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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 28, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 28, 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: Martin West

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Ricardo Bustamante

Clara: Mitsuki Kobayashi Denman

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Jamie Adele Stephens, Katharine Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Maggie Weirich

Grandparents: Jim Sohm, Kristi DeCaminada

Party Guests: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jihyun Choi, Elizabeth Powell, Tyla Steinbach, Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti, Ben Taber, Adrian Zeisel with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Luca Ferrò, SunMin Lee, Lleyton Ho

The Nutcracker Prince: Harrison James

King of the Mice: Benjamin Davidoff

Queen & King of the Snow: Jasmine Jimison and Fernando Carratalá Coloma

Snowflakes: Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Sarah Lusetti, Campbelle Malicse, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Sasha De Sola

Spanish: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Gabriela Gonzalez, Emmitt Friedman, Steven Morse, Simone Pompignoli

Arabian: Elizabeth Mateer with Jakub Groot, Nathaniel Remez

Chinese: Dylan Pierzina with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Juliana Wilder

Russian: João Percilio da Silva with Jasper True Stanford, Ben Taber

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Lleyton Ho

Waltzing Flowers: Maria Bertodatti, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Polina Ermacoff, Laurel Ho, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Noe Lynds, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Ruby Rosenquist, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson

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.