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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 10, 11AM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 10, 11AM

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: Nathaniel Remez*

Clara: Loé Dechelette

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Gabriela Gonzalez, Hui-Wen Peng

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Katita Waldo

Grandparents: Jim Sohm, Joanna Berman

Party Guests: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Thamires Chuvas, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Parker Garrison, Jakub Groot, Davide Occhipinti, Archie Sullivan with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

Dancing Dolls: Lucas López, SunMin Lee, Victor Prigent

The Nutcracker Prince: Adrian Zeisel*

King of the Mice: Benjamin Davidoff

Queen & King of the Snow: Kamryn Baldwin* and Rubén Cítores Nieto*

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Laurel Ho, Aaliyahmarie Key, SunMin Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Hui-Wen Peng, Swane Messaoudi, Tyla Amelia Soh, Steinbach, Angela Watson, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Jihyun Choi*

Spanish: Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Powell, Steven Morse, João Percilio da Silva, Archie Sullivan

Arabian: Pemberley Ann Olson with Emmitt Friedman, Andris Kundzins

Chinese: Dylan Pierzina with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jacey Gailliard, Maggie Weirich

Russian: Luca Ferrò with Justin-Cooper Meeks, Jasper True Stanford

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Lleyton Ho

Waltzing Flowers: Molly Allen, Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, Sarah Lusetti, Hui-Wen Peng, Ruby Rosenquist, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

Grand Pas de Deux: Sasha Mukhamedov* and Adrian Zeisel*

*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.