Nutcracker
Casting
Friday, December 19 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
Friday, December 19 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: Mikhail Agrest
ACT I
*UNCLE DROSSELMEYER: Nathaniel Remez
*CLARA: Taya Lurie
FRITZ: Kai Duarte
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Elizabeth Mateer, Juliette Windey
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Jakub Groot, Katita Waldo
GRANDPARENTS: Jasper True Stanford, Joanna Berman
PARTY GUESTS: Jihyun Choi, Jacey Gailliard, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Luca Ferrò, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Davide Occhipinti, 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, Kenzie Andrews, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Julieta Castro, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Erin Jung, Aaliyahmarie Key, SunMin Lee, Pemberley Ann Olson, Luna Mae Pao, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Sasha De Sola
SPANISH: SunMin Lee, Tyla Steinbach, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Benjamin Davidoff, Dylan Pierzina
*ARABIAN: Kamryn Baldwin with Lucas López, Myles Thatcher
*CHINESE: Lleyton Ho with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Jihyun Choi, Jacey Gailliard, Maggie Weirich
*RUSSIAN: Benjamin Taber with Yanis Restieri, Jasper True Stanford
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Rubén Cítores Nieto
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carly Graham, Crystal Huang, Aaliyahmarie Key, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Luna Mae Pao, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliette Windey, Cora Zieske
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Julia Rowe and Esteban Hernández
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.