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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 8, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 8, 2PM

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: Ricardo Bustamante

Clara: Sofia Trias

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Tyla Steinbach, SunMin Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Rubén Cítores Nieto, Katita Waldo

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Joanna Berman

Party Guests: Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Jamie Adele Stephens, Emmitt Friedman, Jakub Groot, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Mingxuan Wang with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

Dancing Dolls: Lucas López, Angela Watson, Jasper True Stanford

The Nutcracker Prince: Harrison James*

King of the Mice: Andris Kundzins

Queen & King of the Snow: Isabella DeVivo and Joshua Jack Price

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Pemberley Ann Olson, Leili Rackow, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Wona Park

Spanish: Jacey Gailliard, Jamie Adele Stephens, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Adrian Zeisel

Arabian: Swane Messaoudi, with Benjamin Davidoff, Simone Pompignoli

Chinese: Alexis Francisco Valdes with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Jihyun Choi, SunMin Lee, Seojeong Yun

Russian: Victor Prigent with Andris Kundzins, Lucas López

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Diego Cruz

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Gabriela Gonzalez, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Elizabeth Mateer, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich

Grand Pas de Deux: Sasha De Sola and Harrison James*

*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.