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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 6, 7PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 6, 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: Pascal Molat

Clara: Mitsuki Kobayashi Denman

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Maggie Weirich, Leili Rackow

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Ricardo Bustamante, Elizabeth Powell

Grandparents: Jim Sohm, Kristi DeCaminada

Party Guests: Kamryn Baldwin, Gabriela Gonzalez, Pemberley Ann Olson, Tyla Steinbach, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Lleyton Ho, Andris Kundzins with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

Dancing Dolls: Joshua Jack Price, Julia Rowe, João Percilio da Silva

The Nutcracker Prince: Wei Wang

King of the Mice: Nathaniel Remez

Queen & King of the Snow: Jasmine Jimison and Fernando Carratalá Coloma*

Snowflakes: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Seojeong Yun

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Sasha De Sola

Spanish: Isabella DeVivo, Norika Matsuyama, Joshua Jack Price, Victor Prigent, Simone Pompignoli

Arabian: Sasha Mukhamedov with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Nathaniel Remez

Chinese: Luca Ferrò with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Maggie Weirich

Russian: Alexis Francisco Valdes with Lleyton Ho, João Percilio da Silva

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Juliette Windey

Grand Pas de Deux: Wona Park and Wei Wang

*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.