
Reed uses an opportunity to go offstage and confront Freddie about meddling in his love life. Meanwhile, Tessa escapes the room via the air vent and rushes to the stage in time for the musical performance.Īs the musical begins, chaos erupts due to Tessa's stepfamily trying to take the lead role for themselves. Reed tries to ask Georgie about "Bella" and Georgie tells Reed not to lead "Bella" romantically and Freddie told her about his engagement.

They lock her in a room and head to the stage in an attempt to take the lead role for themselves. On the day of the musical's premiere, Athena and Olympia send a note to Tessa, pretending to be from Georgie asking Tessa to meet her in a closed-off section of the hotel. Athena and Olympia overhear Tessa complaining to Georgie about the stresses of her dual identities and discover her secret. Disappointed, Tessa begins distancing herself from Reed for the rest of rehearsals, much to his confusion. Tessa's romantic attraction to Reed increases as they work together, but Freddie tells Tessa that Reed is already engaged to Harper. She is given the lead role and she assumes the stage name "Bella Snow." Tessa makes excuses to her stepfamily why she is suddenly so busy and secretly attends rehearsals in her "Bella Snow" disguise.

Nearing midnight, Tessa ponders what to do if her father was alive, then goes to Reed and Freddie to turn in her other dance shoe. Reed encourages Tessa to follow her dreams, but the romantic moment is interrupted when Reed gets a call from Harper Halston, his female co-star. The two bond and she confides in him about the death of her father. Tessa is then summoned back to the stage to help the stage crew fix the motorbike and she runs into Reed. Divine demands that Tessa recreate a copy of the shoe so either one of her daughters can win the part. The next day, Reed announces that he has found his "Cinderella." He holds up the dance shoe that Tessa left behind and announces that whoever can turn in the matching shoe by midnight will win the part. She tells Georgie that while she wants to do the show, she is too afraid to go against her stepfamily. Tessa manages to escape, but leaves her dance shoe behind. During the dance audition, Tessa's stepfamily barges into the theater to try to catch who the mysterious new competitor is. Tessa's audition goes well, and she impresses both Reed and Freddie with her singing. Georgie gives Tessa a full-makeover and she assumes a fake identity for the audition. However, Tessa's stepfamily forbids her to audition so Georgie offers to help. Reed comes across her work and mistakes Tessa for a man.ĭuring lunch, Tessa witnesses the hotel staff members performing and when encouraged to show off her own skills, she realizes she wants to audition for the show. Tessa befriends Georgie, a make-up artist for the show, and helps two stage hands fix up a motorcycle that will be used in the show. Freddie adds that auditions will be open to all and whoever is cast in the lead female role will be signed to a recording contract on the final day of the show. On first day of the auditions, the director, Freddie Marks, introduces the leading male star of the musical, Reed West, with whom Tessa immediately becomes smitten. Tessa accompanies her stepsisters as their assistant to a competitive audition for a Cinderella musical being held in a luxurious hotel. Tessa is a mechanic, who has been left in the care of her evil stepmother, Divine, and stepsisters, Athena and Olympia, following her father's death. It was followed by A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish in 2019. It also aired on Disney Channel on Januand was watched by 2.13 million viewers.


It premiered on Freeform on Novemwith 1.11 million viewers tuning in. The film was released digitally on August 2, 2016, and on DVD on August 16, 2016. It is the fourth installment in the A Cinderella Story series. A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits is a 2016 American teen comedy musical film directed by Michelle Johnston (in her directorial debut) and starring Sofia Carson, Thomas Law and Jennifer Tilly.
