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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 13, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 13, 2PM

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: Ricardo Bustamante

Clara: Sofia Trias

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Tyla Steinbach, Maya Chandrashekaran

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Elizabeth Mateer

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Sofia Albers, Jacey Gailliard, SunMin Lee, Jamie Adele Stephens, Benjamin Davidoff, Luca Ferrò, Davide Occhipinti, Simone Pompignoli with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Mingxuan Wang, Seojeong Yun, Lleyton Ho

The Nutcracker Prince: Cavan Conley

King of the Mice: Rubén Cítores Nieto

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

Snowflakes: Sofia Albers, Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Anna Chaziroglou, Thamires Chuvas, Katharine Lee, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Jennifer Stahl

Spanish: SunMin Lee, Seojeong Yun, Benjamin Davidoff, Luca Ferrò, Justin-Cooper Meeks

Arabian: Kamryn Baldwin with Steven Morse, Myles Thatcher

Chinese: Lucas López with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Rimi Nakano, Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson

Russian: Archie Sullivan with Simone Pompignoli, Ben Taber

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Molly Allen, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Jayoung Kim, Katharine Lee, Noe Lynds, Swane Messaoudi, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

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.