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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 15, 7PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 15, 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: Ava Allaire

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Jamie Adele Stephens, Katharine Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Rubén Cítores Nieto, Sasha Mukhamedov

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Kristi DeCaminada

Party Guests: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Thamires Chuvas, Carlota Cruz, Nicole Moyer, Emmitt Friedman, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Nathaniel Remez, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Myles Thatcher, Tyla Steinbach, Alexis Francisco Valdes

The Nutcracker Prince: Harrison James

King of the Mice: Benjamin Davidoff

Queen & King of the Snow: Julia Rowe and Luca Ferrò

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: Jihyun Choi

Spanish: Carmela Mayo, Angela Watson, Emmitt Friedman, Myles Thatcher, Alexis Francisco Valdes

ArabianGabriela Gonzalez with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Adrian Zeisel

Chinese: Lucas López with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Thamires Chuvas, Swane Messaoudi, Jamie Adele Stephens

Russian: Joshua Jack Price 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: 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.