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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 21, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 21, 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: Nathaniel Remez

Clara: Ava Allaire

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Jamie Adele Stephens, Katharine Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Katita Waldo

Grandparents: Jim Sohm, Kristi DeCaminada

Party Guests: Sofia Albers, Kamryn Baldwin, Aaliyahmarie Key, Juliana Wilder, Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti, Simone Pompignoli, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Cameo Appearance: Nancy Curtiss

Dancing Dolls: Lucas López, Carmela Mayo, João Percilio da Silva

The Nutcracker Prince: Fernando Carratalá Coloma

King of the Mice: Rubén Cítores Nieto

Queen & King of the Snow: Sasha Mukhamedov and Adrian Zeisel

Snowflakes: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Juliette Windey

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Katherine Barkman

Spanish: Kamryn Baldwin, Thamires Chuvas, Benjamin Davidoff, Steven Morse, Jasper True Stanford

Arabian: Elizabeth Powell with Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti

Chinese: Luca Ferrò with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Maggie Weirich

Russian: Mingxuan Wang with Simone Pompignoli, Archie Sullivan

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Jayoung Kim, Sarah Lusetti, Swane Messaoudi, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

Grand Pas de Deux: Frances Chung and Fernando Carratalá Coloma

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.