THE UNDERSTUDY - Trailer
THE UNDERSTUDY
What happens when you wish you were someone else... and the universe says bet?
Natalie Primavera has a million Instagram followers, perfect technique, and the lead role in every show. Ava Ross has a cracked phone, a nerdy boyfriend who dresses as naked Miley Cyrus, and a work-study job sweeping the dance studio.
One ancient snow globe. Two desperate wishes. And suddenly they wake up in each other's bodies.
There's just one problem: Natalie's body is now in a hospital bed with a shattered hip. And Ava's body? It's about to dance the Sugar Plum Fairy... with ankles like wet spaghetti.
What follows is the funniest, most chaotic Nutcracker rehearsal season in history. We're talking zombie cats, possessed dolls, a Romanian ballet master with a terrifying nine-year-old son, and a love triangle nobody asked for.
But underneath the chaos is something real: two girls discovering that the lives they envied aren't what they seemed, and that maybe the grass isn't greener, it's just... different grass.
The Understudy. It's Freaky Friday meets Center Stage, and it slaps.
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 is the Narrator
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Transcript
This holiday season, buckle up because this isn't your grandma's nutcracker. Natalie Primavera has the spotlight.
Ava Ross has the heart.
And one wild winter night, a magic snow globe sends their world into a tailspin. Two dancers, one dream, zero preparation for the body they wake up in.
Natalie opens her eyes in Ava's life.
Ava wakes up in Natalie's broken body. And with opening night barreling toward them, the stakes hit harder than a point you to the shin.
Friendships crack, rivals pounce, secrets detonate, and a mysterious artistic director may be the only thing standing between holiday magic and full-blown nutcracker chaos. Identity, chaos.
Comedy, heart. Wrapped in tinsel and adrenaline, the understudy by award winner Jenna St.
John. Coming to Table Read, December 9th.
