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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 7, 2 PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 7, 2 PM

COMPOSER

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CHOREOGRAPHER

Helgi Tomasson

RUNTIME

Act I – 47 min
Intermission – 20 min
Act II – 50 min

Total runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes

CASTING

Conductor: Martin West

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Hansuke Yamamoto*

Clara: Ava Allaire

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Nathaniel Remez, Maggie Weirich

Grandparents: Diego Cruz, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Juliana Wilder, Luca Ferrò, Simone Pompignoli, Joshua Jack Price, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

Dancing Dolls: Myles Thatcher, Carmela Mayo, Alexis Francisco Valdes

The Nutcracker Prince: Esteban Hernández

King of the Mice: Justin-Cooper Meeks

Queen & King of the Snow: Frances Chung and Cavan Conley

Snowflakes: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Thamires Chuvas, Carlota Cruz, Elizabeth Mateer, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey, Seojeong Yun

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Jennifer Stahl

Spanish: Kamryn Baldwin, Thamires Chuvas, Benjamin Davidoff, Dylan Pierzina, Nathaniel Remez

Arabian: Elizabeth Powell with Joshua Jack Price, Myles Thatcher

Chinese: Lucas López with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi

Russian: Archie Sullivan with Jasper True Stanford, Ben Taber

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with João Percilio da Silva

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

Grand Pas de Deux: Katherine Barkman and Esteban Hernández

*Denotes premiere in role
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington
The 2004 premiere of Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker was made possible by Lead Sponsors The Herbert Family and The Swanson Foundation, and Sponsors Yurie and Carl Pascarella, Kathleen Scutchfield, and The Smelick Family.