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