NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 8, 7PM
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: Myles Thatcher*
Clara: Mitsuki Kobayashi Denman
Fritz: Mateo Wexler
Housekeeper & Maid: Tyla Steinbach, SunMin Lee
Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Ricardo Bustamante, 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: Fernando Carratalá Coloma*
King of the Mice: Rubén Cítores Nieto
Queen & King of the Snow: WanTing Zhao and Nathaniel Remez
Snowflakes: Sofia Albers, Olivia Brothers, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Leili Rackow, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
ACT II
The Sugar Plum Fairy: Kamryn Baldwin*
Spanish: Jacey Gailliard, Jamie Adele Stephens, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Adrian Zeisel
Arabian: Swane Messaoudi, with Benjamin Davidoff, Simone Pompignoli
Chinese: Archie Sullivan with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
French: Jihyun Choi, SunMin Lee, Seojeong Yun
Russian: Lleyton Ho with Andris Kundzins, Lucas López
Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling
with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Jasper True Stanford
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: Frances Chung and Fernando Carratalá Coloma*