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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 27, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 27, 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: Marc Taddei

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Nathaniel Remez

Clara: Mitsuki Kobayashi Denman

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Elizabeth Mateer, Rimi Nakano

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Ricardo Bustamante, Sasha Mukhamedov

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Joanna Berman

Party Guests: Maya Chandrashekaran, Gabriela Gonzalez, SunMin Lee, Pemberley Ann Olson, Benjamin Davidoff, Parker Garrison, Lucas López, Archie Sullivan with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Myles Thatcher, Tyla Steinbach, Dylan Pierzina

The Nutcracker Prince: Wei Wang

King of the Mice: Rubén Cítores Nieto

Queen & King of the Snow: Seojeong Yun and Joshua Jack Price

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Polina Ermacoff, Carly Graham, Laurel Ho, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Misha MacGowan, Swane Messaoudi, Luna Mae Pao, Leili Rackow, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Carmela Mayo

Spanish: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Elizabeth Mateer, Benjamin Davidoff, Jasper True Stanford, Myles Thatcher

Arabian: Thamires Chuvas with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Adrian Zeisel

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

French: Sofia Albers, Pemberley Ann Olson, Jamie Adele Stephens

Russian: Archie Sullivan with Lucas López, Dylan Pierzina

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Maria Bertodatti, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Gabriela Gonzalez, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Misha MacGowan, Campbelle Malicse, Leili Rackow, Allyson Schmitt-Vallejo, Amelia Soh, Angela Watson

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.