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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 26, 7PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 26, 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: Marc Taddei

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Pascal Molat

Clara: Loé Dechelette

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Maggie Weirich, Hui-Wen Peng

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Nathaniel Remez, Gabriela Gonzalez

Grandparents: Jasper True Stanford, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Kamryn Baldwin, Maya Chandrashekaran, Aaliyahmarie Key, Nicole Moyer, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Emmitt Friedman, Justin-Cooper Meeks with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Lucas López, Carmela Mayo, Joshua Jack Price

The Nutcracker Prince: Harrison James

King of the Mice: Jakub Groot

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

Snowflakes: Sofia Albers, Kenzie Andrews, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Ana Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Jennifer Stahl

Spanish: Jacey Gailliard, Jamie Adele Stephens, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Nathaniel Remez

Arabian: Elizabeth Powell with Steven Morse, Myles Thatcher

Chinese: Lleyton Ho with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Jihyun Choi, SunMin Lee, Seojeong Yun

Russian: João Percilio da Silva with Emmitt Friedman, Justin-Cooper Meeks

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Jasper True Stanford

Waltzing Flowers: Sofia Albers, Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Thamires Chuvas, Aaliyahmarie Key, Jayoung Kim, Sarah Lusetti, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliette Windey

Grand Pas de Deux: Sasha De Sola 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.