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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 10, 6PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 10, 6PM

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: Brad Hogarth

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Nathaniel Remez

Clara: Mitsuki Kobayashi Denman

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

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, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Parker Garrison, Davide Occhipinti, Archie Sullivan with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

Dancing Dolls: Lucas López, SunMin Lee, Emmitt Friedman

The Nutcracker Prince: Harrison James

King of the Mice: Benjamin Davidoff

Queen & King of the Snow: Frances Chung and Cavan Conley

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

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Norika Matsuyama

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

Arabian: Pemberley Ann Olson with Emmitt Friedman, Andris Kundzins

Chinese: Alexis Francisco Valdes with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jacey Gailliard, Maggie Weirich

Russian: Mingxuan Wang 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, Brooklyn Brizendine, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, Swane Messaoudi, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

Grand Pas de Deux: Misa Kuranaga 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.