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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 20, 2PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 20, 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: Sofia Trias

Fritz: Mateo Wexler

Housekeeper & Maid: Pemberley Ann Olson, Maya Chandrashekaran

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Myles Thatcher, Elizabeth Powell

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Swane Messaoudi, Jamie Adele Stephens, Jakub Groot, Davide Occhipinti, Dylan Pierzina, Ben Taber with Students of San Francisco Ballet

Dancing Dolls: Luca Ferrò, Tyla Steinbach, Emmitt Friedman

The Nutcracker Prince: Esteban Hernández

King of the Mice: Nathaniel Remez

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

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jihyun Choi, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Norika Matsuyama

Spanish: Jacey Gailliard, Jamie Adele Stephens, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Steven Morse

Arabian: Kamryn Baldwin with Nathaniel Remez, Myles Thatcher

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

French: Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi

Russian: Joshua Jack Price with Dylan Pierzina, Jasper True Stanford

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

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

Waltzing Flowers: Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jihyun Choi, Laurel Ho, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Lizzy Steward, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Seojeong Yun

Grand Pas de Deux: Katherine Barkman and Esteban Hernández

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.