Nutcracker
Casting
Monday, December 22 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
Monday, December 22 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: Ricardo Bustamante
*CLARA: Ava Allaire
FRITZ: Liam Kelly
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Maggie Weirich, Carlota Cruz
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Rubén Cítores Nieto, Kamryn Baldwin
GRANDPARENTS: Jasper True Stanford, Katita Waldo
PARTY GUESTS: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jihyun Choi, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Jakub Groot, Dylan Pierzina, João Percilio da Silva, Asher Stephenson with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Simone Pompignoli, Katharine Lee, Lleyton Ho
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Mingxuan Wang
*KING OF THE MICE: Nathaniel Remez
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Julia Rowe and Luca Ferrò
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Addison Bauerly, Kenzie Andrews Julieta Castro, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Elise Pickert, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Jacey Gailliard
SPANISH: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Juliana Wilder, Benjamin Davidoff, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Simone Pompignoli
*ARABIAN: Elizabeth Mateer with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot
*CHINESE: Alexis Francisco Valdes with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Maya Chandrashekaran, SunMin Lee, Juliette Windey
*RUSSIAN: Benjamin Taber with Shun Matsui, Donghui Kim
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Jasper True Stanford
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Kenzie Andrews, Addison Bauerly, Julieta Castro, Samantha Ciske, Carlota Cruz, Carly Graham, Crystal Huang, Erin Jung, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Kira Rupnow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Maggie Weirich
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Seojeong Yun and Mingxuan Wang
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.