troy then shows Gabriella around school. Drama Club president Sharpay Evans Ashley Tisdale arrives, assuming that Gabriella is interested in auditioning. Wanting to eliminate competition, Sharpay investigates the new girl and has the scholastic decathlon captain. Chem Club president Taylor Mc. Kessie Monique Coleman, finds out about Gabriellas past academic achievements, which results in her and Gabriella becoming great friends. During basketball practice, Troy has trouble focusing because his thoughts are on Gabriella and the idea that he might enjoy singing more than basketball Getcha Head in the Game. Gabriella and Troy go to the musical auditions where Sharpay and her twin brother Ryan Evans Lucas Grabeel perform What Ive Been Looking For, but Troy and Gabriella are both too shy to audition. Reviews horror, European, cult, and midnight movies on DVD. When Gabriella finally gains the confidence to step forward, Troy offers to sing with her, but drama teacher Ms. Darbus Alyson Reed tells them that they are too late. After Ms. Darbus attempts to leave, Kelsi Nielsen Olesya Rulin, the musicals composer, trips and drops her music sheets. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and they sing together as Kelsi plays piano What Ive Been Looking For Reprise. Ms. Darbus overhears them and gives them a callback audition. When the callback list is posted, Sharpay discovers that she has competition for the lead in the musical, and the rest of the Wildcats are shocked that Troy and Gabriella have auditioned. Other students confess their own secret passions and talents Stick to the Status Quo, alarming both Taylor and Troys best friend Chad Danforth Corbin Bleu. Since Gabriella has agreed to join the scholastic decathlon team, both Taylor and Chad want their teammates to focus on their upcoming competitions rather than the musical. In the locker room, Troy is tricked into saying that Gabriella is not important while she watches through a wi fi link that the scholastic decathlon team had set up through a webcam. Gabriella gets extremely upset by his betrayal When There Was Me and You and decides not to audition for the musical. Troy is left confused as to why Gabriella did not want to audition anymore. Realizing their mistake, Chad and the basketball team tell Troy what happened and offer to support him in callbacks. Troy goes to Gabriellas house and they reconcile. After overhearing Gabriella and Troy practicing, Sharpay has Ms. Darbus change the callback time to coincide with both the basketball championship and the scholastic decathlon to interfere with Gabriella and Troys participation. Kelsi overhears the conversation and the basketball team and the decathlon team work together to come up with a plan. On the day of the competitions, Taylor and Gabriella use the schools computers to delay the championship and the decathlon. Troy and Gabriella rush to the auditorium, and Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song Bop to the Top, confident that their plan worked. After Gabriella and Troy audition Breaking Free, Ms. Darbus gives the two the lead roles, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies. Troy and Gabriella both win their respective competitions and the entire school gathers in the gym to celebrate Were All In This Together. Chad asks Taylor out, and Sharpay makes peace with Gabriella. In a post credits scene, Zeke Baylor Chris Warren Jr. Sharpay runs in declaring the cookies she rejected from him earlier genius. She then hugs him and he says he will make her a crme brle. Zeke smiles in victory. Zac Efron as Troy Bolton, Gabriellas boyfriend, the most popular male student at East High School, and the captain of the varsitybasketball team. On New Years Eve, after singing with Gabriella, he finds himself having a crush on her. Drew Seeley provides the singing voice of Troy Bolton, but Efron sings very short in five songs Start of Something New, What Ive Been Looking For Reprise, Breaking Free, Were All in This Together and I Cant Take My Eyes Off of You. Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez, Troys girlfriend, a new student and one of the brainiacs on the scholastic decathlon team. She develops a love for Troy after meeting at a new years party. Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans, Sharpays twin brother. He is very easily pushed around by his sister but is not as mean as her, despite going along with her plans to sabotage Troy and Gabriella. He is also shown to not be particularly smart, such as not knowing how to spell drama, never understanding Sharpays plans and is admired by Kelsi.