Nutcracker
Casting
Sunday, December 14 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
Sunday, December 14 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: Mikhail Agrest
ACT I
*UNCLE DROSSELMEYER: Myles Thatcher
*CLARA: Taya Lurie
FRITZ: Oliver Gurrea
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Maggie Weirich, Maya Chandrashekaran
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Rubén Cítores Nieto, 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, Dylan Pierzina
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Harrison James
*KING OF THE MICE: Benjamin Davidoff
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Isabella DeVivo and Joshua Jack Price
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Ana Chaziroglou, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, 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: Carmela Mayo
SPANISH: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Gabriela Gonzalez, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot, Nathaniel Remez
*ARABIAN: Anatalia St. Clair with Davide Occhipinti, Benjamin Taber
*CHINESE: Mingxuan Wang with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Pemberley Ann Olson, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich
*RUSSIAN: Victor Prigent with Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli
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, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, Aaliyahmarie Key, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Juliana Wilder, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Sasha De Sola and Harrison James
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.