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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 20, 7PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 20, 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: Gavriel Heine

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Val Caniparoli

Clara: Loé Dechelette

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Pemberley Ann Olson, Maya Chandrashekaran

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Myles Thatcher, Elizabeth Powell

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Swane Messaoudi, Jamie Adele Stephens, Jakub Groot, Davide Occhipinti, Dylan Pierzina, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Luca Ferrò, Tyla Steinbach, Emmitt Friedman

The Nutcracker Prince: Harrison James

King of the Mice: Nathaniel Remez

Queen & King of the Snow: Carmela Mayo and Alexis Francisco Valdes

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jihyun Choi, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Wona Park

Spanish: Jacey Gailliard, Jamie Adele Stephens, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Steven Morse

Arabian: Kamryn Baldwin with Nathaniel Remez, Myles Thatcher

Chinese: Lucas López with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi

Russian: Lleyton Ho with Dylan Pierzina, Jasper True Stanford

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti

Waltzing Flowers: Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Laurel Ho, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

Grand Pas de Deux: Sasha De Sola and Harrison James

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.