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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 15, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 15, 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: Gavriel Heine

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Myles Thatcher

Clara: Mitsuki Kobayashi Denman

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Jamie Adele Stephens, Katharine Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Sasha Mukhamedov

Grandparents: Diego Cruz, Joanna Berman

Party Guests: Thamires Chuvas, Carlota Cruz, Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Emmitt Friedman, Parker Garrison, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Simone Pompignoli, Tyla Steinbach, Alexis Francisco Valdes

The Nutcracker Prince: Wei Wang

King of the Mice: Nathaniel Remez

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

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Jacey Gailliard, SunMin Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey, Seojeong Yun

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Sasha De Sola

Spanish: Carmela Mayo, Angela Watson, Emmitt Friedman, Steven Morse, Alexis Francisco Valdes

ArabianGabriela Gonzalez with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Adrian Zeisel

Chinese: João Percilio da Silva with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Thamires Chuvas, Swane Messaoudi, Jamie Adele Stephens

Russian: Lleyton Ho with Andris Kundzins, Archie Sullivan

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Brooklyn Brizendine, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Jayoung Kim, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

Grand Pas de Deux: Wona Park and Wei Wang

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.