Nutcracker
Casting
Friday, December 05 AT 7 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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.
Nutcracker
Casting & Credits
Friday, December 05 AT 7 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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.
CONDUCTOR: Martin West
ACT I
*UNCLE DROSSELMEYER: Ricardo Bustamante
*CLARA: Ava Allaire
FRITZ: Bode Jay Nanola
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Maggie Weirich, Leili Rackow
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Myles Thatcher, Elizabeth Powell
GRANDPARENTS: Jasper True Stanford, Kristi DeCaminada
PARTY GUESTS: Kamryn Baldwin, Gabriela Gonzalez, Pemberley Ann Olson, Seojeong Yun, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti, Adrian Zeisel with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Mingxuan Wang, Julia Rowe, Lleyton Ho
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Wei Wang
*KING OF THE MICE: Nathaniel Remez
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Jasmine Jimison and Fernando Carratalá Coloma
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carly Graham, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Sasha De Sola
SPANISH: Kamryn Baldwin, Isabella DeVivo, Benjamin Davidoff, Simone Pompignoli, Mingxuan Wang
*ARABIAN: Sasha Mukhamedov with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Nathaniel Remez
*CHINESE: Luca Ferrò with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Pemberley Ann Olson, Maggie Weirich, Seojeong Yun
*RUSSIAN: Joshua Jack Price with Lleyton Ho, Dylan Pierzina
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Wona Park and Wei Wang
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.