Nutcracker
Casting
Sunday, December 14 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
Sunday, December 14 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: Val Caniparoli
*CLARA: Ava Allaire
FRITZ: Oliver Gurrea
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Maggie Weirich, Maya Chandrashekaran
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Ricardo Bustamante, Elizabeth Mateer
GRANDPARENTS: Alan Takata-Villareal, Kristi DeCaminada
PARTY GUESTS: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Pemberley Ann Olson, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, João Percilio da Silva, Jasper True Stanford, Nathaniel Remez, Mingxuan Wang
*DANCING DOLLS: Luca Ferrò, Katharine Lee, Lucas López
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Esteban Hernández
*KING OF THE MICE: Benjamin Davidoff
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Sasha Mukhamedov and Adrian Zeisel
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Ana Chaziroglou, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, Aaliyahmarie Key, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Jihyun Choi
SPANISH: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Gabriela Gonzalez, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Nathaniel Remez
*ARABIAN: Kamryn Baldwin with Davide Occhipinti, Benjamin Taber
*CHINESE: Alexis Francisco Valdes with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Pemberley Ann Olson, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich
*RUSSIAN: Lleyton Ho with Benjamin Davidoff, Dylan Pierzina
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Lucas López
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, Aaliyahmarie Key, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Madison Young
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Katherine Barkman and Esteban Hernández
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.