Nutcracker
Casting
Saturday, December 20 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 20 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: Ui Kambayashi
FRITZ: Liam Kelly
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Maggie Weirich, SunMin Lee
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Ricardo Bustamante, Katita Waldo
GRANDPARENTS: Alan Takata-Villareal, Kristi DeCaminada
PARTY GUESTS: Kamryn Baldwin, Carlota Cruz, Amelia Soh, Seojeong Yun, Jakub Groot, Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti, Adrian Zeisel with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Benjamin Taber, Tyla Steinbach, Lucas López
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Joseph Walsh
*KING OF THE MICE: Rubén Cítores Nieto
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Jihyun Choi and Mingxuan Wang
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Kenzie Andrews, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Julieta Castro, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, Katharine Lee, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Luna Mae Pao, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Isabella DeVivo
SPANISH: Kamryn Baldwin, Juliana Wilder, Jakub Groot, Simone Pompignoli, Adrian Zeisel
*ARABIAN: Sasha Mukhamedov with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Nathaniel Remez
*CHINESE: Dylan Pierzina with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Pemberley Ann Olson
*RUSSIAN: Lleyton Ho with Benjamin Davidoff, Lucas López
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti
WALTZING FLOWERS: Kenzie Andrews, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Samantha Ciske, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Crystal Huang, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.