This year's production at Kooringal High School could be the first to travel on the road and was written solely by a music teacher.
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About 200 students are involved and the musical is centered around two characters and explores themes of betrayal, redemption and ultimately leads to two different journeys that is largely told through music.
"I kind of went gang busters with this opportunity and wrote 12 original songs," music teacher Gus Belling said.
"It's centered around the music industry and it's probably a little jab at the way the music industry is focused on the nitty gritty record producers and taking the originality out of music or the music scene."
Mr Belling said this opportunity to create a new production following adaptations to original musicals in previous years has been "surreal".
"Over the last two years, I haven't had much to do with the direction of the show, whereas this year I have such a big input," he said.
"From writing on the couch to seeing our students do such a good job is such a cool experience.
"This was part of the reason why I wanted to come to this school as I went to Wagga High School, but all the big productions were here, so I'm living the dream."
Students from a whole range of faculties are involved, including VET entertainment students working on the lighting and sound, construction students who are creating the sets, and the large ensemble featuring musicians, actors and dancers.
Playing the bad guy is 16-year-old Ben Nosworthy, who said this role has been different to previous characters.
"All he wants is money and he just thinks about himself," he said.
"I usually play the fun character but this is different and I'm liking it and learning the new ways to act."
"It's been a different experience but this year I think it's a whole new cast compared to last year, which I think is a really good thing, bringing new blood in."
It has been one month since the production preparation kicked off and the performance is scheduled for end of Term 2.
Another main character is played by year 12 student Harry Moorby who said it's a "skill" to juggle HSC with a production.
"It's something you have to do to be able to be apart of a production and also do well in HSC," he said.
"I play Chad, who's a budding musician from a small town and he tries to make it in the big city and becomes a big star.
"I'm having a great time with it; there's more bands and instruments on stage this time with singing, which is good."
Harry said it "would be bold enough to say" that the 2019 production is the Star is Born of Kooringal High School.
"The music tells the story, you go on a journey with the music and it helps tell the story and the narrative flows," he said.
"It's always nice to have kids come up to you in the street and recognise you from products and it's nice to see that our show affects them."
Drama teacher and production director Bernadette Kennedy said this has been a great opportunity to connect with students from all faculties just a year following graduation.
"Gus' humour is told right through the script and the students know exactly what his jokes are," she said.
"It's fantastic and a lot of experience very quickly so I got a tiny bit stressed out about trying to rise to the occasion.
"But it's ultimately supporting the students because it's their production - it's very driven by the students and they largely make the decisions."