Nutcracker
Casting
Saturday, December 06 AT 2 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
Saturday, December 06 AT 2 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: Myles Thatcher
*CLARA: Luka Ganaden
FRITZ: Oliver Gurrea
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Gabriela Gonzalez, Leili Rackow
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Jakub Groot, Katita Waldo
GRANDPARENTS: Davide Occhipinti, Joanna Berman
PARTY GUESTS: Amelia Soh, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Lleyton Ho, Lucas López, Simone Pompignoli, Asher Stephenson with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Luca Ferrò, Seojeong Yun, Victor Prigent
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Max Cauthorn
*KING OF THE MICE: Rubén Cítores Nieto
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Isabella DeVivo and Joshua Jack Price
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Jihyun Choi
SPANISH: Elizabeth Powell, Juliana Wilder, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Lucas López, Victor Prigent
*ARABIAN: Pemberley Ann Olson with Emmitt Friedman, Andris Kundzins
*CHINESE: Dylan Pierzina with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Seojeong Yun
*RUSSIAN: João Percilio da Silva with Jasper True Stanford, Benjamin Taber
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Lleyton Ho
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Erin Jung, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich, Juliette Windey
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Nikisha Fogo and Max Cauthorn
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.