The stars continue to align for Auli‘i Cravalho, as the 16-year-old star of Disney’s animated feature “Moana” transitions to her next project with a starring role in the pilot of a new NBC prime-time television show, “Drama High.”

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be cast,” Cravalho said in a statement emailed to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Wednesday. “I was so incredibly moved when I read the script for ‘Drama High’ — and love that it involves both a wonderful story and singing!”

“Drama High” is adapted for TV from the 2013 book of the same name by Michael Sokolove. Sokolove was a student of Pennsylvania theater teacher Lou Volpe, who for decades has worked to inspire creativity and transform local teenagers into lifelong supporters of the arts. Sokolove’s book follows the final generation of students to pass through Volpe’s classroom at the end of the celebrated teacher’s career. If the TV treatment of “Drama High” is anything like the book — which is described online as “‘Friday Night Lights’ meets ‘Glee’” — NBC could have found a hit series that will propel Cravalho’s career forward.

Jeffrey Seller, producer of the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” is co-executive producer of “Drama High” with “Friday Night Lights” executive producer and showrunner Jason Katims. A representative for Seller’s Seller Suarez Productions, which has a overall production deal with NBC, confirmed the pilot but declined further comment.

It appears Seller’s “Hamilton” connection may have helped Cravalho land the gig as well, as Cravalho has a solid working relationship with the Broadway production’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also wrote the Oscar-nominated “How Far I’ll Go” and performed an original rap at the start of her performance of the song during this year’s Academy Awards.