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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 29, 11AM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 29, 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: Myles Thatcher

Clara: Ava Allaire

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Pemberley Ann Olson, Leili Rackow

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Rubén Cítores Nieto, Elizabeth Mateer

Grandparents: Jim Sohm, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Kamryn Baldwin, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Swane Messaoudi, Jamie Adele Stephens, Parker Garrison, Dylan Pierzina, Jasper True Stanford, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Joshua Jack Price, Carmela Mayo, João Percilio da Silva

The Nutcracker Prince: Cavan Conley

King of the Mice: Justin-Cooper Meeks

Queen & King of the Snow: Sasha Mukhamedov and Adrian Zeisel

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Thamires Chuvas, Laurel Ho, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Norika Matsuyama

Spanish: Kamryn Baldwin, Thamires Chuvas, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Simone Pompignoli, Ben Taber

Arabian: Gabriela Gonzalez with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Steven Morse

Chinese: Lucas López with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Rimi Nakano, Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson

Russian: Archie Sullivan with Justin-Cooper Meeks, Dylan Pierzina

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Molly Allen, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Polina Ermacoff, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Noe Lynds, Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey, Seojeong Yun

Grand Pas de Deux: Julia Rowe and Cavan Conley

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.