Josh Andrés Rivera to Star in HBO Max’s Coming-of-Age Drama Pilot “Vegas High”

Josh Andrés Rivera is on a High

The Latino actor has been cast as a lead in Vegas HighHBO Max’s coming-of-age period drama pilot from writer Sarah-Raquel Jimenez, director Gillian Robespierre and Michael Showalter’s Semi-Formal Prods

Josh Andrés Rivera

Written by Jimenez and directed by Robespierre, Vegas Highis inspired by Jimenez’s own experience. It’s a 1990s-set coming-of-age story about Laura, a girl who’s caught between two worlds: the fast-paced lifestyle of Las Vegas and her strong Mormon faith and community.

Rivera is playing Josh, Laura’s reckless and charismatic brother who lives unapologetically. Inappropriate but hilarious, troubled but never a brute, Josh is mysteriously complicated with an “it” factor no one can quite explain.

The role of Laura has not been cast yet.

Jimenez and Robespierre executive produce alongside Showalter and Jordana Mollick for Semi-Formal Productions and Michael Lewen.

Shortly after graduating from college, Rivera joined the Hamilton Angelica Tour as a principal standby. He then landed the role of Chino in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story film.