THE UNDERSTUDY - Act Three

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Manifest Media / TABLE READ

Fiction, Tv & Film

4.0 • 440 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The clock runs out.

The curtain comes up.

With opening night looming, the magic begins to fail. Bodies ache. Secrets surface. And the line between who Natalie and Ava were… and who they’ve become… finally disappears.

Natalie must confront what she’s been chasing her entire life — and what it cost her to get there.

Ava must decide whether stepping into the spotlight is worth stepping away from who she is.

The Sugar Plum Fairy is no longer just a role.

It’s a reckoning.

As rivalries peak and loyalties collide, the question is no longer who deserves the part — but who’s willing to let it go. And whether the universe will allow either girl to walk away unchanged.

Act Three is where the story lands.

Where ambition meets consequence.

Where magic demands payment.

Because sometimes you get exactly what you wished for.

And sometimes the bravest thing you can do…

is give it back.

It’s still funny.

It’s still sharp.

But now it’s honest.

Written by award-winning writer Jenna St. John.

Starring:

Kensington Tallman as Natalie Primavera

Logan Laurel as Ava Ross

Konstantin Lavysh as Mr. Constantine

Carson Bolde as Grayson Garcia

Sasha Knight as Trevor

Rita Dos Santos as Kenzie

Samantha A. Smith as Jasmine Kearn

Eva Binder as Zoe Dennings

Adele Abinante as Bean Ross

Avery Clyde as Mrs. Primavera

Katherine Brunk as Ms. Ross

Brandon Potter as Mr. Primavera

Sarah Elmaleh as Miss Lana

Miki Yamashita as Miss Miyako

Paula Tiso as Narrator

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0:46.1	Miss Natalie Primavera is still stuck on the body of Miss Eva Ross,
0:50.9	turning the poor girl's life upside down with 5 a.m. runs and Instagram obsession.
0:57.0	She breaks up with a Trevor boy who serenates her dressed as naked Miley Cyrus and starts flirting with Grayson.
0:58.0	God help us all.
1:00.0	When I give Jasmine the sugar plum fairy roll and pull Natalie, I mean Ava from the show entirely,
1:06.0	to put a stop to this madness, she has a prima donna meldown in my office and smashes the magic snow globe, releasing dark forces into the world.
1:13.6	Chaos ensues. Meanwhile, the real Eva wakes up, trapped in Natalie's broken body. The girls finally meet at the hospital, each wanting what the other has.
1:23.6	Tragic, eh? Miss Kenzie, smart girl, figures out the swap and hatches a plan.
1:30.3	Natalie must learn to be able to become Natalie again. The natural order must be restored,
1:37.3	or we're all doomed. Now get out of my office and listen to the finale, for it will probably be the end,
1:43.3	for all of us.
1:45.0	Interior Stage Auditorium Day.
1:47.0	Miss Miyako sitting in the center of the audience, dancers scattered throughout the seats,
1:52.0	while Jasmine and Grayson danced the Padre Du on stage.
1:56.0	As they strike the final pose, Jasmine looks to the audience.
2:00.0	Has anyone seen Mr. Constantine?
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