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NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 11, 6PM

NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 11, 6PM

COMPOSER

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CHOREOGRAPHER

Helgi Tomasson

RUNTIME

Act I – 47 min
Intermission – 20 min
Act II – 50 min

Total runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes

CASTING

Conductor: Ming Luke

ACT I

Uncle Drosselmeyer: Val Caniparoli

Clara: Sofia Trias

Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano

Housekeeper & Maid: Elizabeth Mateer, Katharine Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Nathaniel Remez, Maggie Weirich

Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Katita Waldo

Party Guests: Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Aaliyahmarie Key, Juliana Wilder, Emmitt Friedman, Parker Garrison, Dylan Pierzina, Adrian Zeisel with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

Dancing Dolls: Ben Taber, Nicole Moyer, Emmitt Friedman

The Nutcracker Prince: Max Cauthorn

King of the Mice: Justin-Cooper Meeks

Queen & King of the Snow: Seojeong Yun* and Joshua Jack Price

Snowflakes: Maria Bertodatti, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, SunMin Lee, Campbelle Malicse, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Juliette Windey, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja

ACT II

The Sugar Plum Fairy: Carmela Mayo

Spanish: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Elizabeth Mateer, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Nathaniel Remez, Ben Taber

Arabian: Jacey Gailliard with Jakub Groot, Steven Morse

Chinese: Lleyton Ho with Students of San Francisco Ballet School

French: Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Juliana Wilder

Russian: Archie Sullivan with Emmitt Friedman, Andris Kundzins

Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling

with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti

Waltzing Flowers: Molly Allen, Kenzie Andrews, Maria Bertodatti, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Polina Ermacoff, Laurel Ho, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Juliette Windey

Grand Pas de Deux: Nikisha Fogo and Max Cauthorn

*Denotes premiere in role

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.