Nutcracker
Casting
Sunday, December 21 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 21 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: Taya Lurie
FRITZ: Oliver Gurrea
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Hui-Wen Peng
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Ricardo Bustamante, Elizabeth Mateer
GRANDPARENTS: Alan Takata-Villareal, Joanna Berman
PARTY GUESTS: Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Gabriela Gonzalez, Seojeong Yun, Benjamin Davidoff, Lleyton Ho, Davide Occhipinti, Asher Stephenson with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Lucas López, Juliette Windey, Dylan Pierzina
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Esteban Hernández
*KING OF THE MICE: Rubén Cítores Nieto
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Isabella DeVivo and Joshua Jack Price
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Aaliyahmarie Key, JeeHo Lee, SunMin Lee, Katharine Lee, Rimi Nakano, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Katherine Barkman
SPANISH: SunMin Lee, Tyla Steinbach, Jasper True Stanford, Benjamin Taber, Myles Thatcher
*ARABIAN: Pemberley Ann Olson with Benjamin Davidoff, Simone Pompignoli
*CHINESE: Mingxuan Wang with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Aaliyahmarie Key, Rimi Nakano, Juliette Windey
*RUSSIAN: Luca Ferrò with Lucas López, Davide Occhipinti
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Lleyton Ho
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Julieta Castro, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Samantha Ciske, Alya Cogur, Jacey Gailliard, Luna Mae Pao, Hui-Wen Peng, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Madison Young
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Julia Rowe and Esteban Hernández
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.